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A male Western Parotia displaying for the affections of some very discerning females in the mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula on the island of New Guinea. One of the most visually spectacular displays in nature.
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Hair-crested Drongos in Borneo consistently use white fungus-afflicted twigs for use in their nests. These are rare in the forest and must require some serious effort to find. Why do they do this? Anti-microbial properties? An ideal combination of flexibility and strength? Camouflage? Who knows, but it's pretty cool.
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The Bornean subspecies of Rajah Scops-Owl hadn't been seen alive in almost 100 years when our crew found this individual on one of our research plots on Mt. Kinabalu. Why the absence? Are they genuinely rare? Do they only occupy a narrow elevational range rarely accessed by birders and researchers? Are they simply overlooked?
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