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Bird-Eating Fish

10,000 Birds

Usually, it’s “Bird eating fish” but here we have a case of a “Bird-eating fish.” ” The Wels Catfish, Silurus glanis , is the second largest fish in its range, which covers much of Europe and parts of West Asia. As noted, the fish-like mammals do this as well.

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Birding Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China

10,000 Birds

Black-bellied Plover: Known as Grey Plover in Europe and Asia. “Sleep with the fishes”? At least from the perspective of the fish. As this is a coastal place, there are of course lots of waders, in larger numbers, and more variety than in Shanghai. Point for American birders, I am afraid.

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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

Like the Adjutants in Asia and Jabiru of the Americas, the Marabou is our bare-headed scavenging stork. Ethiopia’s Rift Valley lakes such as Lake Ziway and Awassa are famous for the gangs of Marabous that hang around the fish markets and allow close approach in the hope of a smelly handout. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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Japan Mad about Banning Bluefish Tuna Fishing

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Considering Japan's history in East Asia, it is seriously ironic to me that they throw the word "imperialism" around. I'm not surprised considering their attitude about whale meat. Apparently, it's all "cultural imperialism. Give me a break. The article's writer is a bit more objective about this than I am.)

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Great Crested Grebe

10,000 Birds

Perch are a fresh water species of fish that are native to Europe and N. Asia, but have been introduced elsewhere. I used to fish for perch and know them to be a spiky character. The grebe was struggling to get it down and dove back beneath the water a couple of times to try and force the fish in.

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Birding Hokkaido

10,000 Birds

These consist of Red-crowned Crane , Blakiston’s Fish-Owl , and Steller’s Sea-Eagle – all among the most massive and spectacular representatives of their families. Several more hours of driving on icy roads took us to Washi-no-yado, a traditional Japanese B&B near Rausu, the ‘place to be’ for Blakiston’s Fish-Owl.

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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

10,000 Birds

Hence, for the rest of the world, I lowered my threshold to 400 and that worked well in Africa, but I soon discovered that for Asia I need to go further down, to 300. In this first part, I’ll focus on continental Asia, its south and south-east (Oriental region). Other than that, there are barely a few hotspots with over 500 species.

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