Bird names and conservation
Submitted by Martin Williams on Fri, 2009-02-13 10:53Just sent this to Oriental Bird Club email group:
[quote]Seeing comments re bird names, following mention of the East Asia field guide:
Just sent this to Oriental Bird Club email group:
[quote]Seeing comments re bird names, following mention of the East Asia field guide:
The Economist Xmas edition has a strong article on birdwatching in China, particularly waterbirds, inc search for Chinese crested tern.
Includes:
China is not a good place to be a bird. I learnt this when I moved from Hong Kong, still a British colony, to Beijing. Though my home in Hong Kong was in the heart of the city, dense scrub tumbled down the slopes from the Peak. I was driven out of bed every morning by a raucous dawn chorus.