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Threatened Birds of Nanhui, Shanghai

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This means that every year, millions of birds fly by the city on their way between their breeding grounds in Northern Asia and their wintering spots in Southeast Asia and Australia. Other areas in Lingang are starting to be covered with factories (Tesla) and residential buildings. So, there is some hope.

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Autumn colours

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In the north of Australia we also have changing colours, but it is not the foliage that changes. This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. Get yours today! Very well done! Beautiful post again.

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Use it or lose it?

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People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land. A duck farmed in a factory is part of nature as much as one that grew up on a pond, even if the particulars of its ecosystem are different. Unsustainable hunting leads to extinction.

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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

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Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat. Before the owls brought tourists, billboards along the main road proudly called the town “Kikinda – the Tile Capital”, after its tile factory, which is hardly a reason for any tourist to consider visiting the place.

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