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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

A trip to Nepal with a non-birding boyfriend, with the goal of climbing the Himalaya to the foot of Mt. And I think the non-birders reading this book would like photos of birds, particularly his spark bird, Red-winged Blackbird, and his beloved Blackburnian Warbler (the drawing is lovely but the bird really needs to be seen in color).

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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

10,000 Birds

Chinese Blackbird s are among the most common birds in the Shanghai compound where I live (and where fortunately this year I am not actually locked in, a contrast to the situation one year ago). It was my impression that they are thriving here, and a very recent (2023) paper confirms that indeed Chinese Blackbirds do well in cities.