10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2021
With travel restrictions still in place, going on a birding trip outside of China is still not a practical option. Fortunately, China itself has a large number of bird species and habitats. I guess it is pretty common in many areas of China, but not in Shanghai, so it is still a special bird for me.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
In retrospect, this weekend at Wuyuan was not exactly my finest hour as a bird photographer – hopefully, I could do better now, and perhaps one day I will, should normal traveling ever be possible again in China. Taking photos of such a rare species is a bit of a double-edged sword. Wuyuan is in Jiangxi province.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2022
Instead, they usually just describe species seen at a specific location, with the vague notion that these descriptions might be interesting to other birders. The location not being Algiers but rather Nonggang in Guangxi province, China, close to the border to Vietnam. This is just such a post. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
While I am still not so sure about China’s sense of humor – though admittedly, the issue is mostly a mismatch between what I think is funny and what the average Chinese thinks is funny, an issue that I have had in other countries as well – the country sure has its fair share of Laughingthrushes. This post shows some of them.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2023
William also had connections to both China and Napoleon, but I am too lazy to copy these bits from Wikipedia right now. Other sources are even more exuberant – birdfact.com calls the species “one of the most striking birds on the planet” (probably again only referring to the male, though). Read it there if you want.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2021
A typical description of the family is that of “a tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage”, another is “small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa”, yet another states that they are “often rather plain” Individual species get even harsher reviews.
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