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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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What could be plainer than the Eurasian Tree Sparrow ? Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. While I kind of like the species, to be honest, I only included it in this post to make references to two songs.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past Mockers Everywhere!

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A long way from nowhere

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For a researcher to get from Broome to Beijing it would take over 30 hours, as you would be required to fly south first! We are remote but what a great lifestyle! An individually marked Great Knot was seen in Roebuck Bay and then observed on the mudflats at Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, China, 137 hours later!

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