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France's Ugly Secret: Eating Endangered Songbird

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Now France can add another to its long list of gastronomic sins.eating ortolan, an endangered songbird. The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. Tags: poaching france endangered species.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2024 (The Colors of Spring)

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Black Redstarts are rare in Shanghai (in fact, this was the first one I have ever seen here) but not so in France. Apparently, this bird enjoys sex outside of established relationships but less so with its formal partner.

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