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Over the Mountain

10,000 Birds

The apartment was in an older house that had been rather eccentrically divided, and while it had certain advantages over my then-current place (a working thermostat, less rapacious landlord, closer to campus) I was unsure if I shouldn’t hold out for something even better.

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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

10,000 Birds

The room was one stuffed with pillows – it seems some landlords think the more pillows are in a room, the cozier the place is. The HBW allows itself a rare moment of dry humor when discussing the sounds of the species: “Most vocalizations of this species are harsh and unmusical. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

The family has about 37 species, but that includes several fulvettas – only 21 of the species have “parrotbill” in their names (and frankly, the bills of fulvettas do not look like those of parrots at all). A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan.

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