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Wildlife
Birds of Prey Passing Hong Kong in Spring Help Reveal Wonders of Migration
Two raptor species annually travel thousands of kilometres along the west Pacific rim, with fair numbers…
Keep Calm and Carry on Twitching
Enjoy the Rare Birds Boom with Kami-Kwasi Economics Guest opinion piece by C.J. Baggdem-Twelvebore and Lee…
To the Spice Islands of Wallacea
Approaching Ternate from the air, I see a volcano rising from tropical blue sea, with green…
Conservation
Spread of Guangdong goose highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry farms and wild birds
Elsewhere on this site, such as in the forum H5N1 Poultry Flu and migratory birds, there…
Highly pathogenic bird flu variants mostly evolve in intensive poultry farming
Here, some info on evolution of highly pathogenic bird flu variants – maybe better dubbed poultry…
World’s Birds Akin to Canaries in Coalmine as Human Impacts Continue Apace
On 4 May 2022, the Annual Review of Environment and Resources published an advance version of a paper…
DocMartin Photos: fine art photography at very fine prices
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Black Kite, Hong KongHK$88.00 – HK$138.00 -
Mianzimu of Meilixueshan in Shangri-La, Yunnan, at daybreakHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Gannet pair greeting at Bempton Cliffs, EnglandHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Black-naped Tern on a red buoyHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Lighting bolts after sizzling day in Hong KongHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
Science
A Covid scrapbook: snapshots from the crazy pandemic
I’ve read accounts of the Spanish Flu, which was the last major pandemic, mainly in 1918…
Highly pathogenic bird flu variants mostly evolve in intensive poultry farming
Here, some info on evolution of highly pathogenic bird flu variants – maybe better dubbed poultry…
Keep Your Underpants Duck Taped and Air Clean as Covid Wild Ride Continues
On 1 February 2020, as the coronavirus yet to be named Covid was starting to spread,…
Travel
Spectacular southern Java including Geopark
Mention to a Hongkonger that you’re going on holiday to Indonesia and they may ask, “Bali?”…
Guangxi’s Volcano in the Sea – Weizhou; and Beihai, City with an Old Street
Though I’ve read on travel websites that Weizhou Island in Guangxi province, southwest China, is volcanic,…
Exploring Shanxi: temples, natural beauty and Pingyao, the Banking Centre that Died with a Dynasty
Though its setting is unusual – nestled in a forested ravine, deep within Shanxi province, Sheng Shou…
