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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

” I wonder if the rules of the European Song Contest could also be adapted, with the worst performers being turned into birds or maybe turtles. While I would not want to encourage anyone to put birds in cages, it is interesting to read about the experience of somebody breeding Black-headed Sibias in captivity.

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Birding the Wolongshan area in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Trying to breed the species in an aviary provided some disappointments, for example with regard to their nest-building abilities: “I don’t know what previous experience the birds had at nest construction, but their attempt was pretty pathetic” ( source ). Ditto Oriental Turtle Dove. Force of habit, I guess.