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Ask a Birder: What are the smallest and the biggest bird species?

June 11, 2025 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment
By weight, the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba is the lightest, weighing around 1.6 to 2.0 grams. It has a...
Birding

Birding Poyang Lake in Winter

June 9, 2025 by Kai Pflug 3 Comments
Here is an excerpt of what Wikipedia has to say about Poyang Lake: Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. The...
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Species Spotlight: Painted Stork

June 6, 2025 by Kai Pflug No Comments
While my natural grumpiness typically leads me to make fun of even halfway sensible bird names, I am perfectly...
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Top 15 Countries by Endemic Bird Species

June 5, 2025 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments
I thought this would be an easy post to prepare – just get the data and paste it in...
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Ask a Birder: Which Bird Species Do Well in Cities?

June 4, 2025 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment
Given that urbanization continues, this is certainly a highly relevant question – but how to find the answer? Researchers...
Birding

Birding Shanghai in May 2025

June 2, 2025 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments
So, how was Shanghai birding in May – often the best month of the year? Well, it included an...
Birding, Species Spotlight

Species Spotlight: Azure Tit

May 30, 2025 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment
It must have been devastating for hundreds of Swedish birdwatchers. All of them happy and excited to have seen...
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Ask a Birder: Why are there more bird species now than 25 years ago?

May 28, 2025 by Kai Pflug 5 Comments
As you can see from the chart, the number of recognized bird species has increased from about 9,750 in...
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