The Red-billed Quelea can be found in bush, grassland, cultivation and savannah. Their flocks can contain hundreds of thousands
and sometimes even millions of individuals - devastating cereal crops. That's why farmers think that it is the greatest avian
agricultural pest in the region. They can roost in such massive numbers that they actually break tree branches. Seeing them in
massive numbers is a remarkable experience: the birds form into dense, highly synchronised flocks which look like clouds of smoke,
and then, as the flock approaches you, the wing-beats sound is like a high wind...
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