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SEEKING BIRDS

Learn the bird world around you in Bird Seeking!

Seventy-five different birds, five step-by-step levels help you recognize common birds in your daily life. Let’s go outdoors and start bird-watching!

GAME SCREENSHOT

ABOUT THIS GAME

One day, I walked around the lake. I heard a mother pointing at a waterfowl, telling her daughter to watch that 'duck'. When I saw that bird, I realized it was a little grebe. The only similarity between little grebe and duck is they are both floating on water. At this moment, I decided to do a project that helps people identify birds. For most people, Birds and their lives are two parallels. But when one knows the bird's name, what it looks like, and how it calls, the connection has been built. At every level of my game, I choose fifteen birds that look similar to each other, encouraging players to find the subtle differences between those birds. With those connections, Bird conversation can be easier promoted.

Game Flowchart & UI

PASSED?

LAST LEVEL?

YES

NO

YES

NO

START

VERIFY ANSWER

CORRECT

WRONG

CLICK BUTTONS
TO VIEW UI EXAMPLES!

NEXT LEVEL

BIRD CALL

GAME DEMO

DETAILS

In the first level, I chose common bird species around us. Usually, the first step of bird watching is the observation of birds in the backyard. Using these birds that people see every day as the initial level of the game would resonate with people and encourage them to notice birds in their daily life.

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Light-vented Bulbul

White-browed Laughingthrush

Black-throated
Laughingthrush

Crested Myna

Chinese Blackbird

Oriental Magpie Robin

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House Sparrow

Azure-winged Magpie

Eurasian Jay

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Eurasian Magpie

White-rumped Munia

Oriental Turtle Dove

Spotted Dove

Rivers and lakes are unique places in the city, they provide habitats for aquatic birds and wading birds. Herons, cormorants, and kingfishers are birds usually found by rivers and lakes. They have different predator strategies, it is very interesting to observe them waiting, flying and swimming.

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White-throated Kingfisher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher

Great Egrent

Little Egrent

Intermediate Egrent

Purple Egrent

Great Bittern

Yellow Bittern

Striated Heron

Blacke-crowned
Night Heron

Eastern Cattle Egrent

Chinese Pond Heron

Grey Heron

Great Cormorant

There are not only ducks in the water, but also many relatives of ducks and unrelated birds, such as rails and grebes. For waterfowls, a point worth observing is their differences in male and female looks. Also, males look very different during the breeding season. These are shown in game.

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Little Grebe (br.)

Little Grebe (non-br.)

Great Crested Grebe (br.)

Great Crested Grebe (non-br.)

Common Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Ruddy Shelduck (M)

Ruddy Shelduck (F)

Mandarin Duck (br.M)

Mandarin Duck (F)

Mallard(M)

Mallard(F)

Eurasian Teal(M)

Eurasian Teal(F)

Chinese Spot-billed Duck

Generally speaking, raptors are at the top of the food chain. It sounds like those birds live in the mountains for enough food resources. In fact, many falcons and eagles have adapted to living next to human beings. These flying silhouettes are always found above the woodland around the city.

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Common Kestrel

Merlin

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Peregrine Falcon

Western Osprey

Crested Serpent Eagle

Crested Goshawk

Besra

Northern Goshawk

Crested Honey Buzzard

Black-winged Kite

Black Eagle

Pied Harrier

Eastern Buzzard

In different cultures, owls were given different symbolic meanings. In nature, they are the killers of small mammals, insects, fish, and other birds. At night, when everything is quiet, the owls' showtime begins. They are so mysterious that most people never met them once.

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Eastern Grass Owl

Barn Owl

Oriental Scops Owl

Mountain Scops Owl

Ural Owl

Little Owl

Collared Owlet

Asian Barred Owlet

Short-eared Owl

Brown Wood Owl

Japanese Scops Owl

Collared Scops Owl

Long-eared Owl

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Tawny Fish Owl

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