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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

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From one side, the reserve is under the attack of spreading arable fields, from another by numerous wind generators and it is no easy task to support the surviving breeding birds within its borders. Shimmering in the distance, Nilgais , the biggest antelopes of Asia, walk by. And the animals themselves?

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in November 2021

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Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I have to say that the pattern suits the buntings much better than humans, though, and hopefully, it is also more pleasant for them to wear. Japanese T**s have their own claim to fame – they are the first wild animal species with experimental evidence for compositional syntax.

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Three Amazing Things

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The breeding season is longer, starts earlier. “Many long-distance migrants arrive so late on the breeding grounds that they have little opportunity to respond to warming conditions by nesting earlier.” First this : Bird Flu Strain Jumps From Animals To People For The First Time. ” GannetCam.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.

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The 300 survivors

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From one side, the reserve is under the attack of spreading arable fields, from another by numerous wind generators and it is no easy task to support the surviving breeding birds within its borders. Shimmering in the distance, Nilgais , the biggest antelopes of Asia, walk by. And the animals themselves?

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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In the 70s, with the survival of the species in jeopardy, the entire wild population was captured and brought into a captive breeding program in southern California. In parts of southern Asia the population has plummeted 90% or more, necessitating action from local governments, which thankfully came in the not to distant past.