10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2024
Somewhat strangely, the HBW calls it a “small grey to yellow babbler” – while the species indeed has some grey parts, that is not the color that sticks to mind when seeing or remembering the bird. Plus the sibia apparently plays an important role in the pollination of one endangered rhododendron species ( source ).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
The Avibase China birdlist counts 7 species of minivets for China – one of which is the Ashy Minivet. For Japan, there are only two species listed – again the Ashy Minivet, but also the Japanese Minivet (mostly called Ryukyu Minivet elsewhere), a Japanese endemic which is not on the China list.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2023
There are 17 different species of them, a few of them endangered, particularly some island endemics. The Japanese Paradise Flycatcher usually arrives in Shanghai a bit earlier than the Amur one, as it still has to travel on to Japan. Switching to the Amur Paradise Flycatcher , which has the Latin species name of incei.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Lynford also boasts an arboretum, with 200 different species of trees. Today, in southern England, we rarely have the luxury of trying to tell the two species apart, as Willow T**s have declined so severely that they are now virtually extinct in East Anglia. The exception was a single (Eurasian) Nuthatch.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2023
I remember once reaching over 130 species (a good total for a May Day in England) without having seen or heard a Jay, despite spending time in oak woodland. Not only eggs but nestling birds of many species fall prey to the Jay.” It’s a different matter in the spring. There are no fewer than 27 recognized subspecies in six groups.
Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.
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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