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Birding Dongfang and Dongzhai on Hainan

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In Shanghai, such fake brands more or less vanished more than 10 years ago, but it seems that on Hainan, there still is a space for them. In Shanghai, such fake brands more or less vanished more than 10 years ago, but it seems that on Hainan, there still is a space for them. Sensing the disapproval, the Yellow Bittern sneaked away.

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Take me to Church

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Sorry about this perch; these Mud Turtles are taking the sun on a discarded Mexican-made General Popo-brand tire. I saw 57 species in the area, which is pretty good for the church neighborhood. Three species especially stood out. Lazuli Buntings are another species that has been especially abundant this year.

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You VS Cat; First ever duel species tablet game

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Friskies just introduced the first duel-species tablet game, “You vs. Cat,” available for iPad and iPad2 tablet devices. Cat’ takes the fun of feeding cats’ senses through play to a completely new level,” said Alison Coburn, Friskies Assistant Brand Manager. Have you ever wanted to play a game with your cat on your iPad? Now you can!

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Not enough Woodpeckers

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Or would be, had I encountered more of them – so far, I have seen only a very small share of the approximately 233 woodpecker species, and got decent photos of an even smaller number – not much more than 10% of all of them. So, writing a post about them is easy.

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Taking Time to #SketchWithSibley

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Clearing a space, I retrieved my field notebook – untouched since April of 2018 – and flipped to a brand new page. Moreover, when I return to my field notebook someday, I have a better sense of how to capture unfamiliar species on the page to compare to my field guide back at home. I’m going to go through them all!

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Birding Singapore

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For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer. “Odd, me?”

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Tenet Wines: The Pundit Syrah (2016)

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The Pundit is a 2016 Syrah from Tenet Wines , a collaborative brand between Ste. I can’t say whether one of these species is more prone to punditry than the other. And, for whatever reason, there’s even a pundit on our featured bottle of wine this week – at least in name.

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