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Threatened Birds of Nanhui, Shanghai

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Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea and lies right on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. A former World Wildlife reserve in Nanhui was simply turned into agricultural land. After all, China`s President Xi Jinping recently stated that “We must protect this planet like our own eyes”. And yet it is.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Lucky him, right? Blue-throated Bee-eaters build nests on sticks sticking out of the water. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Though he ended up dead anyway.

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Week 21: Our last week in Scotland

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The boat Captain got us right in close. After the owners contacted the Royal Socieity for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), looking for an explanation as to where the heck all these birds came from, it was determined that the farm would be used as a feeding station. When were visiting Smoo cave, this one was right in the cave entrance.

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

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. “He has, among other things, studied foraging behavior of Palm cockatoos in Papua New Guinea in an effort to expand CITES protection; worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society to set up one of the first community-based wildlife reserves in the country; and studied radiations of Pacific birds to clarify boundaries among species and begin (..)