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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. I agree with eBird that the Asian Glossy Starling is “fierce-looking” Appropriately, it is an invasive species in places such as Taiwan, where some papers recommend reducing the population. The dangers of being a geologist.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

10,000 Birds

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). Well, trust the Germans to come up with a legend like that.

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