10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A typhoon in Japan blew a few Brown-eared Bulbuls in – they are common in Japan but quite rare here. Always interesting to see the same species both in Germany (in my parents’ garden) and in Shanghai. The Blue-and-white Flycatcher is not that rare at Nanhui during migration season, but too beautiful not to be shown.

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2019 Japan Owls China 194

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MAY 27, 2024

Given how far Hokkaido is from Europe, it seems a bit surprising how many bird species wintering on this Japanese island have a name starting with “Eurasian” Or how many of these species I have also seen in my parents’ garden in Germany. It seems extra-pair paternity is very frequent in this species.

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Iran Germany Research Humane 179

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APRIL 1, 2024

Any place that used to be good for an interesting species last year is likely to have been turned into another construction site this year. I don’t think many other bird species are named after Japanese citizens. Also, there are quite some variations within each species – for details, see here. One, a Ryukyu Minivet.

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Chicago Birds Asia China 146

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MARCH 16, 2024

Case in point: former emperor of Japan, His Majesty Akihito, is an avid birder. My list for the day had a good 50+ species on it but I will go back for that Savi’s Warbler , Great Reed Warbler and Eurasian Reed Warbler bonanza that’s about to start soon. Shouldn’t we put birders in charge of running the planet?

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Psychology Portugal Japan Eagles 171

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. Other species, such as this juvenile Light-vented Bulbul , seem to have more ambiguous feelings about molting.

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LACS Birds France Japan 235

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JUNE 10, 2021

It is on its way to breeding grounds mainly in Japan and thus only briefly stays here. to another species. In contrast, though the Lesser Coucal is also a cuckoo species, it is not a brood parasite. In contrast, though the Lesser Coucal is also a cuckoo species, it is not a brood parasite. Dusky Warbler ?

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China Japan Tigers Breeding 149

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

His obsession with all things feathered has led him to visit 20 countries around the world in the pursuit of thousands of different species of birds to watch, photograph, and enjoy. Toward the end of a month-long trip to Japan, Andrew Spencer, Tayler Brooks, and I landed at the Kushiro airport in the middle of Christmas afternoon.

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Japan Massachusetts Asia Birds 181

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JUNE 3, 2017

Our beats were out waving their binoculars around, contributing to the 50,000 checklists submitted and boosting the total which exceeded 6,500 species. It may be possible to find out how many species the beats found on the big day but, quite frankly, life is too short. shared xxx checklists producing xxx species.

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Costa Rica Malaysia 2017 Japan 100

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MARCH 18, 2021

A typical description of the family is that of “a tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage”, another is “small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa”, yet another states that they are “often rather plain” Individual species get even harsher reviews.

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South Africa Malaysia Africa China 231

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Not too many highlights, not too many species … hard to say whether this is just the usual nostalgia for a better but probably nonexistent past or a real phenomenon. This species is listed as vulnerable – similar to the Yellow-breasted Buntings, it is trapped on a large scale. Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

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Birds Japan Germany Ducks 240

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Here in Shanghai, December is the month that a birder’s addiction cannot be satisfied by the increasingly meager assortment of species at Nanhui – we have to go to other places as well. This includes the Common Pochard , a species classified as Vulnerable despite a relatively large population that is, however, declining rapidly.

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Birds Chickens Mammals Japan 219

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MARCH 25, 2017

On a recent visit to Tokyo, Japan, I came across a beautiful bird that I took to be a White’s Thrush , Zoothera dauma. Species searches on eBird reveal that both species might be found in Tokyo, though White’s is much more common, with a few contemporary sightings. So I resorted to the internet. How I wish now that I had not.

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Sri Lanka Japan India 2005 100

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia).

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Serbia Owls Slovakia Croatia 246

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MARCH 19, 2014

The Spilornis serpent-eagles are represented by a number of insular species and one widespread mainland species, the Crested Serpent-eagle. This species ranges from India to Japan and south down Borneo. In Borneo it is typically found in lowland areas compared to the mountain species.

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Eagles Japan India Africa 174

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A team of researchers has found that the populations of common birds around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has plummeted. Most disturbingly, the populations of species that the area has in common with Chernobyl has fallen more in Fukushima than they did in the site of worst nuclear disaster in world history.

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Japan Birds Research Species 180

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The 2000 MacKinnon guide is showing its age while my preferred choice for the Shanghai area, Mark Brazil’s “Birds of East Asia”, covers non-Chinese locations such as Japan and Korea while excluding Western China. It must be a hell of a job to prepare distribution maps for the almost 1500 species covered in the guide.

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China Brazil 2000 Birds 207

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MAY 25, 2023

Note to other species: better do not rely on mature primary forests, as this may lead to extinction. This says more about my inability to differentiate between warbler species than about the rarity of the bird – but the bird was kindly singing. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

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MARCH 9, 2014

The majority of the smaller shorebirds use Cable Beach on higher tides, so the main species that I observe are Eastern Curlew, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Knot, Red Knot, Curlew Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone and Common Greenshank. I also knew that it was Lake Komuke in Northern Hokkaido.

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Japan 2012 Taiwan China 173

Critter News

MARCH 25, 2010

The opening line in this USA Today article says it all, "Every proposal to protect marine species at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar was voted down." It's unfortunate, but true, thanks primarily to Japan and China.

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Animal Protection Protection Qatar Endangered Species 100

Critter News

MARCH 23, 2010

Delegates to the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) conference in Qatar voted down three of four proposals to protect sharks. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan china endangered species. This really sucks. According to the New York Times.

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Qatar Endangered Species Japan Sharks 100

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JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s the festive season and I am holding the new Lynx Edicions’s Birds of Japan, thinking what a perfect gift to any international birder this book represents. Birds of Japan is a lavishly illustrated field guide with maps neatly packed among the paintings, and QR codes packed into text. What I like about the book?

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Japan Asia Birds 2000 228

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. Yes, I saw lots of Great T**s in Japan However, my day didn’t really get going until I met up with Lisa Turner. Lisa is an American who recently moved to Japan.

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Japan Stud Birds Ducks 120

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Preparing this post after just having returned from Sulawesi and Halmahera – where many species proudly wear their island location as part of their names – it is striking how comparatively cosmopolitan the passerines of Hokkaido are.

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Species Birds Japan 182

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JULY 18, 2022

Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. The solution for one female Chinese Pond Heron in a Japanese heronry: mating with a Little Egret ( source ). How convenient. It consisted basically of asking the farmers some questions via a questionnaire.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandoning 162

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The Azure-winged Magpie is a pretty member of the crow family found in Eastern Asia, from Siberia and Japan down to Hong Kong. It was in Hong Kong that I caught up with the species, as it is easy to find in the splendid wetlands of Mai Po. And what a bird I have for you today.

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Spain Portugal Asia Japan 104

Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan. Oh look, more meetings.

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Marine Life Agenda Polar Bears Monaco 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. As with many invasive species, there were unforeseen consequences to the proliferation of the plants. Plants Asiatic Sand Sedge invasive species Invasive Species Week Long Island'

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New Jersey New York New York City Japan 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2017

They are perhaps known for being the dangerous food sensation of Japan, an odd choice of food given how dangerous it is but that is apparently the appeal. In fact, puffers are pretty antisocial, and this species is noted as being that and solitary on the Wikipedia page of the species. I’ll have to try and find out.

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Porcupines Costa Rica Fish New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Wedge-tailed Shearwaters The commonest of the two shearwater species you can find on the island, this species has burrows all over the place. They are also one of the more vocal species on the island, braying like lost souls under the house we lived in. You can see more shots of Christmas Shearwaters here. These guys get around!

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Albatross Hawaii Japan New Zealand 126

Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Iceland recently announced a quota of 100 fin whales - an endangered species - which is a dramatic increase its original self-assigned quota of nine. Tags: norway iceland whale Japan whaling. And they flagrantly continue killing. They also almost doubled their quota of Minke whales. ".

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Whaling Whales Norway Iceland 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2014

In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. You’ve no doubt heard about birds being put at risk by nonnative cats, rats, and even goats. But plants?

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Albatross Goats Rats Japan 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While I often tease Corey about how many albatrosses we have down here in New Zealand, the fact is that the United States has three species of Albatross that breed within its boundaries, albeit one of them only very rarely, and visit the western shores of North America. One of the two species found on Tern Island is the Laysan Albatross.

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Albatross Hawaii New Zealand Japan 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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). As a consequence, this species is only a rare vagrant in Serbia.

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Serbia Norway France Japan 171

Critter News

APRIL 8, 2010

The psychological impact of over-hunting on the highly intelligent and sociable animals has been identified as the latest threat to the survival of the species. Tags: norway iceland whales Japan whaling endangered species. And the psychological consequences of our aggression have compromised their will to live.'.

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Whaling Whales Norway Psychology 100

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JULY 6, 2016

The Carrion Crows , of Japan are known for gathering nuts, and then leaving then on the paved roads for the cars to run over and crack the tough outer shells. Acorn Woodpeckers , as well as several species of Jays will gather hundreds of nuts, stashing them carefully around their territory.

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Japan Fish Birds Woodpeckers 103

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DECEMBER 2, 2012

I’m headed to Singapore in a week with stops in Japan and I hope Malaysia. Studying field guides, reading trip reports, and arranging meetings with local birders can be a process that takes more time than the trip itself, but makes the anticipation that much more delicious. His Best Bird of the Weekend?

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Malaysia Singapore 2012 New York 112

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 209