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Should We Take the “Christmas” out of the Christmas Bird Count?

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No real harm would come, right? You would at least think twice about it, right? Also, if the count is ever going to go worldwide – and I assume that someday that is the goal – what are the odds of getting Pakistan or Saudi Arabia to hold a Christmas Bird Count? Or the Great Bird Count. Will I fit in if I’m not?

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 2

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Different from many other parasitic cuckoos, the chick typically does not kill all its nest mates, though one or two of them may die from starvation. I hope he is right. Unfortunately, the house this nest is built on is about to be destroyed – no tenant rights for birds in China, I am afraid.

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