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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not. The Brown Boobook is sedentary, though.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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Another Nanhui trip also brought a Northern Boobook , which eBird nicely describes as a “slender brown owl with comically expressive golden eyes” While one would think that such a fierce-looking bird mainly lives off larger prey, this is not the case. It did not seem to bother the owl much though. Oh, the excitement.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds. A study on Black-tailed Godwits found that flying against the wind is harder than with the wind. They just blast Chinese pop music throughout the park.

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