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The Blood Pheasant

September 18, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments

The Blood Pheasant gets its name from the crimson-colored streaks on its body – which apparently to some rather weird or overly imaginative people...

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

September 14, 2023 by Kai Pflug 3 Comments

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging...

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Storm’s Stork

September 4, 2023 by Kai Pflug 4 Comments

Take a medium-sized stork, then imagine placing a fried egg over each of its eyes. Color the white of the egg yellow and the...

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Birding Shanghai in August 2023

August 31, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments

The most important event this August for birders in Shanghai and probably elsewhere was of course the release of a new The National song,...

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Thirteen years of weekly posts

August 27, 2023 by Clare M 10 Comments

As I sit at my desk writing this post about the latest attempt at breeding for one of our pairs of Pied Oystercatchers I...

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In Search of the Imperial Amazon

August 23, 2023 by Faraaz Abdool 4 Comments

This near-mythical parrot has captivated my subconscious from the moment I learned of its existence. A massive (largest member of the Amazona group of...

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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

August 21, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments

When birding Sabah, Borneo, one almost inevitably passes through Kota Kinabalu, the biggest city and the destination of almost all international flights. While no...