An interesting item on the menu

I saw the same thing in Yunnan province in China in 2009, advertised as sparrows. What I looked at (only briefly) all seemed homogenous in size and may have originally been sparrows (Tree Sparrows are common so I assume likely that they would target common birds) but possibly other things as well. This is surely not unusual. Whilst it is not nice, it is not fundamentally worse than eating fish or whatever else. —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Carl Clifford Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2014 11:32 AM To: <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] An interesting item on the menu I have just spent a week in Siem Reap, Cambodia. When birding one day in an adjoining town, I stopped for lunch at a roadside stall. One of the offerings on their carte de jour was “birds”. I asked my driver what the “birds” were, and he said that they were wild birds caught in the forest and fields and asked the owner to show me some. Sure enough, there on a tray were the poor sad little plucked carcasses of birds ranging from sparrow to thrush size. Unfortunately, I am not much chop on identifying birds without plumage. I declined the offering and had the fish instead. Next day, I saw a restaurant in town offering “Khmer birds”. I presume they were the same. I wondered why the birding was a bit slow around Siem Reap town. Carl Clifford _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org