10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2024

A few changes happen in March – for example, many European countries and the USA switch to daylight savings time. Finally, there are specific restrictions for foreigners – I guess we might steal some vital state secrets that have some kind of relationship with the local birds. But anyway, Shanghai in March.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2019

For a German living in China, bird names have some additional complexities. For example, there is the Black-faced Bunting. The Chinese name is Huitouwu, or “Grey-headed Bunting” – point for China, in my opinion. Collared Scops Owl – A Cat Head Eagle. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (male).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2021

So, I asked around and was told that Qinghai is the place to go to for birds in China in August. For example, if in this forest, you call out for somebody named rufous, at least two species might show up – the Rufous-breasted Accentor … and the Rufous-vented Tit. For example, another Carrion Crow.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2021

Take the Grey-eyed Bulbul , which eBird describes as a “drab, undistinguished-looking bulbul” Seeing this bird in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China in December last year, I though it was actually quite appealing. Brown-breasted Bulbul , looking dull in various locations in China. White-throated Bulbul (Hongbenghe, China).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2020

A Common Cuckoo , a rare example of me successfully taking an in-flight shot. This should be the subspecies insignia , which is found in southeastern China and has a much larger bill than the other subspecies. If it wasn’t so common, I would be quite happy to travel some distance to see it. And enjoying the morning sun.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sadly, the HBW states that the species is “almost extinct in some areas in China owing to hunting and trapping for the cagebird trade and taxidermy” The Maroon Oriole looks much more interesting, though my photos do not really do it full justice.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Today, I invite you to join me, Kai Pflug, on an extraordinary avian expedition as we explore the vibrant cityscape of Shanghai, a hidden gem for birdwatchers in the heart of China. Birding Beyond the City: For the more adventurous birder, Shanghai serves as a gateway to explore the diverse landscapes of eastern China. Green Spaces?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2024

According to the HBW, captive wild-caught juveniles from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in China tend to prefer black and red fruits over yellow, green or blue fruits. Blue-throated Barbet s apparently also have color preferences related to their food.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2022

The Echo Parakeet is actually an example of a successful conservation story – details here. Looks a bit like one of the White-Eyes we have here in China, but taken as a black-and-white photo. The species is a good example of a peristeronic (!) Finally, we are getting to the definite endemics.

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10,000 Birds

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. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) Director Gen.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. A nice example of gender equality of sorts. Frankly, if the name of the Bald Eagle was North Korean Eagle ( Haliaeetus coreaseptentrionalis ?),

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

It seems this species is shy even by pitta standards – the HBW calls it a “very shy and secretive pitta, easily overlooked” and says that it is “very rare in China (S.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

For example, I could recommend that you read the story above in its original German language as the “subtleties of Kafka’s mastery of the language are not fully covered in the translation”). The new Guide to the Birds of China (John MacKinnon) has been published. I just want to point out it could be much worse.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

It is a bit hard for me to think of much of an overlap between birders and stamp collectors, but if it did not exist, why would (for example) the Republique Federale Islamique des Comores issue shrike-themed stamps? In truth, it is present in many parts of China (not mentioned) but not really in Tibet.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2012

They breed in the arid inland areas in Mongolia and northern China and then migrate south into coastal parts of south-east Asia and northern Australia. Here is an example of a roost site along Eighty Mile Beach to the south of Broome in February. Oriental Pratincoles, Oriental plovers, Little Curlews and more!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

The chapter titled “Chasing Angels,” for example, starts with naval officer Irven Buss using his naval ship’s radar to track birds off the coast of China in 1946. Each chapter is written historically, illustrating the sometimes unexpected ways in which ideas percolate and information travels.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. For the full Toronto Star story, go here.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2014

Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted Wren-Babbler ( Spelaeornis formosus ) — a tiny, secretive bird of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas to southeast China — is not a Spelaeornis wren-babbler at all.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2023

If you aim to achieve some kind of immortality, you might do worse than follow the example of Oana Mirela Chachula, a biologist at the National Museum of Romanian History, Romania. The Bar-backed Partridge is a species of partridge found in southwestern China and Southeast Asia. Quite elegant, in fact. Unsurprisingly, it is.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Here is one example. In the Old World, Horned (Slavonian) Grebe breeds in a wide belt stretching from Scandinavia to Kamchatka and it spends winters along sea coasts, from Japan to China and from Norway to France, plus the Adriatic and the Black Sea (west and east of the Balkans, respectively).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For example, one cat is named “damao” (“big cat” in Chinese) while another was named “xiaomao” (“little cat”). Given the limited amount of creativity available here in my apartment, this has sometimes led to the problem of these cats being given rather uninspired names.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2020

Their use in ancient China is attested in the Huainanzi , a collection of essays compiled before 139 BCE. This Greek weathervane was reportedly fashioned to represent Triton, the sea god son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, making it perhaps the earliest example of the great decorative potential of these meteorological instruments.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2011

The ex-city financier counts Wanstead Flats in London as his ‘city patch’ Currently a house-husband, a reformed twitcher who regularly lapses, he is funny, articulate , with an eye for an image whether birds or other events are the subject (check out his London Marathon and Greyhound Racing images for example).

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MAY 15, 2023

For example, a researcher and presumed ornithologist set out with two hypotheses related to the Ashy Drongo (and another drongo species) and wrote a paper about it. So, there are some positive aspects of Facebook being blocked in China. ” From Memphis, Tennessee directly to Tengchong, Yunnan: The Crested Finchbill.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ). Identifying White-eyes in Australia is easier than here in China, as the Silvereye is the only family member present in most parts of the country.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

For example, the Brown Honeyeater visits more than 300 different flowers. Similar to the (fortunately now gradually changing) situation among humans in China, these birds seem to prefer males over females. One distinction is that birds in Australia are much more important as pollinators of flowers than elsewhere.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Karen studied graphic design in London and has illustrated a number of books on Asian birds, plants, and wildlife, including the mammoth A Field Guide to the Birds of China (co-authored with John MacKinnon, Oxford Univ. So, we start with Megapodes (scrubfowl), Pheasants, and Partridges, then on to Ducks.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Their flushing habits can be useful, with Common Snipe emitting a “dry, rasping call” (Clive Viney, Birds of Hong Kong and South China) as it rises for its zig-zaggy flight. All immature birds for example take on the male plumage before young females moult into their more showy adult outfit.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Crimson Chat is a species found in arid inland areas – for example, densities of up to 3·7 birds/ha were recorded at the delightfully named Lake Disappointment in Western Australia. Nice to encounter a quail that is not as shy as the ones here in China! As usual, the male looks quite a bit flashier than the female.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

For example, the main article states that “At Lac de Grand Lieu, W France, birds commute 2–38 km between colony and feeding territories.” Bird nationalism is not really much better than any other kind of nationalism. (I I know, easy to say for a German after having lost a couple of world wars, but still true).

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JULY 5, 2018

Perhaps the best example of such habitats may be the Central Beljarica floodplain hotspot. Out of those birds, eBird tells me that I observed 177, while Belgrade eBirders together have recorded 205. The proposal to protect 1860 ha was sent to the City Assembly, which conveniently forgot about it in some dusty drawer.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more. The fins are then utilized in a wide variety of ways, especially in areas of Asia. Shark fins are also dried and used in alternative medicine and ancient medical practices.

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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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JULY 18, 2022

Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc., Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. Of course, on Chongming, the Chinese Pond Heron is very common.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Or the Asian Barred Owlet (Hangzhou, China) – though I am happy this allows me to include some owl photos into this post. When birdwatching together, my friend Steve once pointed out that we saw the only two bird species starting with the word Amur on the same day (at Tianmushan, China, by the way). What a sad lot we are.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As for an exact definition of a cartoon bird, I am afraid I have to use the old line once used to define pornography – “I know it when I see it” … Cartoon birds have a wide geographical range – even wider than the examples shown here.

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JUNE 3, 2014

The 6 th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America , for example, includes “extinct” and “probably extinct” species in a chapter, mixed in with accidentals.) Yangtze River Dolphin in captivity, 1988, Wuhan, China, p. Other species are less known. ouli, and Mamo (also known as Hawaii Mamo).

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