- Bananaquits (Reggae. Or Calypso? Also, a slightly aging band on a second-rate cruiseship)
- Black Skimmers (Trash)
- Black-crested Tit-tyrants (punk, only female members)
- Blue Jays (Jazz)
- Common Loons (Americana/Alt-Country)
- Hermit Thrushes (Folk)
- Mourning Doves (Indie)
- Pale Chanting Goshawks (Goth)
- Rough-legged Hawks (Heavy Metal)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Power Pop, maybe a bit retro)
- Ruddy Turnstones (Ska)
- Sad Flycatchers (Emo)
- Satanic Nightjars (Death Metal)
- Sunbitterns (Psychedelic Rock)
Photo: Ruddy Turnstone
Kai has lived in Shanghai for more than 21 years. He only started birding after moving to China, so he is far more familiar with Chinese birds than the ones back in his native Germany. As a birder, he considers himself strictly average and tries to make up for it with photography, which he shares on a separate website. Alas, most of the photos are pretty average as well.He hopes that few clients of his consulting firm—focused on China’s chemical industry—ever find this blog, as it might raise questions about his professional priorities. Much of his time is spent either editing posts for 10,000 Birds or cleaning the litter boxes of his numerous indoor cats. He occasionally considers writing a piece comparing the two activities.
Don’t forget my favourite gospel band The Godwits!
I picked out Common Loons in Blackbraid’s III (Black Metal) the other day. Bananaquits definitely that washed up band on the second rate cruise ship. Members all wear brightly coloured, pineapple and hibiscus themed shirts but none of them have any actual connection the the Caribbean except the singer, whose parents visited Barbados once, for their honeymoon.
Those aging, hypertense folk singers, the Red-faced Warblers.
My young son always considered Woodchat Shrike but went for the Colour of Audrey’s garage ?