10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Wikipedia has a paragraph on their interesting mating system : “Home ranges are occupied by breeding groups of 3 or 4 males with 3 or 4 females. I still do not like monkeys very much. I side with the HBW on this issue. These are unrelated birds that have a socially polygynandrous mating system. So undignified.

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China Birds Sheep Monkeys 193

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These are the tradeoffs of modern life in China. Calls include nasal wheezes, squeals, cackling and churring; combinations of rather high nasal “u-err”, quick high nasal “ii” and rolling “pwaaowa” calls uttered by groups of two or more individuals. Among all mammals, I think I like monkeys the least. Fortunately, they are not.

Birds 213

Birds Pandas Mammals China 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes. 9 Little Grebe.

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2014 Eagles Asia Groups 219

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Restoration of the Yi qi dinosaur from the late Jurassic era, China, by Emily Willoughby, used under Creative Commons license.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102