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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Science, Citizen Science, and Citizen Savagery

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Birding in Israel? Proving that cruelty knows no bounds, some (language unsuitable for a family blog) in Virginia Beach is shooting blow darts at birds. News Bird evolution Common Cuckoo Israel Nature News perching' Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

The Latin species name of the Common Greenshank , nebularia , sounds a bit like a science fiction novel to me – however, it means “misty” and apparently is derived from the birds’ misty, marshy habitat (HBW). Like this bird family b. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai. Like bad jokes and c.

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