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Birding Singapore

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The only bird-related activity I can think of is looking at bird photos I took in Singapore in 2015, and adding some irrelevant comments to them. Presumably, birds living in Singapore do not understand German. In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer. Somebody fire the photographer, please.

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Hornbills of Yunnan

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While they used to be hunted, they nowadays benefit from the locals having recognized them as a source of income – building hides and charging birdwatchers (mostly Chinese, but a few foreigners like me as well – these are usually the only ones not smoking inside the hides) to observe them. Visiting the family.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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In the non-breeding season, male Baya Weavers sometimes enter the basket-making trade, often with considerable success. Meanwhile, the females seem to have a much more relaxing life, at least in this early stage of the breeding season. You can see why here.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review

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The main conservation issues are habitat loss, hunting and wildlife trade. They cover all species and distinctive subspecies, non-passerines in flight, males and females, immatures and non-breeding plumages. While there were 28 artists, you may be forgiven for the impression that there could be only two or three.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). The first attempt in hunting was made by the male hornbill which was seen snapping at a passing swiftlet, but was unsuccessful.

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24 Hours in Bangkok; Bang Pra

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Bang Pra is a reservoir and no-hunting area to the south east of Bangkok. Another interesting bird we flushed up was a male Red Junglefowl , a bird that Mike saw in Singapore recently and even chose as his bird of the year. Both are common, really common, and both are essentially indistinguishable in non-breeding plumage.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Conservation section is frustratingly brief, stating the expected—massive loss of forest due to logging and a plantation economy, weak enforcement of laws regulating hunting and trade, understaffing of reserves and parks. There are more than 1,300 distribution maps, indicating resident birds, breeding visitors, and migrants.

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