Critter News
JANUARY 24, 2011
The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Under pressure from animal rights groups and the public, many airlines have banned the practice.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2014
Yes, that’s right. This handsome little bird has a wide distribution, roaming from north of the Black Sea over central Asia and way, way into China and Mongolia. It did have quite a restricted amount of black in its wing tip, right? But sit down first. And that Thayer’s you saw, the lifer one, remember?
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2014
There are two-page spreads with a list of birding sites, map coordinates, and bird descriptions on the left and full-page maps on the right, showing roads and routes linking the sites. Press, 2000) and the earlier The Birds of Hong Kong and South China (co-authored with Clive Viney and Lam Chiu Ying, Hong Kong Information Office, 2005).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
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?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea in future weeks.I Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella. What a spectacle indeed. Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
He has earned his tip. Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! During 1990s, the South China Tiger became extinct in the wild (some still survive in zoos) and the number of extinct races reached four.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. Note to self: If I am ever reincarnated as a Common Kestrel , I need to make sure not to have my photo taken while preening. It just looks stupid.
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