Breeders China Eggs 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
In China, wherever there is one real tourist attraction (like the Great Wall), the local strategy seems to be to add some fake attractions – replicas of palaces or tombs, amusement parks, shopping centers – in order to maximize the income from tourists.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
It seems this species is shy even by pitta standards – the HBW calls it a “very shy and secretive pitta, easily overlooked” and says that it is “very rare in China (S. Some like Charles Vaurie have considered it so unreliable that they even suggested the destruction of his egg collection.”
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Of course, it is hard to resist looking at a paper titled “Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstarts” Basically, the personality of a female redstart (bold or shy) predicts the responses to parasitic eggs – bold hosts are more likely to reject parasitic eggs.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2024
Kind of an innocent version of tropical China, but I guess that is a rather naive view … Most birders coming here presumably do not have babblers as their main targets, even though there are quite a few species here, and some of them are quite attractive as well. My way of squeezing more blog posts out of my birding trips.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2023
This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. Summary result: relevant chemicals emitted by the plant can be found in the eggs. The Black-naped Oriole is one of the most attractive summer breeders in Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2023
If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Fortunately, barbets are fairly common in Yunnan, China, so it was not a particular disappointment.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2023
To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.
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