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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1)

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This makes these sections ideal for birding, with a much-reduced risk of being killed by a passing truck. (We Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. The driver later had a rather simple explanation – “I dozed off”).

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. A paper reports on how a female Common Cuckoo was mobbed and killed by Oriental Reed Warbler hosts. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next?

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