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Birding Tiaozini again – sponsored by the local government …

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One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole. Much better than some fiddly spoon-billed sandpipers. Also available as a set of two.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula.

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Birding Shanghai in July 2022

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I have written about the interesting sex life of these jacanas a few times already (short version: female mates with male, lays a bunch of eggs for him to incubate and raise the chicks, leaves him, finds another male, repeat). But it is all for science, I hear them say. but they do. Or maybe it is because I do not do yoga.

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