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Interest in bird-watching has grown in Shanghai

Updated: 2022-04-02 10:45 ( China Daily )

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Daurian redstart (female).[Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily]

"Watching birds is a great start in observing and understanding nature as they are aesthetically pleasant."

Another bird enthusiast, Zhang Dong, talks about the tradition of bird-keeping in China. For hundreds of years many in China, especially wealthy people, kept birds in cages in their courtyards-white-eyes, Hwamei and myna-to appreciate their natural beauty or chirping sounds.

"Now lots of these birds are endangered species and forbidden to be captured," he adds.