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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

10,000 Birds

” That’s because an American architecture firm is planning what’s billed as the “world’s first invisible building” in South Korea. Each year, millions are injured or killed when they slam into the sides of glass-sheathed buildings that reflect the sky. Or perhaps I should say “illusive.”

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

10,000 Birds

It seems to me that the Red-billed Starling is getting more and more common in Shanghai (and apparently also in South Korea, see here ) – not bad given that it is quite an attractive bird. In fact, websites such as this one seem to offer package tours just to kill woodcocks.

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