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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

10,000 Birds

This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Meanwhile, on Chongming island, I rescued a Northern Shoveler which got caught in one of these evil, almost invisible strings that the farmers use to protect their fields from hungry birds. And it does not even live in reeds. Did the bird thank me?

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