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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

10,000 Birds

Oriental Scops Owls are quite possibly my favorite bird at Nanhui. Bird-shaped cuteness. Estren said that humans should be mindful of their bias for cute animals, so animals that would not be considered cute are also valued in addition to cute animals. Of course, this would probably get me a telling off from Mark J.

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. The TaĆ­nos named the birds Iguacas, after their call. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. The birds thrive.