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Three Amazing Things

10,000 Birds

A throat swab sent to the Taiwan Centres For Disease Control helped scientists identify H6N1, a subtype of avian flu that has been spreading in chickens. Earlier this spring, the Taiwanese woman came to the hospital with flu-like symptoms and a shortness of breath.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

10,000 Birds

Further studies are needed …” If you use a bad online translation engine to translate the Chinese name of the Northern Lapwing into English, you will end up with the “Crested Wheat Chicken” (Fèng tóu mài ji). Apparently, this is part of a broader trend – it has also been observed in Taiwan ( source ).

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