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Evening Grosbeaks Really Do Exist

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Sometimes it was just a matter of looking harder — walking a little further into the woods to get my first glimpse of a Blackburnian Warbler or being in just the right place at the right time to spot an elusive Yellow-billed Cuckoo. The husks of box elder seeds littered the ground, neatly stripped and devoured.

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Birding beyond Brisbane

10,000 Birds

The hinterland produced some amazing birds and we did find it hard work looking so high into the trees to find the Catbird that continuously called and the Wompoo Fruit Dove, but the leaf litter below also produced some well-disguised birds. The absolute highlight was when I heard leaf litter being thrown about.

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