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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.

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How I dipped the Horned Grebe

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In the Old World, Horned (Slavonian) Grebe breeds in a wide belt stretching from Scandinavia to Kamchatka and it spends winters along sea coasts, from Japan to China and from Norway to France, plus the Adriatic and the Black Sea (west and east of the Balkans, respectively). Which costed me a lifer.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. Kiva 78(1):37–60.

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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

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They can be challenging to identify, especially if you haven’t seen one before, though with experience they are not really so difficult. In Europe, Lesser Kestrels are birds of the Mediterranean zone, nesting mainly in Spain and Portugal, southern France, Sardinia, the Balkans and parts of Greece.

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

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I found this out last year, on a trip to France with my daughter Sarah. I did notice that many French dragonflies depicted on the Internet (at least those from northern and central France) are also found in Great Britain. Sections on Behaviour, Breeding Habitat, and Population and Conservation offer brief but specific information.

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The long and winding road

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This population’s breeding range is covers much of the Eastern Arctic, from northern Labrador up to Ellesmere, in as far west as the Kivaliq region (Rankin Inlet, Arviat). In my experience here, the Wheatear arrive at the end of May to early June and quickly establish territories. From the Tundra to the African Steppes.

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