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10,000 Birds

Let’s see if you agree: I liked some of the photos as much for their backgrounds as for the bird itself, such as this Lincoln Sparrow foraging among duckweed, algae, Ficus fruits, and Jacaranda flowers. Most of our winter New World sparrows seem to have already headed north. But our resident Chipping Sparrows never leave.

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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

10,000 Birds

Even before we entered the park we had seen Black-naped Orioles , Tree Sparrows , Large-billed Crow , Javan Myna, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Olive-backed Sunbird and an Oriental Dollarbird. There were wild boars and monitors rustling through the leaves as well as the plantain squirrels that we had become so accustomed to.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Seaside Sparrow – Ammodramus maritimus. Hainlin Mill Sparrow Drive. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. Hainlin Mill Sparrow Drive. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix griseus. It simple Beats, really it is. Cartagos 2.

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