a color plate from 1961

Within the days when color printing was extraordinarily costly, the Avicultural Society had particular appeals for funds to help the looks in Avicultural Journal of the occasional color plate. A widely known fowl artist was then commissioned. Though the entire run of the Society’s magazines will be discovered on-line, the plates hardly ever see the … Read more

a color plate from 1962

Within the days when color printing was extraordinarily costly, the Avicultural Society had particular appeals for funds to assist the looks in Avicultural Journal of the occasional color plate. A widely known chicken artist was then commissioned. Though the entire run of the Society’s magazines could be discovered on-line, the plates not often see the … Read more

A Checklist of Publications from earlier than and through his life in Hong Kong on reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fleas and fowl strikes

I’ve written a number of occasions (right here and right here) on JOHN DUDLEY ROMER (1920-1982) the doyen of herpetology in Hong Kong. Romer’s full-time job was head of pest management for the Hong Kong authorities. After his demise his papers have been deposited within the library of the Zoological Society of London. The final … Read more

Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan once more (however perhaps for the final time) – 10,000 Birds

The final time I birded Longcanggou, a nationwide forest park in China’s Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Now, 14 months later, the place has modified – sadly, for the more severe, at the very least as birding is worried. Longcanggou has two primary birding spots – the precise nationwide forest park and one other, … Read more

Some prefer it scorching | ConservationBytes.com

Wildfires remodel forests into mosaics of vegetation. What, the place, and which crops thrive relies on when and the way severely a fireplace impacts completely different areas of a forest. Such heterogeneity within the panorama is crucial for animal species that profit from hearth like woodpeckers. The black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) lives within the coniferous … Read more

Black Bulbuls in Hong Kong

Black Bulbul. Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve 15 February 2023 These images have been taken by AJP two weeks in the past in Tai Po Kau reserve in Hong Kong. Since there have been heaps it needs to be assumed this was an irruption yr. Lately small numbers could also be seen in Tai Po … Read more