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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. It concludes that human activity influences the breeding activity of the lapwing. End of side note.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds?

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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The Lesser Coucals sometimes try to argue with Chestnut-winged Cuckoos about the morality of having other species raise their chicks (The Lesser Coucal Species Committee also likes to point out that the species neither invaded Ukraine nor ever voted for Donald Trump – they can be a bit boring in insisting on always being on the good side).

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Birding Shanghai in July 2022

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The Little Grebe is of course a very common bird that can still surprise by its beauty in its breeding plumage. ” I have a scientific background myself, and I guess some experiments on animals may sometimes be justifiable, but others just leave me disgusted, such as this one. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian.

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