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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc., at Disney’s Animal Kingdom ( source ). of catching extremely small fish.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. But that may have helped me to see them – the species is quite nomadic and settles wherever there is rain. was responsible for maintaining the universe, judging the dead, and for writing and science ( source ).

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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The scientific species name of the Golden-throated Barbet is franklinii , commemorating Capt. The HBW section on this species’ behavior mostly repeats the phrase “more information needed” Though of course scientists, hungry for grants and topics, say that all the time. Ok, I made that up.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

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An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Then one day you go to a conference of historians and there is a special symposium being held by some well regarded colleagues, who have been working for months with some archaeologists on a secret project. Flight is an example. But they were definitely not birds.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. No surprise then that the species is listed as Vulnerable. But then, sanity (or maybe respect for you, the reader) prevailed. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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The Golden Pheasant

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Here is the result of the first few websites that a Google search brought up: A-Z animals : Not included in the top 10 The Mysterious World : Included and taking the No. ” Owlcation: Included at number 7 but species may not be listed in any particular order. 3, so, yes. Legit : Included and taking the number 2 spot.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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The species name athertoni is derived from Lt. Unfortunately, there is not much literature on the species except for the inevitable analysis of the mitochondrial genome. As usual in China, there are some anonymous Leaf Warbler species – but who cares, apart from Bella of Alpinebirding ?

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