10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Phillipps’ Field Guide (I’ll be using this shortened form of the title) covers 673 avian species, including 59 endemics, and 53 species that have not been documented yet for the area but which may show up in the next few years. Borneo, the authors say, is under-birded. I think we need to do something about that.

Brunei 171

Brunei Birds Asia China 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. ” ( source ).

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species. Yangtze River Dolphin in captivity, 1988, Wuhan, China, p. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004. Some were taken of birds and mammals in zoos or aviaries, others were taken in the wild, often in remote places.

Animal 261

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea in future weeks.I Mar 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pm The word “awesome&# is thrown around a lot these days, but this does sound truly awesome. Were you and Jeff the only witnesses? What a spectacle indeed.

Ducks 167

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A paper on the Chestnut-vented Nuthatch titled “Nest-Site Features and Breeding Ecology of Chestnut-Vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis in Southwestern China” has 8 authors. While the HBW describes their presence in China as “very local”, they seem to be very common at Tongbiguan. ” Oh my, are we important.

Birds 164

Birds China Woodpeckers Breeding 164

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Imagine you study history. Du, K., & Han, F.

Mammals 237

Mammals Europe Groups Family 237

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is an impressive bird (for a prinia – these birds are not usually very flashy) – eBird calls the species a “large, fierce-eyed prinia with a long, oft-cocked tail” There even is a separate document just on the vocalization of the Hill Prinia, if you are interested (frankly, I am not).

China 190

China Birds Burma Afghanistan 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Kai’s photos present a unique perspective on a very specific, under-birded area of China; you can view them on this blog, and, even more satisfying, you can view them in his book, Birds of Nanhui Shanghai , published in China in 2018 and available through NHBS, the international book distributor. teleconverter. by Kai Pflug.

China 137

China Birds 2018 Ducks 137

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This is a bird I had been looking for for a long time – it is not actually particularly rare in China (in fact, I have heard its call many times and also use it as the wake-up call for my mobile phone), but somehow I had never seen one, to the point of writing frivolous comments in eBird-Lists (“Collared Owlet. A Collared Owlet.

2020 216

2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

An individually marked Great Knot was seen in Roebuck Bay and then observed on the mudflats at Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, China, 137 hours later! Broome Accommodation Mar 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm A great post, thanks Clare, always great to see some of our local critters being documented. It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip.

2011 143

2011 Australia Deer New York 143

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." For a detailed and photo-documented description of how these highly intelligent, highly sensitive dogs are killed, see here.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Dr. Dean Ornish has also documented the heart-protective effects of plant-based diets, as has Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic. Colin Campbell of Cornell University is the director of the Cornell/Oxford/China Study, the largest epidemiological study ever conducted. that slow us down and make us chronically ill.”

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40