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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2023
Cattle Egrets are thoroughly modern birds – they were among the first species to ditch mailed letters for faxes, then switched to email early, and now (at least in China) mostly communicate by WeChat. Some researchers did an experiment that among humans is only done rarely and only via mistakes made in maternity hospitals.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
A paper starts as follows: “Dongtan (or East Tideland) on Chongming Island in China is an important wintering site of Grus monacha ( hooded crane )” This is exactly where these photos were taken. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? Thank god that this does not apply to humans.
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. Do your research. The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2024
One paper – describing research conveniently done at the university campus of Chittagong University, presumably close to the canteen – looks at resource partitioning between this bee-eater and another one, the chestnut-headed bee-eater. The first bird I saw in Saigon was less exotic though – a Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2022
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. A Chinese friend told me that some people in China now catch and eat Little Buntings instead.
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