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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. of catching extremely small fish.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.

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