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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

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Some of the lazier Common Moorhens apparently try to pass the arduous work of raising their chicks on to other species -a paper describes how Little Bitterns are utilized as surrogate parents. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers. I am giving them the typical consultant answer: It depends.

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Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years

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Some remained stored for decades before a researcher would pick them up and inquired about these poorly documented specimens. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. Guans have also been introduced in the Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge. Four of the introduced birds have bred in the wild.