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Horrible Hybrids

10,000 Birds

As soon as I looked at it more closely it was quite clear that it wasn’t a scaup of any species, despite its resemblance to a North American Lesser Scaup. I hadn’t considered the possible parentage more than the two probable species involved, but intriguingly a Pochard drake x Tufted duck looks quite different.

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The 20 most common birds in Shanghai (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

After getting to the letter C last week in a roughly alphabetical order, I will show the second 10 species today. The Light-vented Bulbul is probably one of the two or three most common species here in Shanghai, which is not bad given that it is a fairly attractive bird. The Little Grebe is the default bird on Shanghai`s many ponds.

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