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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. With a picture of the then-queen of Thailand on it, if I remember correctly. Lucky him, right?

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Deadly 60: Big Cat Battleground

4 The Love Of Animals

Steve travels to Namibia, a land of rolling dunes, sand and plenty of dangerous wildlife. At night, he catches up with a pride of lions to witness their hunting and killing skills in the dark, proving just how deadly and vicious lions are. Also airing tonight, Thailand’s Killer Cats!

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. history; they killed a young boy just to prove they could commit the perfect crime and were the models for the murderers in Hitchcock’s film Rope. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Forest Service.

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