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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China

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Godlewski’s Bunting is an attractive bunting species with a rather broad distribution in Russia, Mongolia, China, and other countries. Europeans must use these to come and bear away in the name of civilization all these dregs of the human race. Admittedly, the issue is more serious for Przevalski’s Pinktail.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here. BirdingAsia has a report on the first Rosy Pipit seen in Mongolia. At least the second name hints at the higher elevation status of the Yellow-billed Chough.

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448 Great Things to do in Nature

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This has devastating consequences for their development and, ultimately, the health and future of humanity as a whole. Our increasingly sedentary and indoor lifestyles have taken their toll on our kids with childhood obesity, ADD/ADHD diagnosis and childhood drug abuse at unprecedented levels.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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In somewhat dubious English, the abstract of one paper on this species by Chinese authors states that “ Pycnonotus sinens has got used to the city life and become a kind of city bird that are closely associated with human” (of course, my Chinese – spoken only anyway – is far worse than this English).

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