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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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When it comes to breeding, Yellow-rumped Warblers are a good example of what many people regard as a “regular” bird. Male and female Yellow-rumps pair up on their breeding grounds, share duties in raising chicks, then politely part ways when fall migration comes. while the female has one primary mate.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. When juvenile Chinese Blackbirds want to get an alcoholic drink at a bar, they usually blacken their yellow gape flanges in order to look older. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. Not going for the obvious either.

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