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Birding Yancheng, Jiangsu

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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. it would not be the national bird of the USA either. Incompetent photographers can always blame the bird.

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All Is Not Lost, Part II

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I truly do hope I am not tiring 10,000 Birds’ readers too much with my obsession with Michoacán’s ongoing drought, the disappearance of Lake Cuitzeo (Mexico’s 2nd largest lake, in normal years), and our own micro-endemic Black-polled Yellowthroat. But obsessed I am. Had I thrown a rock, I would undoubtedly have hit one.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. During this incredible DIY survival trip, patches of light tempt the small bird to a lethal, unnatural end.

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A Bee-eater Summer?

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Bee-eaters are one of the most colourful, and beautiful, of all European birds, but they are very scarce visitors to Britain. This was the best photograph I managed on a dull, grey May afternoon Suddenly, there they were, a whole line of birds on the wires, plus individuals swooping after insects. I’m coming!”

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration. It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.

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Gull for a Godwit in Costa Rica

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The macaws of the sandpiper clan, these long-billed, long-legged, loud calling birds are large and in charge. Better magnification is always preferred but there’s no need to investigate tiny toe palmations or miniscule feathered details on these magnificant mud probers. Most must surely fly high overhead or well offshore.

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Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor

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It is not always obvious which side of a bird-related conservation lawsuit is the right side. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. As many birders know, the last wild California Condors were captured by the U.S. But they disagreed on the means to obtain that shared goal.