China

October is a good month to see owls in Shanghai, where these birds are rare in most other months. Two…

Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is probably the most iconic bird species in China – to…

Today`s post is a continuation of last week`s – an introduction to Shanghai`s 20 most commonly seen birds. After getting…

On Sunday morning, I was just lazily working on another post for 10,000 Birds – the (probably not much anticipated)…

Birdwatchers tend to like the rare, the exotic – yet many common birds are exciting as well. This is something…

A few weeks ago, I spent a few days at Jixi, Anhui, a relatively rural place about 2.5 hours away…

Collared Scops Owl – A Cat Head Eagle   For a German living in China, bird names have some additional…

Anybody spending a few days in Shanghai for business or tourism may not think that this is a good place…

I was ostensibly taking a day off from birding. But I don’t think birders ever truly relax their watchfulness. Lady…

Let’s start with a confession. I had never heard of Jankowski’s Bunting before last week. But once out in the…