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Birding Tan Phu Forest, Vietnam (Part 2)

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Greater Coucal body parts are used as traditional medicine by the Malays in Kuok Village in Indonesia ( source ). Given the men some women choose, it seems these results are directly transferable to humans as well. The Greater Coucal spends most of its life feeling superior to the Lesser Coucal.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. All of them had successfully learned the skills we taught them to forage in “safe&# areas and avoid humans. Here’s the petition. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now.Or

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Birding the Wolongshan area in June 2023

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Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not. ” Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not. ” Meaning: Martens did not do his homework and does not do real science. .” ” Meaning: Martens did not do his homework and does not do real science. In contrast, the paper by Martens et al.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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During my previous five trips to Indonesia, I only heard but never caught a glimpse of three species. “Spooked” is a bit of a strong word as I was very likely the first human this bird had ever seen and it stuck around for quite a while merely five metres away from me. I love participating in citizen science!

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

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I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Weirdly, this bird is also described as a common pest in Indonesia, responsible for substantial losses of rice. So assuming that these results are transferable to humans, parents should feed their offspring regularly (first finding) but restrict themselves to one child (second finding).

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