Breeding Cattle China 
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2024
The Black-winged Cuckooshrike is breeding in several Shanghai locations – I suspect that some trees near the Nanhui hotel might be another one, given the vigorous singing of this bird. The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is another species breeding in Shanghai. Yellow-rumped Flycatchers are breeding in the same park.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2023
Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2022
Around this time of the year, the first few waders are back in Shanghai from their breeding grounds far further up north. Generally, being back here early is not a very good sign – it may indicate a failed breeding attempt, as suggested for Asian Dowitchers in a paper on their presence in Lianyungang somewhat further north of Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2019
But the way it is, familiarity breeds (relative) contempt. The Cattle Egret (or Eastern Cattle Egret , to be exact, but that would mess with my alphabetic order) can be seen in farmland around Shanghai. Instead of cattle, it nowadays often follows tractors ploughing the fields and thus stirring up small animals.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
Such programs are somewhat inefficient anyway – in one study , the breeding success of wild male pheasants was 2-5 times higher than for hand-reared and released ones while for females, hand-reared birds were 3 times as vulnerable to predation as the wild ones. Apparently, there once was a Buick model named Buick Skylark.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Cattle Egrets have perfected that smudgy look. Breeding in Northern Japan and wintering in the Phillippines, some seem to take a migratory rest stop (and slight deviation) at the Shanghai coast. ” This is probably an Eastern Crowned Warbler. But do we really care? ” Hm.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2020
If you see 50 cattle egrets following a plough on a rice paddy, less so. Flashy when breeding, camouflaged when not (or when young). While most egrets are not a big draw for experienced birders, they are often the ones that non-birders find the most impressive. So, here are some of the species living in Nanhui, Shanghai.
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