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Birding Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China

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Black-bellied Plover: Known as Grey Plover in Europe and Asia. “Sleep with the fishes”? At least from the perspective of the fish. Asian Brown Flycatcher: The most boring flycatcher here in Eastern China is also by far the most common one. Point for American birders, I am afraid.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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The new Guide to the Birds of China (John MacKinnon) has been published. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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201-400 sp: Madagascar, north African countries; European countries; Asia Minor, Arabian Peninsula, Mongolia. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. Costa Rica has 900 and not 800 species, but I made no corrections, remaining faithful to the original map data. 801-1000 sp. –

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). of catching extremely small fish.

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The Horrors of Shark Finning

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The fins are then utilized in a wide variety of ways, especially in areas of Asia. For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. Without proper navigation skills, sharks become open prey for predatory fish. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.

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Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?

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Off to the nearest kaiki (traditional Greek fishing boat) followed by a flock of shearwaters and gulls. It lives from the Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands across the whole of Asia to the shores of the East China Sea and here I stand at the very edge of the range of this species. Yelkouan Shearwater (c) Paschalis Dougalis.

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Orange-headed Thrush

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Orange-headed Thrush Orange-headed Thrush By Redgannet • March 6, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share The Orange-headed Thrush , Zoothera citrinus, is common across much of India and south-east Asia. In the Z.c.

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