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Birding Shanghai in September 2023

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I guess you cannot be too choosy while traveling, as I have learned when on trips in Ecuador and other places. The Oriental Scops Owl may well be my favorite species passing through Nanhui, Shanghai during migration. Maybe it was raised by some caged birds in close proximity to humans, though I lack any proof of this theory whatsoever.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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Without further ado, here are our Best Birds of the Year for 2015… Jochen makes us all jealous with a bird that most of us would kill to see. Painted Buntings and nesting owls, Black-headed Gulls and mystery empids. 2015 was great and here’s hoping 2016 will be even better. Good work, New York, good work.

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