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Located about 2 hours from Xining by car, Qinghai Lake is China’s largest lake. Pallas’s Gull also breeds at Qinghai Lake, though the numbers are sadly much reduced: “The numbers breeding at L Qinghai, China, has apparently fallen from > 87,000 in 1970s to c. 15,000 in 2006” (HBW).

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I am Zhang Lin, living in Shanghai, China What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide? Eastern China, Sichuan, etc How long have you been a bird guide? What is your favorite bird species? That would be the Spoon-billed Sandpiper What is your name, and where do you live? 18 years How did… Source

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That means it also has many tropical birds that a foreigner living in China can see without risking to leave the country (which would mean 2 weeks of quarantine on reentry at best and complete exclusion at worst, depending on the ever-changing regulations). The post Birding Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

The whole of China How long have you been a bird guide? Reeve’s Pheasant What is your name, and where do you live? Steven An, I live in Nanjing City. What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide? 15 years How did you get into bird guiding?

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Clinal and individual variation make delineation of races somewhat difficult; proposed race turcomana (E Turkestan) is treated as a synonym of nominate, and castaneothorax (NE China) as a synonym of suschkini. The post Birding around Chaka, Qinghai, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To say that an update of John MacKinnon’s “A Field Guide to the Birds of China” (2000) has been highly anticipated by birders interested in Chinese birds is almost an understatement. While there are some decent Chinese-language guides, they are of limited use for (local) illiterates like me.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

China’s massive investment in infrastructure has indirectly benefited birders. The post Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Balangshan is a mountainous area in Sichuan complete with a pass at an altitude of 4500 meters. And it is a great place for birding.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Sid Francis Dujiangyuan, Sichuan, China Black-necked Crane What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide? What is your favorite bird species? Crested Tit-warbler, Leptopoecile elegans What is your name, and where do you live?

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JANUARY 20, 2022

The location not being Algiers but rather Nonggang in Guangxi province, China, close to the border to Vietnam. A very rural place, few people, and a landscape more reminiscent of coastal Northern Vietnam than most parts of China. This is just such a post.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The HBW even mentions the importance of Ruoergai for this species: “Key sites for migrants include the Ruoergai Plateau (China), which is also an important breeding area” Common Mergansers also seem to use these wetlands as breeding area. The post Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

The post Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China – The Raptor Edition appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Note: This trip was made with Alpinebirding , a Chinese tour company with very knowledgeable, English-speaking, and friendly guides – highly recommended to overseas birders. See my report on Tripadvisor if interested.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The post Birding Gonggangling and Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds. ” Note: This trip was made with Alpinebirding , a Chinese tour company with very knowledgeable, English-speaking, and friendly guides – highly recommended to overseas birders despite the occasional question regarding music appreciation.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is probably the most iconic bird species in China – to the point that some bird guides I know are quite tired of looking for it. And yet, I have now birded China for almost 5 years without ever really trying to see one.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In China, wherever there is one real tourist attraction (like the Great Wall), the local strategy seems to be to add some fake attractions – replicas of palaces or tombs, amusement parks, shopping centers – in order to maximize the income from tourists.

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JULY 11, 2019

And then there were of course the usual birds of this part of China – not uncommon but still quite attractive birds rarely seen in Shanghai, such as Red-billed Blue Magpie , Collared Finchbill , Ashy Drongo , Red-billed Starling , Black-throated Bushtit and Mountain Bulbul. A village about 1.5 Red-billed Blue Magpie. Collared Finchbill.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Spring Festival – or Chinese New Year – is a big period for traveling in China. While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world. Being somewhat allergic to crowds, I usually avoid traveling during the peak of this period.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

My last trip to Balangshan was in July 2021 – now I was back, three months later. Yes, I know you are not interested in boring semi-autobiographical descriptions of individual birding trips. But you may be interested in some of the most recent photos. I left out those showing merely fog (of which there was plenty at times).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Fortunately, some have found creative ways to deal with this issue: Trash indicating food ( Yellow-billed Chough , Balangshan, China). Trash as nesting material ( Upland Buzzard , Ruoergai, China). Trash as a vantage point ( Striated Heron , Nanhui, China). Trash as a bathtub ( Siberian Thrush , Nanhui, China).

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JUNE 25, 2020

Black-tailed Godwit (Nanhui, China, May 2020). Black-throated Tit (Tianmushan, China, Jun 2019). Black-winged Stilt (Nanhui, China, May 2019). Collared Finchbill (Zhenjiang, China, Oct 2015). Eurasian Oystercatcher (Tiaozini, China, Sep 2019). Hair-crested Drongo (Nanhui, China, Nov 2019). Hiking up a tree.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Shanghai Auto-Expo Park, Shanghai, China, April 21, 2024 Mountain Bulbul, Huangshan Mountain, Anhui, China, January 27, 2024 Black-crowned Night Heron, Suide Park, Shanghai, China, October 21, 2023 Photos taken by Falk Wirsam This series features three bird photos with a common theme taken by the same photographer. (..)

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Crested Myna (Shanghai, China) Black Crested Bulbul (Nonggang, China) Crested Barbet (Letaba, Bateleur, Kruger Park, South Africa) Crested Bunting (Nonggang, China) Crested Dove (somewhere in Australia) Crested Finchbill (Tengchong, China) Crested Flameback (Taman Negara, Malaysia) Crested Francolin (Ndumo, South Africa) Crested Goshawk (Shanghai, (..)

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018). Common Kingfisher (Mumbai, India, Feb 2019 and Nanhui, China, Apr 2020). Crested Kingfisher (HongAn, China, Jun 2015). Pied Kingfisher (Skukuza, South Africa, Nov 2018 and Nanhui, China, Jul 2020). Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Julius Caesar apparently once said “I love treason but hate a traitor” My feelings with regard to a birding-related topic are similar – I love owls but hate owling. For some reason, it seems that getting older means liking the daytime more and nighttime less (at least in my case). Obviously, for watching owls, this is a problem.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Grandala, Balangshan, Sichuan, China, June 08, 2023 Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan, February 18 , 2024 Snow Bunting, Wuerqihan, Inner Mongolia, China, December 23, 2023 Photos taken by Kai Pflug This series features three bird photos with a common theme taken by the same photographer.

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JULY 22, 2010

China is currently experiencing its biggest oil spill ever too. China's largest oil spill has spread to 430 square kilometers (166 square miles) hundreds of clean up workers struggle to cope. China Central Television earlier reported an estimate of 1,500 tons of oil has spilled. From Today Online.

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JUNE 20, 2022

T he Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tengchong, China) is a tiny bit bigger and looks much soberer. A point in case: the Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Tengchong, China). So, more than my usual maximum of five photos per species for the Eurasian Wryneck (Nanhui, Shanghai, China).

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A wet Grey-eyed Bulbul (Xishuangbanna, China). A wet Daurian Redstart (Shennongjia, China). Wet Orange-bellied Leafbird s (Tengchong, China). A wet Moustached Laughingthrush (Tengchong, China). A wet Blue-winged Minla (Tengchong, China). A wet Collared Finchbill (Shennongjia, China). Waterproof?

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JANUARY 4, 2010

India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. From the Economic Times (part of the India Times, I think). What kind of protection do they really mean? I'm too, too cynical.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Photo: Tibetan Serin, Tengchong, Yunnan, China. If you need a friend – or somebody to make fun of – it can be helpful to know some easy ways to spot birders. Here are ten ways that give these magnificent creatures away. Thanks to Peter for his help in preparing this list.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Tags: zoos pandas china.

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JUNE 13, 2019

The post Air Show at Nanhui, Shanghai, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds. But the chicks (or their parents) managed to find a road that – in a combination of rocks and trash – matches their appearance perfectly.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. China as a whole still doesn't have a national conscience about these issues. I'm not surprised. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2022, the 10,000 Birds eBird Collaborative submitted 1,837 checklists from 9 countries ( Australia , China , Costa Rica , Mexico , Saint Lucia , Serbia , Trinidad and Tobago , United Kingdom , and the United States ) and observed 1,273 species. The Collaborative life list increased to 4,140.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Here is the letter: I’ve just received an urgent report that another city in China is planning a mass cull to slaughter any unregistered dogs, strays, and even registered family dogs that are over 14 inches (35cm) tall. Make a donation to help IFAW end dog culls in China and to protect animals around the world from similar cruelty.

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JUNE 5, 2009

From China Smack (link has dead dogs picture): 2009 May 31, an indiscriminate massacre was carried out throughout the entire 3206 square kilometer county of Yangxian in Shaanxi province — the target of the massacre were dogs! Tags: dogs china.

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JULY 13, 2009

From the China Daily. Eating wild animals is also a traditional practice in southern China. Tags: wildlife smuggling Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers exotic meat china endangered species. The Chinese want them for exotic foods and for medicine. Up to 20 percent of these are now considered threatened.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Here is an interesting article about research out of Sweden that suggests that all domesticated dogs may have originated from China. Tags: china. That is the proposal of a team of geneticists led by Peter Savolainen of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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