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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

10,000 Birds

Indeed, the German name of one shrike species (the Red-backed Shrike) is “Neuntoeter”, “Killer of nine”, which is derived from the folk thought that the bird would first kill 9 prey items before eating one. Well, trust the Germans to come up with a legend like that. I wonder whether this counts as progress.

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