10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2022

But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Taking the famous statement that Mao was 70% right, 30% wrong (Deng Xiaoping), his decision regarding sparrows certainly falls under the second category. But indeed they vanish somewhere once the people pretending to try and catch fish appear.

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Birds Sparrows China Abandon 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2021

My lifer Golden-crowned Sparrow at the Lombard Street Reservoir in San Francisco, just around the corner from the most famous crooked street in the world. As we’d just eaten our breakfast with the blackbirds, Katherine and I had some time to kill before our next meal. I hope it won’t be the last time.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Or maybe they are quite excited about clarifying that Muscicapa latirostris is the wrong name for this bird while Muscicapa dauurica is right. The Light-vented Bulbul used to be restricted to Southern China but has expanded its range in the past few decades. Apparently, the authors of this paper think so.

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China Birds Ukraine Killing 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? What could be plainer than the Eurasian Tree Sparrow ? So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 197