10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Given the strict covid prevention measures here in China, I have not left the country in almost 2 years now. Fortunately, China still has lots of interesting birding locations left for me. Originally restricted to Africa, it is now also well-established in parts of Europe and South Africa.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack. That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect.

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China Europe Research Falcons 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Its natural range in Europe was restricted the the surroundings of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, and in Asia it ranged from Asia Minor to central China. Contradicting this relentless shooting were efforts to establish feral populations in many regions of Europe, both within and outside its natural range.

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Feral Europe Asia North America 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

I was given my first real field guide to the birds of Europe by my parents, a guide beyond the species found at backyard feeders and city ponds. … Birds chickadees chickadees and tits Europe tits The Cold War was over, the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and the Russians? They were friends now.

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Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2011

The Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra ) has a very wide distribution in the Old World, ranging from Spain (an isolated population) and northern France through central and eastern Europe all across northern and central Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and China.

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Germany Asia China Russia 151

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

China used H5N2 inactivated vaccine to prevent spread of H5N1 strain highly infectious bird flu virus and that has proved to be effective, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Tuesday. If that form causes serious illness (in a bird or in humans), and if it is spread easily, then we have a problem.

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2012

Goosander , which is what this species is called in Europe, may be a more accurate alternative, although Mergus merganser doesn’t really resemble a goose either. While this merganser does maintain a strong presence in China throughout the year, it may breed as far north as Russia and winter as far south as Thailand.

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North America Thailand Russia Ducks 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

They are summer visitors to much of northern Europe, wintering in the Mediterranean with resident populations favouring western Europe. In India and the Far East, they are winter visitors from China and Russia. They breed noisily and colonially at large lakes with reed beds and marshy areas.

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Philadelphia Russia Europe North America 181

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

It lives from the Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands across the whole of Asia to the shores of the East China Sea and here I stand at the very edge of the range of this species. Trips Europe Greece seabirds' After a light seafood lunch and some local brew, we went to the hills surrounding the Finikas.

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Greece Malta Croatia Birds 239

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2022

China is developing very fast, and Shanghai is developing even faster. It has a streaked breast and mostly looks for food on the ground, often in small flocks While it is common around here in winter, it is very rare in some parts of Europe, for example in Britain. This sometimes makes it difficult for wild animals to survive.

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Birds Fish Germany China 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2020

Their use in ancient China is attested in the Huainanzi , a collection of essays compiled before 139 BCE. Following this early example, weathervanes in classical antiquity often assumed the form of animals and mythological beings – often deifications of the four compass winds – traditions that carried on in Europe long past the fall of Rome.

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New York Farming Belgium Fowl 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2019

Of course, these disturbances are nothing compared to being pestered by your own chicks … For the Oriental Magpie , the story is somewhat similar to the Japanese Tit – it looks quite similar to the Common Magpie found in Europe, though it is supposed to be a bit stockier.

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Latvia Birds Sparrows Abandon 126

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. We receive some beautiful photos from China of individually marked shorebirds on migration each year as they travel through the Flyway.

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In Europe, further research into Larsonidae is necessary before any conclusive statements can be made. Finally, in my current home continent of Asia, specifically in China’s Yunnan province, broadbills are another example of the adaptability of Larsonidae to different habitats.

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Birds China Penguins Asia 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here.

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Birds China Science Research 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. The Northern Goshawk gets the HBW into a slightly lyrical mode: “Whether carried afield on the fists of Japanese shoguns or by medieval falconers of Europe, Goshawks have seen much human history. Still as impressed as before?

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Falcons Japan China South Africa 249

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A paper starts as follows: “Dongtan (or East Tideland) on Chongming Island in China is an important wintering site of Grus monacha ( hooded crane )” This is exactly where these photos were taken. None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association. My guess is that at least 1% of them winter at Chongming Dongtan.

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Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2022

In Europe, most of them winter south of the Sahara but an increasing share winters north of it – which sounds like an interesting research topic for people who, ahem, find such topics interesting. The Black-tailed Godwit is Near Threatened as well, though it seems to be easier to see around Nanhui.

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Cattle Portugal Buffalo Humane 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Then one day you go to a conference of historians and there is a special symposium being held by some well regarded colleagues, who have been working for months with some archaeologists on a secret project. It was not Europe, but it was Europe-like.&# It is not about Europe at all.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 253

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

As its name indicates, it breeds in Europe, with good numbers still nesting on the Iberian Peninsula and into eastern Europe, as well as further westwards right across to China. They also nest in north Africa, and the entire population winters in Africa.

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Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 265

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

While mainly an Asian bird, the Red-flanked Bluetail has recently been seen in parts of Europe (particularly Finland and Scotland) more frequently, indicating a possible range extension ( source ). ” At Tianmashan, one can almost always hear Grey-capped Greenfinches.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It all started many years ago, when for my ninth birthday I received my first copy of Peterson’s Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (3rd revised edition, 1958). In the front was the first checklist I’d ever seen: it featured all the birds of Europe, and within days I was ticking away merrily.

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Sri Lanka Kenya San Francisco Greece 239

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.

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 240

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2021

In any case, the vultures do not seem to have a subscription of Birds of the World, having chosen a wintering location that is well outside the published range map (though admittedly it is mentioned that the vulture winters in Eastern China in very small numbers – three to be exact in the case of Chongming Island).

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China ALA Fish Mammals 262

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I don’t know how many Gray Partridges there are in America, but here in Britain (and Europe, too) we wouldn’t mind if some were sent back to their home countries, as this delightful little game bird has declined catastrophically throughout much of its range during the last 50 years. They are widespread throughout much of lowland India.

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Hungary Eggs Fox India 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

I was thinking of inventing a background story about a Chinese poet mentioning starlings (and other bird species) in one of his poems, and a rich Chinese fan of these poems pursuing the ambition of introducing all bird species mentioned therein to China, explaining the occasional occurrence of the starling in Shanghai. Not an in-vitro photo.

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Birds Research Science Europe 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

After my grim exposing you last month to Europe’s fifty shades of brown, I felt it incumbent upon me to right my wrong by introducing you to Europe’s most attractive bird, the Red-billed Leiothrix. Celebrated awesomeness: Trips Europe invasive species Italy' Back view awesomeness!

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Italy Europe France Family 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Look up Nabang on a map of China – it is literally at the end of a road. As usual, birds seem to like these off-the-way places best – eBird lists 337 species based on a little more than just 100 checklists. Listening to a James cover version together (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, “Laid” ).

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Birds Woodpeckers Kangaroos Madagascar 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Since the 2nd edition of the Collins Bird Guide (published as “Birds of Europe” in the US) from 2009, the field guide market for European guides is practically dead. Tristan). ==. Knowing how good Collins 2 is and how high standards it has set, no publisher seems to dare to challenge them on the continental level.

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Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 245

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! She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip.

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2011 Australia Deer New York 145

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2008

s per capita greenhouse gas emissions are twice that of Europe and nearly 8 times that of China. As the World's leading contributor of greenhouse gases, the United States should be taking the lead in the charge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As such, it is incumbent upon the U.S. to make radical reductions in CO2 emissions.

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