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Some Woodpeckers of Hongbenghe, Yunnan, China

August 19, 2024 by Kai Pflug 7 Comments

Hongbenghe, a small village right at the border of China’s Yunnan province and Myanmar, has a number of woodpeckers. And most birders (though not...

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The Queen’s Falcon

August 18, 2024 by Clive Finlayson 6 Comments

The vast majority of Palaearctic birds have now finished breeding and are either heading south, dispersing locally or going into moult. Many of the...

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Bluenoses

August 15, 2024 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Oxford Languages defines a bluenose as a “priggish or puritanical” person. Oddly enough, it can also refer to a person from Nova Scotia. I...

Birding, Lists

Ten Things I hate most about Birding

by Kai Pflug 9 Comments

I hope you did not expect any list of favorites from me – liking things is not really my core competence. So, here is...

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Birding Di Linh, Vietnam (Part 1)

August 14, 2024 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments

Di Linh is a town and district in South Vietnam a bit less than 2 hours southwest of Dalat. It is the kind of...

Cover of picture book HOW BIRDS SLEEP by Sarah Pedry and DavidObuchowski

Birding, Reviews

HOW BIRDS SLEEP: A KidLit Bird Book Review

August 13, 2024 by Susan Wroble 2 Comments

What one thing do parents of younger children always need? Bedtime books. The best ones are interesting but soothing, familiar yet new. They are books that...

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Long-tailed Tit on Hokkaido

August 12, 2024 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments

An Economist article published in February 2024 describes the rise of cuteness (“Small, but mighty: how cuteness has taken over the world“). It specifically...

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In the land of the rabbit

August 11, 2024 by Clive Finlayson 9 Comments

The Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species that is widespread globally due to introductions by humans. In some places they have notoriously reached pest...

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