Breeding China Rights Sparrows 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2022
But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Taking the famous statement that Mao was 70% right, 30% wrong (Deng Xiaoping), his decision regarding sparrows certainly falls under the second category. But indeed they vanish somewhere once the people pretending to try and catch fish appear.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2019
Start with Eurasian Tree Sparrow , an unlikely high-ranked target for anybody watching birds in Shanghai. Still, a bird that has its moments – and I am always surprised how this sparrow really seems to enjoy human presence, however destructive it may be. It looks fairly flashy in its breeding plumage, much less so in winter.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
The male Bar-tailed Godwit are the first to show us breeding plumage and then the Red Knot and Curlew Sandpipers have two beautiful reds-red wine rather than cranberry juice! We receive some beautiful photos from China of individually marked shorebirds on migration each year as they travel through the Flyway.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (left) and Andean Cock-of-the-rock (right) by Adam Riley Redgannet’s choice turned out rather, well, pedestrian: I was bloated with smugness after stalking and managing to get a photograph of what I imagined to be a rare and elusive rallid during a trip to Costanera Sur on an Argentine autumn morning.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. It just looks stupid. Thank god that this does not apply to humans.
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. What is a day of birding without scanning malodorous mud, right? Hundreds massing at Mai Po, many coming into breeding plumage. 133 Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
Outside of the breeding season a few birds may join together in a loose flock if the feeding is good. melli is the Hong Kong form that visits during the winter from southern China. Wicked, right? To describe the back as grey makes it sound very drab, but in good light it takes on a bluish hue. In the Z.c. cyonotus race.
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