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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The poster bird of this area is the near-threatened Black-necked Crane. The HBW even mentions the importance of Ruoergai for this species: “Key sites for migrants include the Ruoergai Plateau (China), which is also an important breeding area” Common Mergansers also seem to use these wetlands as breeding area.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The main attraction for birders here are the hornbills – I have written about them before , so this post will be more on the other birds I saw there in 2017. Anyway, it is a very cute-looking bird if you are big enough not to be among its prey of (mostly) insects. I have written about the hornbills of this area before.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2011
If you’re a British birder, or a birder looking in to British birding, you could be forgiven sometimes for feeling it bears all the hallmarks of a good soap opera depending on where you surf. Terry writes in a down to earth, no frills style offering an Brit’s view of China’s birds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2023
I also only managed to see rather common bird species at Shennongjia, a nature reserve in Hubei province, China. If this does not put you off from reading this post, you are hopeless anyway, so just proceed … The Brown-breasted Bulbul might well be the most common bird at Shennongjia, so it seems appropriate to start with it.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2022
Strangely, one of the easiest birds to see on Chongming recently is the non-native Black Swan. According to an article in the Guardian , “nearly a quarter of black swan families are parented by homosexual couples, the males sometimes mating with a female simply to have a chick. Homophobia? I thought I needed to mention this.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. During 1990s, the South China Tiger became extinct in the wild (some still survive in zoos) and the number of extinct races reached four. The Telia Lake.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2011
The Common Tailorbird , Orthotomus sutorius, is a small warbler whose range extends from India to southern China and down into Indonesia. It is an active bird that seldom stays still or quiet and often cocks its tail as it moves about through the thick cover. It is common, mostly in the lowlands, but can range as high as 5000ft.
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