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Birding Shanghai in May 2022

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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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Autumn colours

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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. Wicked, right?

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Orange-headed Thrush

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melli is the Hong Kong form that visits during the winter from southern China. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. In the Z.c.

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A long way from nowhere

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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! We relocated it to a native tree, so it was better camouflaged and protected. Wicked, right? It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip. Get yours today! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

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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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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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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 ? If it is, then waterboarding should be protected as US-American culture.

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