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The Danube Backwaters

10,000 Birds

Asking myself that question quarter of a century ago, I snooped through a collection of research papers in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade (before the Internet, I really had to go through papers) and found the “Ornithological Notes from the Pancevo Wetlands 1909-1917” by dr Jeno Nagy. What else was to be found in that waterworld?

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

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. And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. Do your research. Hundreds massing at Mai Po, many coming into breeding plumage.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

The disadvantage is that this is not a typical parrotbill at all – it is a bit like the old joke of searching for your keys not where you lost them, but where there is plenty of light to facilitate the research. A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan.

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