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The Oriental Dollarbird

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Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. Think of them as zen videos and watch them here and here and here. All photos and videos taken at Nanhui, Shanghai, this spring.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. Fortunately, Haiwan Seaside Park in Shanghai has found a good solution. Well, Nanhui had some this month.

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