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Habitat Mash-up

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Yellow-hooded Blackbirds and Yellow-chinned Spinetails were ubiquitous as expected, along with a few shorebirds in some isolated ponds. On our journey back, we tried again by a couple forested bridges for any glimpse of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron , but no luck on that front. Most interesting of the peeps was this lone Western Sandpiper.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2022

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The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid. Tragically, I never saw any birds near the nest later on – I guess they abandoned it, decided to quit procreating, or just got eaten by some other bird or cat.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai, in September 2021

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Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. A happier shrike.

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Collaborative list – December 2021

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Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus). Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula). Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus). Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives). Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus). Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus). Amur Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei).

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Collaborative List – August 2021

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The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

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Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum; Tambor, 3-Jan. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus; Lakeside Catfish farms, 11-Jan. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Anhinga – Anhinga anhinga; Paquera, 3-Jan. Neotropic Cormorant – Phalacrocorax brasilianus; Paquera, 3-Jan.