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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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Maybe those should be protected too? Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. is through the personal and the specific.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

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Chinese researchers have actually been able to identify individual Asian Stubtails on the basis of their songs ( source ). The Light-vented Bulbul used to be restricted to Southern China but has expanded its range in the past few decades. Poor Britons – Brexit did not protect them from being invaded by birds from the continent.

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Ligers in China

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One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. Cross-breeding two protected species is completely against nature. A fine of NT$50,000 is a mere slap on the wrist, " said Lin Tai-jing, an EAST researcher. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. From Focus Taiwan.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

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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.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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While it is listed as Least Concern, it is rare in China – the range map in the HBW barely touches Chinese territory. It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all. .”

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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Fortunately, barbets are fairly common in Yunnan, China, so it was not a particular disappointment. And of course, some Chinese researchers worked on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Greater Coucal. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?