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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lewis20126" data-source="post: 3289214" data-attributes="member: 37060">Or alternatively visit the country, watch the birds without killing them, explain the reasons for your visit to locals and encourage others to do likewise.   It won't be necessary to kill any of the birds I see in Guyana over Christmas but I hope my visit can support the various ecotourism projects around the country.  In so doing, habitats can be preserved.  To suggest the collection of the kingfisher is going to help protect the uplands of Guadalcanal is bordering on bonkers. These forests are (only) protected (and will be) because they are almost impossible to reach!cheers, alan</blockquote>