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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 2

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Of course, what is shown here (and in the video ) is a female – kind of typical for this blog. Unfortunately, the house this nest is built on is about to be destroyed – no tenant rights for birds in China, I am afraid. of researchers looking for chemical contaminants in the environment.

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Playback of Bird Calls Benefits Some Birds

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I wrote about it for WildBird Magazine a few years ago and recently David Sibley tackled it in his blog. The bottom line is that we do not have enough information or research to give a definitive answer as to whether to not it’s harmful to birds. Martins are notoriously tricky to attract.

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