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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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Maybe I should have stuck with the classic Monty Python “And now for something completely different” … While Black Drongos usually feed during the daytime, some have apparently shifted their working hours to make use of electric light which attracts insects ( source ). How is that for a pointless link between species?

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Red-crowned Cranes on Hokkaido

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An interesting paper compares two different strategies, habitat management (as done in the US for the Whooping Crane) and artificial feeding in the leanest periods (as done in Japan for the Red-crowned Crane ). And now for something completely different (Monty Python).

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