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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here.

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Fixing a Hole: The Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch Saga Begins

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So, winter is very nearly upon us, and no, I never did find a Yellow-headed Blackbird. The Gray-crowned Rosy Finch , when she abandons her breeding grounds, prefers to forage on the ground, similar to (and sometimes in company with) Snow Buntings, Horned Larks , and Longspurs.

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