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Birding Inner Mongolia

10,000 Birds

This applies even more so to the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Notice how they never sit together on buses? Given that the Great Spotted Woodpecker can also be seen in Shanghai, it was hardly necessary to pursue it in Inner Mongolia at -20 degrees Celsius.

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Back in New York and Birding Part 2

10,000 Birds

The longspurs proved more elusive: though we found both Horned Larks and Snow Buntings , to say nothing of an “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow we failed to find a single longspur. The owl was simple to see and John had it in his bins within a minute of commencing to look.

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