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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

10,000 Birds

As usual when species are well-examined, the number of subspecies seems to multiply, though apparently some of these subspecies have recently been culled in order to simplify the life of birders. The US company NE Pigeon Supplies presumably is involved in supplying materials to keep and breed pigeons.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.