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Happy Chinese New Year from #China. My prayers and love for you all.
#YearOfTheTiger
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Great Hornbill (双角犀鸟,Buceros bicornis) mom seals itself in the hole for about 90 days, during which she hatches eggs and takes care of chicks. 🌹
credit 巴西木
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"Whoops, I can't hold onto the branch." -- Blue-throated Bee-eaters.
by 李小保
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Crested Ibises (朱鹮,Nipponia nippon) are having the time of their life, in Shaanxi province.
They are under top-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit lylaoliu
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Love and togetherness -- Mandarin Ducks.
They are historically -- and mistakenly -- believed by #Chinese people to mate for life. Pair of birds is used to symbolize the love of devoted couples.
credit 追光影
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Grandala (蓝大翅鸲) is splendid and exquisite, in southwestern China's Sichuan province. 🌹
credit 东南风
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Pallas's Leaf Warbler (黄腰柳莺) feeds massive baby of Asian Koel, a large cuckoo.
Asian Koel lays eggs in the nests of other birds, which raise the young cuckoos.
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Riding mom boat -- sweet family of Black Swan (黑天鹅). You won't see 4 chicks until the end. 🤣🌹
credit 爱蝴蝶
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disabled Red-billed Blue Magpie (红嘴蓝鹊) still clings tenaciously to life. 🌹☕️
"That which does not kill me makes me stronger."
credit 巴西木
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Whose tails look more extraordinary? -- male Golden Pheasants. 😎
by 张根震
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Golden Pheasant is under second-class state protection.
by 谭志强
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VIDEO: Golden Pheasants, in C China's #Henan province.
by lylaoliu
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Crested Kingfisher, in central China's #Hubei province.
by 阿光
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Pied Falconets -- the world's smallest falcons -- spotted in S China's #Jiangxi Province.
by 牧野放歌
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gorgeous beauty Crested Ibis
by 周丰
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Togetherness -- Swinhoe's White-eyes -- in E China's #Shandong province.
by 长春酷鱼
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Friends in different sizes -- Crested Kingfisher vs Common Kingfisher
by 苗璐
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Black-throated Bushtits (红头长尾山雀,Aegithalos concinnus) are splashing and having fun.
Boldly patterned, tiny birds, usually found in groups.
credit 义胆雄丰
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Crested Kingfisher (冠鱼狗, Megaceryle lugubris), in Hubei province.
Large thickset kingfisher of fast-flowing streams in forested inland regions.
credit 阿光
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