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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

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Oriental Scops Owls are quite possibly my favorite bird at Nanhui. Bird-shaped cuteness. in psychology from the University of Buffalo. The Yellow-breasted Bunting is one of the very few Nanhui birds listed as Critically Endangered. Sometimes you need the right pose and light to realize a common bird is rather cute.

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Happy New Year?

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While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. There are also certain psychological advantages. Birding New year year list'

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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But no, Jim’s eyes only light up when I talk about the Red-tailed Hawk that observes feeder birds from the top of the pine tree behind our building, or the Northern Harriers that in fall kettle over that grasslands preserve. I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty.