10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The new Guide to the Birds of China (John MacKinnon) has been published. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. This portal has compared on a per unit of area basis data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants, creating a biodiversity index. 1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India.

Equatorial Guinea 194

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. more than there really was to see!” (p.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

According to the HBW entry for this species, it “has been claimed that loss of native mammals after European settlement created shortage of nesting material, explaining this species’ penchant for taking hair from humans.” Presumably, they tone down their grumpy old men’s behavior on these occasions.

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

And the Mammals. In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia. On the Balleny Islands Antarctic Fulmar , Antarctic Prion and Cape Petrel also breed. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

.'” Tim Low (in “How Song Began”) gives a colorful description of Long-billed Corellas , stating that they “have drooping bills like witches’ noses” and explaining that “Their ‘noses’ are long because, like many mammals, they grub up juicy roots – or used to.” I would probably listen to them.

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

During 1990s, the South China Tiger became extinct in the wild (some still survive in zoos) and the number of extinct races reached four. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' At that time there were still some 40,000 tigers in the wild. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

The last time I birded Longcanggou, a national forest park in China’s Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Today, the national forest park is open to tourists – which in China means large groups of people in similarly large buses. All caused by mammals. Mammals – Worst. American Civil War?

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Eggs China Birds Mammals 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2022

Malaysia comprises two halves separated by the South China Sea, the Peninsula and East Malaysia (northern Borneo), the latter made up of the states of Sabah and Sarawak. He subsequently lectured at the National University of Malaysia, with research on the effects of large infrastructure projects on tropical birds and mammals.

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Malaysia Singapore Asia Birds 238

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 250

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. Cats have eight on each side on top, and seven on the bottom. Du, K., & Han, F.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 247

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes. White-rumped Munia.

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2014 Eagles Asia Groups 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

Northern Carmine Bee-eater riding an Arabian Bustard by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours Northern Carmine Bee-eaters in particular are masters of this trait, and rides range from elephants, donkeys and goats to Kori and Arabian Bustards, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills and a variety of other larger birds and mammals.

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Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2023

is based on a study of specimens and tape recordings collected during one visit to each of two localities in central China in 1997 and 1998 and their own tape recordings and specimens from Nepal; in all, 196 specimens were examined. I think I pointed out in previous posts that mammals are kind of evil.

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Hamburgers Birds Science China 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

In Kangding, there is a rather opulent bird hide – two stories, solid construction, spacious, lots of glass, a separate paved parking lot, though mysteriously (and as far as I can tell from my experience of living in China for almost 20 years, not indicative of fundamentally different physical needs of Chinese people) missing a bathroom.

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Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

Most of them had brought kids along as well (probably among my least favorite mammals), which were pulled on gaudily colored skiing sleds by their hapless parents, creating a constant raucous noise. While Giant Pandas are celebrated in today’s China, this was not always the case.

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 202

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). Or just dead ducks?

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China ALA Fish Mammals 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

While this already stretches credulity, the saying continues to state that seeing one mammal is better than seeing ten pheasants (Bella from Alpinebirding indeed confirmed that this saying exists and has not just come to me in a dream. So, back to the wonderful world of pheasants in China. Wait, does that remind me of anyone?

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Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

As usual in China, there are some anonymous Leaf Warbler species – but who cares, apart from Bella of Alpinebirding ? While the HBW claims that the Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher is uncommon in China, this probably does not apply to this part of Yunnan.

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 137

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

I usually do not write about nationalists, mammals, Donald Trump, and leaf warblers (well, I guess I sometimes do) – but I will make an exception for the Yellow-Browed Warbler … … and the Dusky Warbler. Evil people in Southern China catch the bird and eat it.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2024

Coming from crowded China, it seems incredible to have such a spectacular sight to one’s own … … free to explore every single watchtower. Even the mammals here remind me less of Mr. Trump. Arrival in Bamiyan, the provincial capital The main attraction of Bamiyan now is something that is no longer there.

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Afghanistan Birds Collecting Utah 163

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? Many nocturnal mammals and birds such as the Kiwi would likely wholeheartedly agree.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 184