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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

10,000 Birds

Presumably, this also leads to income inequality, if parallels to humans are any guidance. Apparently, this is part of a broader trend – it has also been observed in Taiwan ( source ). However, this makes it a bit surprising that it was also named Israel’s national bird. As scientists have found. Ditto Grey Heron.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

10,000 Birds

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). This is not really an option at Nanhui though.

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