Seeing a Black-throated Laughingthrush at Nanhui used to be a marvel. I indexed it on eBird – however my revel in (and no longer best mine) is that the motto of eBird reviewers typically is “If I see it, it’s a vagrant – when you see it, it’s an escapee.”
And so it became out.
The Black-winged Cuckooshrike is breeding in different Shanghai places – I believe that some bushes close to the Nanhui lodge could be any other one, given the energetic making a song of this chicken.
The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is any other species breeding in Shanghai.
This Massive-billed Crow appears to be chewing on some “unknown thriller bone” (The Burning Hell, “Beginner Rappers”) – possibly a rabbit?
Some herons: a phenomenal grownup Black-crowned Night time Heron …
… and a relatively much less sexy kindergarten of the similar species.
A Chinese language Pond Heron …
… and the similar species pretending to be a giraffe.
A Crimson Heron on Chongming Island
Livestock Egrets, additionally on Chongming Island
Black-winged Stilts …
… and Gray-headed Lapwings are their neighbors within the flooded rice paddies of the island.
The Silver-throated Bushtit is a species wherein the juvenile birds appear to be extra colourful than the adults, in a reversal of the standard state of affairs.
Now not so for the Little Grebe.
A Mild-vented Bulbul gathering nest development subject matter – or is it for nest renovation already?
Whilst the HBW distribution map of the Chinese language Hwamei signifies that its distribution stops slightly wanting Shanghai, it’s if truth be told extraordinarily commonplace within the Binjiang Wooded area Park.
The species title canorus (melodious) signifies why this can be a in style cage chicken – if truth be told, a number of of my neighbors in my compound appear to stay the deficient birds in relatively small cages.
This is even if the species used to be designated as a second-level nationwide key safe species in 2021, which means that holding it at house is now not approved in China (supply).
The similar find out about discovered that individuals nonetheless holding the chicken argue with advantages for the neighborhood individuals’ well being, cultural heritage, and contributions to native livelihoods – the similar arguments that may be introduced ahead to justify the follow of footbinding.
Yellow-rumped Flycatchers are breeding in the similar park.
Additionally breeding right here: Eastern Thrush.
A couple of Chestnut-winged Cuckoos are studiously fending off doing the similar within the park, taking a look as an alternative for some foster folks, which (consistent with the HBW) would possibly come with laughingthrushes (possibly the Hwamei?) in addition to every other species discovered within the park, particularly Lengthy-tailed Shrike, Oriental Magpie, and Oriental Magpie Robin.
Perhaps this additionally contains the Azure-winged Magpie, any other commonplace species within the park.
How come the Gray-streaked Flycatcher (proven) and the Asian Brown Flycatcher have precisely the similar coloration however other color-based names? I’ve lengthy suspected that colorblindness is in style amongst ornithologists.
And are you able to wager the title of this bittern? A touch: the title begins with a colour.
Sure, you might be proper: Yellow Bittern.
No, this Crested Myna isn’t breeding in a cannon however in a half-turned lamppost.
This feminine Ring-necked Pheasant concept I had no longer observed it. So it stayed.
A US birder requested me whether or not I am getting uninterested in Eurasian Hoopoe – no longer but, I’m happy to mention.
In spite of everything, drongos: Black Drongo …
.. and Hair-crested Drongo.
