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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

I feel that thanking your own baby for moral support in the acknowledgment section of a Ph.D. Bonus note for science nerds (not related specifically to birds): Whenever Chinese researchers give percentages, they do so up to two digits behind the decimal – thus the exact percentages in the HBW citation above. Connecticut.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

10,000 Birds

The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. Fortunately, Black-crowned Night Heron s are quite common in Shanghai, though apparently endangered in Illinois ( source ).

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