Breeding China Species Tigers 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 10, 2021
It is on its way to breeding grounds mainly in Japan and thus only briefly stays here. In contrast, the Amur Paradise Flycatcher regularly breeds in China, even in Shanghai. to another species. In contrast, though the Lesser Coucal is also a cuckoo species, it is not a brood parasite. Dusky Warbler ?
Critter News
JULY 13, 2009
From the China Daily. The trade in TCM {Traditional Chinese Medicine} products has also been growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, which has seriously impacted medicinal plant and animal populations, though more than half of plants and animals being used by TCM are from artificial propagation or captive breeding.
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Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2010
A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. Cross-breeding two protected species is completely against nature. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species. From Focus Taiwan.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2022
Some of the more conservative Light-vented Bulbuls in my compound were trying to make the wearing of a tie mandatory for the species. But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Anyway, back to the somewhat less interesting birdlife within my prison-compound. So, I took these photos for them.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2020
May is also a good time for herons and egrets, as they are in their full breeding plumage. A Tiger Shrike – as always – looks very stylish. Lesser Coucal breeds in Nanhui, coastal Shanghai. A cuckoo species with a sense of honor, being a non-parasitic cuckoo. I guess you can see why. Chinese Pond Heron.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. I would only be that confident after at least 3 beers …).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. In New Zealand, the Spotted Dove is an introduced species.
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