10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2024

You’ll typically spot these majestic creatures near marine zones and river valleys, where they feast on fish and scavenge. Range: Steller’s sea eagles are endemic to coastal northeastern Asia, inhabiting regions in Russia, Korea, Japan, mainland China, and Taiwan. Think beachfront condos, but with more feathers and fish.

Alaska 197

Alaska Eagles Bald Eagle Deer 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The new Guide to the Birds of China (John MacKinnon) has been published. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish.

Raccoons 201

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Within its Belt and Road Initiative, China asked for this location for the new harbour. In other words, Serbia will take an expensive Chinese credit in order to hire a Chinese company and their labour (hence, the Chinese funding goes back to China) to build a harbour that will immediately be given to the Chinese concessionaire.

Serbia 241

Serbia Otters Boars Hunters 241

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2022

But indeed they vanish somewhere once the people pretending to try and catch fish appear. In our compound, a better name for the Black-crowned Night Herons would be Black-crowned Early Morning Herons. Even though they probably do not need to be afraid of the competition. But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows.

Sparrows 147

Sparrows China Birds Tigers 147

Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Let's deconstruct: Legal experts in China are proposing a ban on the eating of dogs and cats. He often has insight into why something might be different in action than what I think in theory when it comes to China.

China 100

China Cats Dogs Speciesism 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Cattle Egrets are thoroughly modern birds – they were among the first species to ditch mailed letters for faxes, then switched to email early, and now (at least in China) mostly communicate by WeChat. More work, less fun, all because humans introduced some stupid fish into kingfisher habitat.

Birds 130

Birds Eggs Breeders McDonalds 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Located about 2 hours from Xining by car, Qinghai Lake is China’s largest lake. Pallas’s Gull also breeds at Qinghai Lake, though the numbers are sadly much reduced: “The numbers breeding at L Qinghai, China, has apparently fallen from > 87,000 in 1970s to c. 15,000 in 2006” (HBW). of time loafing, 17.5%

China 205

China Birds 2006 Fish 205

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). The year list has reached 2403 , a boost of 174 and the life list now stands at 3875 after beats’ efforts in Indonesia, South Africa and China added 39 ticks.

2019 111

2019 China Battery Jamaica 111

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). of catching extremely small fish.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandonment 162

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. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information.

Burma 186

Burma India Indonesia Thailand 186

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. This portal has compared on a per unit of area basis data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants, creating a biodiversity index. 1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India.

Equatorial Guinea 186

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2012

These narrow bills, hooked at the tip and set with numerous horny denticulations, are adapted for catching fish, a merganser’s primary source of food. Mergansers primarily feed on small or medium-sized fishes which they capture underwater by swift pursuit. Anyway, the hoodie is the only merganser endemic to North America.

North America 220

North America Thailand Russia Ducks 220

Critter News

MARCH 23, 2010

China, by far the world’s largest consumer of the cartilaginous fish, for sharkfin soup, and Japan, which has battled to keep the convention from being extended to any marine species, led the opposition. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan china endangered species. This really sucks. According to the New York Times.

Qatar 100

Qatar Endangered Species Japan Sharks 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2022

China is developing very fast, and Shanghai is developing even faster. At that time, they stand somewhere in or near the water and wait for fish to catch. It often looks for fish in the little river at the back of our compound, or it rests on a tree. Some are even building nests and having chicks here inside our compound.

Birds 162

Birds Fish Germany China 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2020

Their use in ancient China is attested in the Huainanzi , a collection of essays compiled before 139 BCE. A few of my own observations of birds perching on Albany, New York’s weathervanes (clockwise from the upper right): A pair of Fish Crows ( Corvus ossifragus ) perched on a “fish”vane (what else?)

New York 152

New York Belgium Farming Fowl 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Hence, McCormick left his position to subsequently become surgeon on the Ross’s Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1842.

Russia 162

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 162

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

" Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. My bout of anguish began a few weeks back on a wintry night in central China, in the restless megalopolis of Chongqing. Or pig, or duck, or fish. But I’m happy China eats dog." Are they any more or less sentient? Do they suffer any more or less in death?

Pigs 100

Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

Some immature Black-faced Spoonbills may have decided not to go too far north this summer, instead catching fish in Shanghai and looking like a baroque painting. Little Curlews are passing through Shanghai for a short time, taking the local sod farm as a surrogate for tundra. Of course, being mean, I only show you one of them.

Tigers 159

Tigers Birds Farming Eggs 159

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

10,000 Birds has yet to take a stance on the developing situation between mainland China and Hong Kong. Until The Management decide whether or not to wield their significant political influence in this matter, China and Hong Kong will remain on the list of contributing states. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus.

2020 153

2020 Blackbirds Sparrows Woodpeckers 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Thank goodness that the rest of the beats have been busily birding,that’s what they like to do… 9 of them submitted 114 checklists via eBird and amassed 525 species from 7 (China, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, UK, Serbia and USA) countries during November. 313 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus.

Sparrows 192

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 192

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. Without proper navigation skills, sharks become open prey for predatory fish. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more. The fins are then utilized in a wide variety of ways, especially in areas of Asia.

Sharks 100

Sharks Asia Endangered Species Hunters 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

Off to the nearest kaiki (traditional Greek fishing boat) followed by a flock of shearwaters and gulls. It lives from the Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands across the whole of Asia to the shores of the East China Sea and here I stand at the very edge of the range of this species. Yelkouan Shearwater (c) Paschalis Dougalis.

Greece 223

Greece Malta Croatia Italy 223

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

December’s beats found 609 birds after submitting 116 checklists from 8 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Serbia and Australia). But the beats still managed to add lifers here and there and finished on 4048 after a late flourish from Kai in China and Paul in Mexico.

2020 209

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

9 beats from 8 countries (Australia, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, China, Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico), shared 138 checklists for 703 species. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago. 403 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus.

Woodpeckers 174

Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Ducks 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica). Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus). I know that we are all looking forward to a time when we might return to the old normal, but until then, please stay safe and keep your distance. Oriental Magpie (Pica serica).

2020 151

2020 Niger Sparrows Woodpeckers 151

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Marsh Grassbird and Rufous-faced Warbler come to you all the way from China and bring the life list to 4061. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 154

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 154

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

My standard joke – that nobody ever seems to find funny – when being asked if I am interested in fishing is to answer that I do not fish because I would be too afraid of catching a fish). (My None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association. I am so glad somebody cares. (My

Geese 147

Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

However, 10 beats from 7 countries were able to submit some 127 checklists containing 597 birds from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica). 349 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 349 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Nice distancing. That’s better.

2020 168

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Here in Shanghai, we only get to see those individuals breeding in the North (Northern China, Nothern Japan, Siberia) and not those less ambitious individuals staying further south year-round. Still as impressed as before?

Falcons 229

Falcons Japan China South Africa 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2020

A few days ago, I saw a Yellow Bittern trapped in a fishing device. Striated Heron : Small and known for dropping items on the water surface in order to attract fish. Advice to the species: avoid fish nets. The bird got very nervous when I approached, trying to strike me with its beak through the net.

Singapore 166

Singapore Fish Cattle Breeding 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

The list for the year has reached 1276 and the life list has been stretched to 4066 with red ticks from China, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Kai, Claire and Grant and Faraaz respectively. 9 beats submitted 172 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) for 640 species.

Woodpeckers 152

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Parrots 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

8 beats contributed 70 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, China, Serbia, Australia and Singapore). 195 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 195 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Costa Rica v UK is bino a bino and UK has never before beaten The Man. Update; as at June 30, UK 68 – Costa Rica 63.

2020 155

2020 Costa Rica Blackbirds Woodpeckers 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. They accounted for 562 species at this sluggish time of year. These are the numbers. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Dubai Creek.

2019 117

2019 Idaho Sparrows Woodpeckers 117

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

December’s numbers looked like this; 10 beats visited 11 countries (Bahrain, New Zealand, USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Australia Nigeria, Uganda and Serbia) during December. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. The life list was pumped a further 27 sp up to 3953.

2019 159

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

They ranged across 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, China, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia and Uganda). African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake).

2019 136

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 136

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

melli is the Hong Kong form that visits during the winter from southern China. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. In the Z.c.

2011 174

2011 Deer India New York 174

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2020

11 beats collaborated to enter 163 checklists from 8 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago). 436 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. They noted 719 species between them. This brings the yearly running total to 1723 and the life list has reached 4038. 6 Mute Swan – Cygnus olor.

2020 277

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 277