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As often in China, the choice seems to be between terrible infrastructure and almost no people or great roads accompanied by caravans of tour buses. So, trying to get a decent shot of it is mostly an exercise in frustration, something any research chemist is already very familiar with. See my report on Tripadvisor if interested.
Like many birding locations in China, it has been somewhat under birded in the past 18 months or so, as travel restrictions have kept most foreigners away and only some of the younger Chinese birders actively use eBird. This, as any scientist will tell you, surely requires further research. Progress of sorts, I guess.
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. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.
T he Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tengchong, China) is a tiny bit bigger and looks much soberer. A point in case: the Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Tengchong, China). So, more than my usual maximum of five photos per species for the Eurasian Wryneck (Nanhui, Shanghai, China).
And now we get to the part of the post in which I briefly and unscientifically mention a few research papers on the species to have a reason to post a few more of my photos. in migratory whooper swans ( Cygnus cygnus ) in China” And if a swan looks at you in a particularly arrogant way, show it these papers too.
Here is an interesting article about research out of Sweden that suggests that all domesticated dogs may have originated from China. Tags: china. That is the proposal of a team of geneticists led by Peter Savolainen of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted Wren-Babbler ( Spelaeornis formosus ) — a tiny, secretive bird of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas to southeast China — is not a Spelaeornis wren-babbler at all.
Yibin is a typical smallish Chinese city (which in China means slightly above 850,000 people in the metro area, which would make it the fifth-biggest city in Germany but does not get it into the top 100 in China). What a pity.) It seems he was mostly an ichthyologist, which makes naming a decidedly non-fishy bird after him a bit weird.
The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. For the full Toronto Star story, go here.
While I am still not so sure about China’s sense of humor – though admittedly, the issue is mostly a mismatch between what I think is funny and what the average Chinese thinks is funny, an issue that I have had in other countries as well – the country sure has its fair share of Laughingthrushes.
One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. A fine of NT$50,000 is a mere slap on the wrist, " said Lin Tai-jing, an EAST researcher. A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them.
His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. is through the personal and the specific.
They recently moved into China two years ago where they established a toxicology and drug-testing facility in Shanghai. Now, they are continuing their plans to grow into a significant drug research company by acquiring WuXi AppTec Co, a Chinese pharmaceutical contractor. I'm not surprised Charles River wants to move into China.
Also, as researcher Rufus Johnstone of the University of Cambridge notes, “The question I come away with is whether it’s possible to distinguish between blackmail and honest signalling of hunger.” In other bird science news, we should be concerned about waterfowl in China.
Some of the migratory shorebirds will make a stopover in the Mai Po Nature Reserve and the Deep Bay area of Hong Kong, China. Another useful website in China is here. There are a variety of websites to the north of Broome where people can upload their photographs of individually marked birds as they make a stopover on their journey.
Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. From my home in Shanghai, it is about a four-hour drive to the North to Yancheng, a place to look for Red-crowned Cranes in winter.
In the Old World, Horned (Slavonian) Grebe breeds in a wide belt stretching from Scandinavia to Kamchatka and it spends winters along sea coasts, from Japan to China and from Norway to France, plus the Adriatic and the Black Sea (west and east of the Balkans, respectively). Here is one example. Which costed me a lifer.
An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Then one day you go to a conference of historians and there is a special symposium being held by some well regarded colleagues, who have been working for months with some archaeologists on a secret project. And this is where the latest research related to Archaeopteryx comes in.
However, that would be unfair since Asian scientists had to cope with tropical heat, leeches, kraits, and thick jungle while North American researchers just had to get over more or less severe cases of warbler neck, so I guess I’ll leave it at that and quickly return to the Pygmy Wren-babbler.
Shanghaibirding describes the Brown-headed Thrush as “a scarce passage migrant through northern and central coastal China, including Shanghai” – given that I only saw it once on Tianmashan, that is probably correct, though the date (January 09) seems rather late for a migrant.
I have observed Red-necked Stint with an orange flag from Victoria and also blue and yellow flags from Bohai Bay in China, but suddenly I saw two blue flags. I knew very little of Lake Komuke and so while I waited for a reply from Japan I did some research into the area and it is an important area for a variety of birds.
That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect.
As I am sure I have mentioned before, a lot of science work seems to aim to prove the obvious – though the researchers still phrase their results very carefully. Of course, me being me, this is a good reason to show it. ” Or in my words: If you are sick, it is hard to get fat (but please do not take this as dietary advice).
I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. If you want to signal to your environment that you a.
In truth, it is present in many parts of China (not mentioned) but not really in Tibet. The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range. This leads us to the shocking realization that there is a mistake on the internet.
From CosmeticsDesign.com.good news! Click on the link for the full story. PETA has been successful in pressing Chinese officials to adopt non animal testing methods as it announces the country is in the final stages of approving the use of its very first non-animal test method for cosmetic ingredients.
While it is listed as Least Concern, it is rare in China – the range map in the HBW barely touches Chinese territory. It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all. .”
I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. Do your research. The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes.
According to the HBW, captive wild-caught juveniles from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in China tend to prefer black and red fruits over yellow, green or blue fruits. Blue-throated Barbet s apparently also have color preferences related to their food.
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.
And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. Yangtze River Dolphin in captivity, 1988, Wuhan, China, p. more than there really was to see!” (p. ouli, and Mamo (also known as Hawaii Mamo).
In Europe, most of them winter south of the Sahara but an increasing share winters north of it – which sounds like an interesting research topic for people who, ahem, find such topics interesting. It is rumored that one of the researchers later became a software developer.
For instance, if you need staff for your business in China, consider hiring through China Employer of Record. Whether you are looking for part-timers for a one-time project, or full-time employees, China Employer of Record will help you with hiring and managing the staff. Allow flexible working.
For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. Claims for shark fins include relieving joint pain and curing cancer, though no research is available to back any of these claims. The fins are then utilized in a wide variety of ways, especially in areas of Asia.
Asking myself that question quarter of a century ago, I snooped through a collection of research papers in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade (before the Internet, I really had to go through papers) and found the “Ornithological Notes from the Pancevo Wetlands 1909-1917” by dr Jeno Nagy. What else was to be found in that waterworld?
A paper starts as follows: “Dongtan (or East Tideland) on Chongming Island in China is an important wintering site of Grus monacha ( hooded crane )” This is exactly where these photos were taken. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers.
If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior. ” ( source ).
Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc., According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. No wonder it looks a bit pissed off.
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. Some researchers did an experiment that among humans is only done rarely and only via mistakes made in maternity hospitals.
announce they will begin the fall semester online, research is becoming available on how the pandemic is taking a toll on children’s mental health. One study out of China examined a sample group of 2,330 schoolchildren for signs of emotional distress. That impacts their mental health across the board.”. days, 22.6%
contributors include schools from Australia, Japan, France, England, India, China and more. If you’re a smaller company, have your trainer or HR person do some research and share some choices. A sample includes MIT, Harvard, Berkley and CalTech. Outside the U.S., It’s easy to find subjects of value to you.
Consider, e.g., the traditional low animal-protein diets in rural China and the vegetarian diets of 15 million Jains.) How many people know, e.g., that University of Chicago researchers have reported that by switching to a vegan diet, a person can reduce her/his carbon footprint by 1.5 metric tons per year?
Siberian Rubythroat (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). The White-capped Redstart is quite common in China, including Balangshan. The post Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 2) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. What do you think? Chinese Rubythroat (Balangshan). See my report on Tripadvisor if interested.
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