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Birding Ruili, Yunnan

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Recognizing its value for eco-tourism and biogeographical research, it is essential to conserve this magnificent bird. Some research topics seem a bit bizarre to me. Another paper asks “Does the diet of the Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger affect commercial fisheries?” Lowest (22.47 min/h) in sunny day.”

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Shelves of feeders to choose from, ranging from inexpensive tubes to porcelain sculptures; bags and barrels of shelled and unshelled seed, including something called variously thistle, nyjer or niger; guidelines on when, how, where to do the actual feeding. There was cleaning, lots of cleaning of feeders and yard. And squirrels.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. ” I wish I had this kind of optimism. They probably did not even have Twitter then.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Black Tern – Chlidonias niger. Black Skimmer – Rynchops niger. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Black Swift – Cypseloides niger. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Gull-billed Tern – Gelochelidon nilotica. Western Australia.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Southern Black-Tit – Melaniparus niger. Black Swift – Cypseloides niger. Black Tern – Chlidonias niger. Little Cormorant – Microcarbo niger. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Southern Black-Tit – Melaniparus niger. Black Swift – Cypseloides niger. Black Tern – Chlidonias niger. Little Cormorant – Microcarbo niger. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Southern Black-Tit – Melaniparus niger. Black Swift – Cypseloides niger. Black Tern – Chlidonias niger. Little Cormorant – Microcarbo niger. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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