Some frequent birds of Shennongjia, China – 10,000 Birds

January 6, 2023
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The pictures on this submit have been taken in 2015 and 2016 – I used to be not solely an amazingly engaging, nearly younger individual then, but in addition a surprisingly dangerous photographer. I additionally solely managed to see fairly frequent chook species at Shennongjia, a nature reserve in Hubei province, China.

If this doesn’t put you off from studying this submit, you might be hopeless anyway, so simply proceed …

The Brown-breasted Bulbul would possibly effectively be the most typical chook at Shennongjia, so it appears applicable to start out with it.

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This picture of a Buff-throated Warbler (I hope it’s, anyway – Bella from Alpinebirding will in all probability right me in a remark if I’m incorrect) is outstanding for each the variety of bugs within the chook’s invoice and my wonderful incapability to make the most of noise discount to smoothen the background.

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Thankfully, some birds like this fairly great Chinese language Babax household with chicks let me get shut sufficient – and in first rate sufficient gentle – that smoothening the background was not a lot of a difficulty.

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In the event you see a Collared Finchbill earlier than it has washed its face and brushed its tooth within the morning, it appears like this.

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“You can have waited to take the picture till I’ve taken my tub, couldn’t you?”

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(sure, I do know, too many pictures of this one, however I like its colours)

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“Please take me with some pink objects – it highlights my good inexperienced shade”.

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“Pure reddish tones can be even nicer”.

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My lawyer advised me simply to name this a Cuckoo species so there might be no lawsuits from irate birders with higher chook id expertise than mine.

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In the event you assume this Daurian Redstart appears dangerous, keep in mind how unattractive you checked out sure instances whenever you have been a youngster.

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Every time the wagtails have a household gathering in anyone’s residence, you’ll be able to normally discover the Forrest Wagtail within the kitchen as that is closest to their pure forest habitat – not out within the open in the lounge.

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Previously, Nice Noticed Woodpeckers principally lived off renting out their previous flats to different species. In lots of Western markets, that is now not a dependable revenue stream because the market has been flooded with birdhouses put up by well-meaning people not realizing that this utterly destroys the property market. Thankfully for the Nice Noticed Woodpecker dwelling in Shennongjia, this has not occurred right here but.

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The picture under reveals the zygodactyl toe association (two toes to the entrance, two to the again) helpful for climbing bushes …

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… whereas this one reveals how the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop in opposition to the trunk.

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Feeding on moths, as this Inexperienced-backed Tit does, is just not significantly environmentally pleasant as a big share of the moth – significantly the wings – is inedible and thus is simply being discarded on the spot.

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Gray-capped Greenfinches apparently are a bit just like the American inhabitants (see, e.g., “The rise in positive assortative mating“) and Hollywood stars specifically, in that high-quality people want to mate with one another, fairly than with nobodies. That is described by two Chinese language scientists who may do with anyone to assist them right their English-language papers.

The discovering itself is just not very stunning although – it will be sort of bizarre if socially monogamous birds of each sexes have been to not attempt to discover the highest-quality associate.

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Sure, it appears sort of plain. However does it should be named Plain Flowerpecker? A little bit of kindness in naming birds may go a good distance.

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A male Plumbeous Water Redstart is on this bizarre transition part the place there are already the primary stubbles of facial hair showing however shopping for a razor continues to be a waste of cash.

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A Purple-billed Blue Magpie pretending to be a moist canine.

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In the event you ever questioned why anybody would go to the films and watch a Jean-Claude Van Damme film, the lyrics of “Inferno” by the Felice Brothers present a solution (“Combat Membership was offered out. We went to see Inferno as an alternative.”) I began this paragraph with out having any concept learn how to hyperlink this tune to the Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush. I nonetheless do not know. Concepts welcome.

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I frantically searched the web for a (presumably British) naturalist/ornithologist with the surname Russet (Lord Elgar Russet?) earlier than discovering that russet means “reddish-brown in shade”. Takes a number of the thriller out of the Russet Sparrow, I’m afraid.

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The Verditer Flycatcher has discovered an fascinating method to keep away from being parasitized by cuckoos. It feeds newly hatched chicks completely with beetles and grasshoppers. These are poor high quality and hard-to-digest eating regimen gadgets which might be hardly ever fed to chicks by common cuckoo hosts (source). Sort of like kicking the bum roommate or associate out by solely making ready actually dangerous meals.

As a consequence, despite the fact that the Verditer Flycatcher doesn’t discriminate in opposition to international eggs, no cuckoo species has discovered a viable method to flip it right into a helpful stepparent.

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“Hey, it’s such a wonderful sunny day! Why don’t all of us go to our native pool and have a shower!” (Vinous-throated Parrotbills)

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(there in all probability is one chook about one meter away from the little pool, simply making an attempt to keep away from the group a bit. I establish with that particular person)

Coming again to brood parasitism: The White-browed Laughingthrush is probably an unique host of the Massive Hawk-Cuckoo. Nevertheless, with time it has gotten higher at rejecting eggs that don’t mimic its personal eggs effectively. The authors of this paper assume that this may increasingly have led to the Massive Hawk-Cuckoo partially switching to a different host species, the Chinese language Babax (see pictures above), as this species is just not pretty much as good at rejecting non-matching eggs but (source).