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.

China 189

China Birds Sheep Monkeys 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

While the conclusion seems fairly established now, the paper still puts it in the usual wordy and careful statement: “The shorter minimum stopover duration of both species in spring may indicate a faster migration than in autumn, suggesting a time-minimizing strategy in spring to reach the breeding grounds as fast as possible.”

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These are the tradeoffs of modern life in China. Among all mammals, I think I like monkeys the least. There is quite a bit of construction going on, so in the future, the park may become much more accessible to tourists, and at the same time much less attractive for shy birds (and their birder followers).

Pandas 209

Pandas Birds Mammals China 209

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. Monkey at a monastery.

2014 216

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 216

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.

Mauritius 102

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102