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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ). There is a lengthy description of how these rules – after much deliberation – came to be accepted.

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

10,000 Birds

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. There is a bit of science news. The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. All I see are their buts. Also written up here.