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Come on, Ben.’ She eyed the envelope frankly. ‘I’ve been bursting since it arrived. I would have steamed it open – but the electric kettle is broken.’ She grinned triumphantly, and bent over the lens again. With her finger she touched the Indian ink arrow in the corner of the photo that gave the northerly bearing.

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The Ruins in Zimbabwe". The Canberra Times. 3 March 1973. p.11 . Retrieved 5 December 2015– via National Library of Australia. Archeologist Benjamin Kazin with the aid of his assistant Sally searches Botswana for what he believes to be the remains of the ancient Phoenician city of Opet. The sunbirds have counterparts in two very distantly related groups: the hummingbirds of the Americas and the honeyeaters of Australia. The resemblances are due to convergent evolution brought about by a similar nectar-feeding lifestyle. [2] Some sunbird species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but they usually perch to feed.BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris congensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717998A94561701. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717998A94561701.en . Retrieved November 15, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris humbloti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717813A94553492. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717813A94553492.en . Retrieved November 12, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris gertrudis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103797518A104294788. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103797518A104294788.en . Retrieved November 12, 2021. Bobby Sturvesant pours Glen Grant malt whisky with the same heavy thirteen-year-old hand she uses to pour Coca-Cola. Consequently I floated into the Institute feeling very good indeed.

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BirdLife International (2018). " Cinnyris chalybeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717869A131979925. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717869A131979925.en . Retrieved November 20, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris oustaleti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717841A94554825. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717841A94554825.en . Retrieved November 15, 2021. Fionn Ó Marcaigh uses a parabolic reflector to record bird songs on Hoga Island, one of the Wakatobi Islands in Indonesiaa b Lindsey, Terence (1991). Forshaw, Joseph (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds. London: Merehurst Press. p.207. ISBN 978-1-85391-186-6. BirdLife International (2020). " Aethopyga linaraborae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22724518A177948824. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724518A177948824.en . Retrieved November 14, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris chalcomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718012A94562467. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718012A94562467.en . Retrieved November 16, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Anthreptes neglectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717645A94543945. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717645A94543945.en . Retrieved October 3, 2023. BirdLife International (2016). " Aethopyga flagrans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103805010A94564834. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103805010A94564834.en . Retrieved November 12, 2021.

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BirdLife International (2022). " Anthreptes rectirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T103792746A210661407. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T103792746A210661407.en . Retrieved October 3, 2023. In zoos, sunbirds and hummingbirds need similar care. They often live in large aviaries, usually with other species of sunbirds or small bird species. The family contains 146 species divided into 16 genera: [17] For more detail, see list of sunbird species. Ben,’ she said. ‘Oh Ben – I’m so glad for you!’ Somehow her easy acceptance and presumption annoyed me. BirdLife International (2016). " Arachnothera crassirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718106A94567472. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718106A94567472.en . Retrieved November 11, 2021.BirdLife International (2016). " Aethopyga guimarasensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103809131A104301389. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103809131A104301389.en . Retrieved November 18, 2021. Despite sunbirds having great similarity with hummingbirds, the two are not closely linked. Same morphology is an outcome of convergent evolution: unrelated species form similar morpho-anatomical characteristics because of similar lifestyle. Many different species of sunbirds feed almost exclusively on the nectar of flowers. They use their long, curved beaks to reach down into the flowers and lap up the nectar. Because they feed on nectar, many different species of sunbirds are important pollinators.

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BirdLife International (2020). " Aethopyga boltoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22718059A179061446. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22718059A179061446.en . Retrieved November 14, 2021. A hundred miles from the nearest surface water? Forget it, Ben! You know as well as I do that this is the–’ Cool To Be Kind is the result of a few transitional years in Dave and Phil’s individual personal worlds. It tells tales that cover contemporary themes as well as age-old matters of the heart and soul - all viewed through the bottom of a recently drained pint glass.BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris batesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717687A94546628. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717687A94546628.en . Retrieved November 12, 2021. BirdLife International (2020). " Leptocoma minima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22717785A94551846 . Retrieved November 6, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cyanomitra verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717738A94548805. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717738A94548805.en . Retrieved November 17, 2021. BirdLife International (2016). " Cinnyris stuhlmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103798409A104275812. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103798409A104275812.en . Retrieved November 18, 2021. BirdLife International (2018). " Cyanomitra olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717691A131978137. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717691A131978137.en . Retrieved November 13, 2021.

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