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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China

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The poster bird of this area is the near-threatened Black-necked Crane. Godlewski’s Bunting is an attractive bunting species with a rather broad distribution in Russia, Mongolia, China, and other countries. Not sure how I (or the bird itself) feel about the bird being named after a bird collector, though.

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Ending 2021 with the Steller’s Sea Eagle

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If you are plugged into the birding community, you’ve probably seen photos of this errant eagle, normally found in Russia and Asia but now be-bopping around the United States and Canada. Birding has become a family affair for my relatives. What an incredible way to end the 2021 birding year.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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Birders follow different patterns of bird migration and their local activities and travel accordingly. It illustrates the bird richness per country. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. Focus on the wider triple border area – the birding top of the world.).

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Schoolkids Across Asia Team Up to Save the Spoon-Billed Sandpiper

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The project recruited schoolkids from eight Asian nations, from Russia down to Thailand, to help color in frames of an animation that depicts the lonely and perilous migration of a Spoon-billed Sandpiper as it faces threats from habitat loss and hunting. Birding Birds Conservation Inspiration News spoon-billed sandpiper video'

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Of Snowflake Birds and the Cold War

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I was given my first real field guide to the birds of Europe by my parents, a guide beyond the species found at backyard feeders and city ponds. However, all my keen travel plans and strategies frequently hit a snag roughly two-thirds into the book when I got to the page depicting a fine, delicate bird: the Azure Tit. Azure T**s.

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Blue Monday turned Black Monday – a picture story

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Birds & birding were definitely the last thing on my mind. The Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra ) has a very wide distribution in the Old World, ranging from Spain (an isolated population) and northern France through central and eastern Europe all across northern and central Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and China.

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Godwits are bad ambassadors of conservation

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I fully realize that my last post was not a bird post in the strictest sense. That’s why I won’t talk too much this time – just the birds. Birds Germany godwits shorebirds' Therefore I have decided to right my wrong by providing first and foremost some avian eye candy, and not talk.

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