10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. Even though I am pretty sure eyes like these cannot be real and have been taken from some oversized teddy bears.

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Birds Eggs Bald Eagle Owls 195

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.

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Lithuania Denmark Birds China 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia. There are five species of seal that have been recorded in the Ross Sea – Crabeater , Weddell , Leopard , Ross (first described during the James Clark Ross’s expedition) and Southern Elephant Seal.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 167

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. Finally, some more reading material as a reward to those who have gotten this far: “The Bear Who Let It Alone” by James Thurber.

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China Birds Eggs Woodpeckers 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Ethics

MARCH 26, 2008

I make animal plushies and donate 60% from each sale to AnimalsAsia 's China Bear Rescue. :) My goal is to raise at least $1,000 this year, and you would be really helping me out by swapping links with me. :) Let me know if you're interested!

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China Bears Rescue Raised 40

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The animals featured include ones whose predicaments are due to: climate change (polar bears); poisoning (California condor-lead in shot that killed the individuals who became carrion, American bald eagle-DDT); human encroachment/loss of habitat due to our activities, such as logging, mining, drilling and deforestation (Florida panther, Iberian lynx, (..)

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

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.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 240

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2022

This is because, in China, winter heating at least traditionally depends on location. This pheasant is actually fairly common in many parts of China.

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Birds China Species Bears 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

.” This should make the bird somewhat unpopular with the socially rather conservative Chinese government – maybe the birds in China do not show this behavior in order to adapt to local customs? On the other hand, given China’s low birth rate, they might serve as an example for the future.

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Birds China Pythons Breeding 200

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. The latin binomial means ‘straight-edged cobbler’, which may be a closer description of how it constructs its nest-bearing cup.

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Indonesia India China Bears 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. melli is the Hong Kong form that visits during the winter from southern China. The former British colony’s Z.c. melli strain is one of as many as 12 races and shows a lighter face than many of the others. In the Z.c. cyonotus race.

2011 177

2011 Deer India New York 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2022

. “In a fairground in the middle of Paris You tried to prove to me your manliness By winning me a teddy bear” or. Nabang is a town in Yingjiang county, Yunnan province, China – it is right on the border with Myanmar (there actually is a border crossing more or less right inside Nabang).

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Bangladesh Birds China India 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This is a bird I had been looking for for a long time – it is not actually particularly rare in China (in fact, I have heard its call many times and also use it as the wake-up call for my mobile phone), but somehow I had never seen one, to the point of writing frivolous comments in eBird-Lists (“Collared Owlet. A Collared Owlet.

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2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

As usual in China, there are some anonymous Leaf Warbler species – but who cares, apart from Bella of Alpinebirding ? While the HBW claims that the Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher is uncommon in China, this probably does not apply to this part of Yunnan. Please bear with us while this update takes place.”

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 136

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

For the Chinese New Year 2022 holidays, my girlfriend and I decided to visit the remote areas of Guangxi in the South of China, at the border to Vietnam. At that time, China was strictly applying the zero COVID-19 policy. I asked myself while I was in the taxi on my way to the airport. Why did all tourists disappear?

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Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." According to the press release, Macy's website went so far as to "identify" the materials used as "Nylon/faux fur/goose down."

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40