Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2010

I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Again, the China connection. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue. They are an amazing organization that we support financially.).

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APRIL 3, 2016

It may look quite overwhelming to have so many species together, but at this time of year it is a lot easier to identify them than it would have been a few months ago when they were all pretty much grey! There is one odd bird in the photo below and that is a lone Oriental Plover , which I have enlarged for you below!

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MARCH 14, 2011

Mostly the ducks were Red-breasted Merganser and Greater Scaup , the two most prevalent species on the pond, but there were a few other birds mixed in as well. in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea in future weeks.I It was a great experience. Autumn colours Mar 20th, 2011 at 7:01 am [.] How did you go with the shorebird [.]

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MARCH 30, 2014

In Taiwan there are also migratory shorebirds passing through and they also upload photographs of individually marked birds on their website and detail the history of the birds. It is truly remarkable and it is happening right here in Broome with our migratory shorebirds and all across the world with a huge variety of species.

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MARCH 9, 2014

I also have a Grey-tailed Tattler that visits us and was marked with a plain white and an engraved blue flag “35″ in Taiwan in August 2012. Over 200 species of birds visit the area and there are some excellent birding opportunities in the area.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2014

I also discovered a snake at the high tide mark among the seaweed and I believe it is a Whip Snake, but I am not entirely sure of the species and it was lively enough and I was not going to interfere! Flatback Turtle tracks. Whip Snake?

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Turtles Taiwan Raised Breeding 162

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

We are also very much in tune with the local beaches and the tides and which species you can expect at different locations on different tides. This is very useful if you are looking for a particular bird species or even an individual bird.

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APRIL 10, 2016

There are two sub species of Red Knot here and the piersmai sub species is a much darker red colour than the rogersi sub species and easily identified in breeding plumage. The shorebirds need to consume as much as they can before they set off north with their next stop likely to be several days later in Taiwan or China.

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JANUARY 24, 2016

They are in large flocks when they roost of several thousand birds, but often they will roost among their own species. These two species are renowned for preferring to lie flat on the wet sand once the tide drops rather than stand around waiting for the tide to drop. Grey-tailed Tattler “35” in 2012.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. Strangely, there do not seem to be many papers on this species. In one paper , you can find fascinating sentences such as “The new species is most similar to D. My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets.

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MAY 20, 2024

” There are some studies on the species, but not that many, resulting in a post with a rather skewed ratio of photos to words, as you will see below. Then again, the HBW and eBird now call the species Black Paradise Flycatcher and only note the name used here as an alternative.

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JUNE 19, 2024

Bald Eagle Species Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Endangered Species list in 2007. Steller’s Sea-Eagle Species Name: Haliaeetus pelagicus. Range: Steller’s sea eagles are endemic to coastal northeastern Asia, inhabiting regions in Russia, Korea, Japan, mainland China, and Taiwan. It is recent as of 2024. Wingspan: 5.9

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2010

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. From Focus Taiwan. Cross-breeding two protected species is completely against nature. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them? I am currently busy entering data on a voluntary basis for about 3500 shorebirds, so everything is up to date when I get reports of these birds in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea in future weeks.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

The ongoing destruction of Nanhui, where the species can frequently be seen on migration, certainly will not help. Judging from the facial expression of this White-shouldered Starling , I would rather not have an annoyed bird of this species as a roommate. The species has reversed sex roles, with the males doing the incubating.

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JANUARY 3, 2015

From a global low of less than 300 birds in the late 80’s, the species has recovered to 2726, according to a survey in early 2014. In Taiwan, two major sanctuaries have been allocated as part of the spoonbill recovery program. The story of the Black-faced Spoonbill is one of recovery.

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DECEMBER 26, 2022

This is a rather photographer-friendly species, staying on the same branch for quite a while and even returning to it after catching some insects – you can see this on video here and here. While the source does not say so directly, it hints that this means the species is not as intelligent as Eurasian Magpies (which pass the test).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Birds breeding in mainland East Russia migrate through mainland China and spend the winter in South-East Asia, while birds ringed in Japan and easternmost Russia were mainly found wintering in Taiwan and the Philippines ( source ). A paper on this also describes the song of the species as extremely complex and variable.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The species name is cyanouroptera , meaning dark blue tailed and -winged. Of course, me writing about the meaning of “gorgeted” rather than providing bird-specific information indicates a lack of papers on the species. In fact, Spectacled Barwings wearing contact lenses are easily mistaken for this other species.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Like the Eastern Crowned Warbler (which eBird mysteriously calls a “boldly marked songbird” despite its similarity to about 50 other warbler species) … … and the Arctic Warbler (or maybe some other warbler looking very similar). Here is a mugshot of a Long-tailed Shrike. T-shirts will be available soon.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Given the complexity of the research, the result feels like a bit of a letdown – “northern populations start migration earlier than southern populations, especially in autumn” The species name of the Chestnut-eared Bunting is fucata , from the Latin “fucare”, to paint red.

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