Kai has lived in Shanghai for 22 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.
I can attest to a certain degree of fame that came with blogging for 10,000 Birds: if you enter “What is bird poop” into the Google search engine, my post on precisely that topic can be found on page one of the search results (towards the bottom). And another one of my posts in cited as a source on the wikipedia page of the Greater Rhea.
So yes: imortality unlocked. 😀
And if I did it, so can you!
Kai, I have been enjoying the contributions of all your European friends very much. Obviously, those of us in the Americas need to get cracking again. But it has been great getting a more balanced perspective on the site.