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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter. I wonder why. The White-crested Laughingthrush looks like it could easily play a cameo role in a Wham! Note to those readers who do not know Wham!: Congratulations, you are much younger than me and got spared a lot of truly awful music).

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Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves

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The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. Here is a video from Defenders of Wildlife that shows the method (it's under 3 minutes). Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. This is what Palin has pushed for. It's worth watching.

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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As always, you are reminded that if you take the time to look at this post YOU MUST SHARE YOUR BEST GUESSES or you will suffer from broken optics, missed life birds, and the clap. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Without further ado here are the three images.

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