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Unfortunately, the Ashy Drongos did not exactly do what he predicted that they would do – mob potential predators more frequently during the breeding season and mob the more dangerous predator (in this case, the Black Eagle) more intensely. So, there are some positive aspects of Facebook being blocked in China.

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In China, wherever there is one real tourist attraction (like the Great Wall), the local strategy seems to be to add some fake attractions – replicas of palaces or tombs, amusement parks, shopping centers – in order to maximize the income from tourists. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

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As far as I know, White-rumped Snowfinches are not among the main prey of the Saker Falcon – but they associate with colonies of pika, using burrows for both roosting and breeding (HBW), so it makes sense to mention them here (plus I forgot to cover them in my earlier post on Ruoergai birds). See my report on Tripadvisor if interested.

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The Bar-backed Partridge is a species of partridge found in southwestern China and Southeast Asia. The Bar-backed Partridge was also one of four focal species in an investigation into illegal bird hunting in Southwestern China. If I can give you some advice: Better not be a bird in China. Unsurprisingly, it is.

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There, breeding Amur Paradise Flycatchers have become an attraction for Chinese bird photographers, and the source of some tourism income for the locals. Conveniently, one pair is breeding just about 100 meters away from a place renting out rooms and also providing meals. hours away from Shanghai by high-speed train. Ashy Drongo.

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Other researchers apparently tried to get their universities to fund their drone toys, resulting in papers with titles such as “The use of drones to study the breeding productivity of Whooper Swan “ Another finding does not come as a surprise to birders watching birds both from cars and on foot.

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These days, quite a few species are breeding at Nanhui, Shanghai. The post Air Show at Nanhui, Shanghai, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds. This involves a lot of flying around, finding food and bringing it back to the chicks. But not all species do this in such a spectacular fashion as the Barn Swallow.

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Wikipedia has a paragraph on their interesting mating system : “Home ranges are occupied by breeding groups of 3 or 4 males with 3 or 4 females. I side with the HBW on this issue. These are unrelated birds that have a socially polygynandrous mating system.

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It does not seem that long since the shorebirds all returned from their northerly migration and already we are starting to see the change in their breeding plumage. The shorebirds will start to leave Broome next month to breed high up in the Arctic and will mostly fly non-stop to the Yellow Sea in China.

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The breeding grounds of the Blackthroat Luscinia obscura have been discovered in the Qinlang mountains of China’s Shaanxi Province. The seven singing males were almost equivalent to the total seen in the wild since the bird was discovered in the 1800s.

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The Siberian Rubythroat seems to somewhat lack a proper inbuilt GPS system – while it breeds as far west as the Ural Mountains and winters as far est as Central India, it does not migrate through central Asia in large numbers (even though this would be the shortest way). So better not let a rubythroat bite you. .

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China is not that well-known for its hornbills, but in Yunnan province, on the border to Myanmar, some species can be found. This is not due to its breeding habits, which it shares with the other hornbills – though those habits could well be described as appalling. Visiting the family.

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A paper on the Chestnut-vented Nuthatch titled “Nest-Site Features and Breeding Ecology of Chestnut-Vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis in Southwestern China” has 8 authors. While the HBW describes their presence in China as “very local”, they seem to be very common at Tongbiguan.

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It is now almost exactly two years that I last was outside of China. At some point, my stock of memories of birds seen outside of China will be used up, I am afraid. While I write this, the vessel is on a trip from Shekou, China to Callao, Peru, presumably to pick up some ore, most likely copper ore.

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Some people want Grey-headed Swamphens to be gone from Florida (photo taken in China, though). Fortunately, the birds are quite welcome by birders at Beihai Wetlands near Tengchong, Yunnan, China – not surprising given their attractive appearance.

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The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). This is not really an option at Nanhui though.

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Yibin is a typical smallish Chinese city (which in China means slightly above 850,000 people in the metro area, which would make it the fifth-biggest city in Germany but does not get it into the top 100 in China). What a pity.) But then, would a lady pheasant be pleased to be described as “large”? What a weird world.

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In fact, if I were to leave China right now, they would not let me back into the country. Others have wintered here and are now in the process of leaving for the summer, such as the Black-faced Spoonbill – already in breeding plumage so as to not waste any time once arriving in Northern China.

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.” This should make the bird somewhat unpopular with the socially rather conservative Chinese government – maybe the birds in China do not show this behavior in order to adapt to local customs? On the other hand, given China’s low birth rate, they might serve as an example for the future.

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Of course, for countries with mostly moderate climates such as the US, China, Japan, or Germany, it is always easier to claim that the winter range is the problem (i.e., This name is derived from Commander John Matthew Robert Ince (1812-1850) Royal Navy, surveyor, collector in Australia, New Guinea and China (source: HBW).

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It is kind of rare to see a Fairy Pitta during Shanghai’s spring migration as those passing through are all adults rather than inexperienced chicks, and they are in a rush getting to their breeding grounds – but I was lucky. This should not be a problem in Shanghai as the pitta has not been reported to breed here.

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While I am still not so sure about China’s sense of humor – though admittedly, the issue is mostly a mismatch between what I think is funny and what the average Chinese thinks is funny, an issue that I have had in other countries as well – the country sure has its fair share of Laughingthrushes.

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William also had connections to both China and Napoleon, but I am too lazy to copy these bits from Wikipedia right now. Note: The species was seen and photographed in Kangding, Erlangshan, and Yibin (all Sichuan province, China) on a tour with AlpineBirding. Read it there if you want.

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk Based on one paper , one might recommend this female to breed in a city as apparently urban nesters have higher breeding success (though admittedly, that paper looked at rural vs. urban in Scotland, not China). And to end the post, some raptors, never a very common sight in Shanghai.

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It is on its way to breeding grounds mainly in Japan and thus only briefly stays here. In contrast, the Amur Paradise Flycatcher regularly breeds in China, even in Shanghai. The female is optimized for inconspicuous breeding, not for pop stardom. The female is less impressive but still a nice bird to see. Dusky Warbler ?

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Shanghai parks are rather crowded and noisy places, but the goshawks – who unlike me have lived in China all their lives – apparently do not mind. The Little Grebe is of course a very common bird that can still surprise by its beauty in its breeding plumage. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian. but they do.

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From the China Daily. The trade in TCM {Traditional Chinese Medicine} products has also been growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, which has seriously impacted medicinal plant and animal populations, though more than half of plants and animals being used by TCM are from artificial propagation or captive breeding.

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Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea and lies right on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. This means that every year, millions of birds fly by the city on their way between their breeding grounds in Northern Asia and their wintering spots in Southeast Asia and Australia. And yet it is. So, there is some hope.

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is based on a study of specimens and tape recordings collected during one visit to each of two localities in central China in 1997 and 1998 and their own tape recordings and specimens from Nepal; in all, 196 specimens were examined. In contrast, the paper by Martens et al. Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not.

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Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed).

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A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan. Indeed, positive assortative mating, based on culmen length, tarsus length, and body mass, was found across breeding pairs. While Giant Pandas are celebrated in today’s China, this was not always the case.

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The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Here in Shanghai, we only get to see those individuals breeding in the North (Northern China, Nothern Japan, Siberia) and not those less ambitious individuals staying further south year-round.

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Each evening the shorebirds head off on their migration to breed in the Northern hemisphere. Most of the shorebirds will be flying non-stop until they reach China. One of the birds is a juvenile from last year’s breeding and still has a dull bill tip and pale legs. Shorebirds roosting and bathing in Roebuck Bay.

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So, I asked around and was told that Qinghai is the place to go to for birds in China in August. For some reason, the HBW specifically mentions that this species also breeds in a city park in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Going to Qinghai usually starts with a flight to Xining, the capital. of the Large-billed Crow.

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Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. Cross-breeding two protected species is completely against nature. One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. From Focus Taiwan.

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While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. It is not quite clear why they do this as it apparently does not affect breeding success. it would not be the national bird of the USA either.

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Shanghaibirding describes the Brown-headed Thrush as “a scarce passage migrant through northern and central coastal China, including Shanghai” – given that I only saw it once on Tianmashan, that is probably correct, though the date (January 09) seems rather late for a migrant.

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