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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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The Common Pochard is listed as Vulnerable – not because it is particularly rare, but because of the rapid decline in its numbers (a decline of 50% within 10 years means a species is listed as Vulnerable – and a 50% loss in 10 years sounds quite dramatic and frightening indeed). And it does not even live in reeds.

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When Feeding Birds Runs Amuck

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Granted, the law is written poorly, but the man was given several warnings and insisted on feeding birds on the ground and attracted huge flocks of ducks and no doubt raccoons at night. Do neighbors refer to you as bird species + Lady or Guy? The Eagle Lady has also died and now the town bans the feeding of eagles and other birds.