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Birding Shanghai in March 2024

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Any place that used to be good for an interesting species last year is likely to have been turned into another construction site this year. I don’t think many other bird species are named after Japanese citizens. Also, there are quite some variations within each species – for details, see here. One, a Ryukyu Minivet.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike.

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. She is not capable – physically or psychologically – of trapping and getting rid of one cat, let alone nine. Human rights, property rights, and wildlife rights – all in one steel container.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

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in psychology from the University of Buffalo. Estren said that humans should be mindful of their bias for cute animals, so animals that would not be considered cute are also valued in addition to cute animals. Chinese Grey Shrike is now monotypic as the larger, much darker Tibetan Plateau species Giant Shrike has been split off.

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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

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It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. Tags: Stupid entertainment primates endangered species.

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Of Eagle Abduction

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Joking aside, the instant viral popularity of this video seems to me to be speaking to some deep-rooted fears in the human psyche. I suspect that, like so many of what seem our primal instincts, the real basis is far more psychological. Everyone knows you bait eagles with babies in Alpine meadows, DUH.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. Just eat the food. 1208724109.

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