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The rise of the urban falcon

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Britain’s Peregrine population collapsed in the early 1960s, the result of poisoning by organochlorine pesticides that either killed the birds or rendered them infertile. It is good to report, too, that the clergy has been generally supportive of their high-rise tenants.

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It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

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First and foremost, with regular, frequent visits to each nestbox, you may be able to spot problems threatening your tenants. If you don’t kill the adult wasp, she will soon return and rebuild. There are three prime objectives for monitoring nestboxes. Birds won’t use a box with wasps inside.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 2

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Different from many other parasitic cuckoos, the chick typically does not kill all its nest mates, though one or two of them may die from starvation. Unfortunately, the house this nest is built on is about to be destroyed – no tenant rights for birds in China, I am afraid. But at least for this season, the chicks should be ok.

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