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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One solution employed at Kinabatangan is the use of artificial nesting holes – they look fairly unattractive in my eyes but seem to be accepted by Rhinoceros Hornbills. Apparently, a single team of traditional dancers uses about 400 rhinoceros hornbill feathers, which involves killing 40 birds ( source ).

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

10,000 Birds

I discovered that they nest on Protection Island, which is off the northeastern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, just west of Port Townsend, in the Juan de Fuca Strait near where it meets Puget Sound. Protection Island and Mt. The second obstacle was to find a specific location where Fratercula cirrhata is regularly seen.