Xiaoming's 2008 list (China)

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(* new to me)
Jan 1 The Temple of Heaven -BeiJing

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Eurasian Hoopoe
3 Long-eared Owl
4 Spotted Dove
5 Eurasian Sparrowhawk
6 Red-billed Blue Magpie
7 Azure-winged Magpie
8 Black-billed Magpie
9 Large-billed Crow
10 Dusky Thrush
11 White-cheeked Starling
12 Goldcrest
13 Yellow-rumped Warbler
14 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
15 Yellow-billed Grosbeak


Jan 10 YuanMingYuan-BeiJing

16 Mallard
17 Spot-billed Duck
18 Grey-headed woodpecker
19 Common kingfisher
20 Crested Kingfisher
21 little Grebe
22 Carrion Crow
23 Eurasian Blackbird
24 Marsh Tit
25 Great Tit
26 Long-tailed Tit
27 Brambling


Jan 13 ShiDu-BeiJing
28 Chukar*(131)
29 Ruddy Shelduck
30 Gadwall
31 Common Goldeneye
32 Common Merganser
33 Hill Pigeon
34 Oriental Turtle Dove
35 Green Sandpiper
36 Long-billed Plover
37 White-tailed Sea Eagle*(132)
38 Cinereous Vulture
39 Common Buzzard
40 Common Kestrel
41 Great Cormorant
42 Grey Herom
43 Black Stork
44 Red-billed Blue Magpie
45 Brown Dipper
46 Daurian Redstart
47 White-capped Water-Redstart
48 Plumbeous Water-Redstart
49 Eurasian Crag-Martin
50 Vinous-throated Parrobill
51 Water Pipit
52 Grey-capped Greenfinch
53 Godlewski's Butting
54 Meadow Bunting
55 Yellow-throated Bunting


Jan 30 ShuiShang Park-TianJin

56 Silky stanling
57 Crested Myna
58 Light-vented Bulbul

Feb 2 Tanggu -Tianjin
59 Common Black-headed Gull
60 Black-tailed Gull

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Feb 24 TianTan(The Temple of Heaven )BeiJing
This morning I went to TianTan, and glad to see some new birder join us. So before watching birds we told them some basic knowledge about birding.(pic 1). what did the man see from the telescope (pic 2). It's the star bird of TianTan --- Long-eared Owl.(pic 3) They like to eat bats and mice.(pic 4).


the birds I see today is similar with last time(Jan 1). But have two more.
61 Oriental Turtle Dove
62 Dark-Throated Thrush

welcome new birders(pic 5).

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Feb 29
Beijing Botanical Garden

Some part of river thaws. it becomes a good place for bird drinking(of course ,for watching)
I just stay here 15min and see some good birds.
>100 Brambling (I try to find one Chaffinch from them, but i fail)

63 Yellow-bellied tit
64 Little Bunting
65 Tristram's Bunting

Dusky Thrush
Yellow-Throated Bunting
Pallas's Leaf Warbler

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Baihe canyon ---Beijing
Today I go to Baihe canyon to find a Ibisbill. At last, I havn't seen it but I find some other birds.

66 pheasant
67 Golden Eagle
68 pale Thrush
69 Plain Laughingthrush
70 Red-billed Chough *(133)



Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hill Pigeon
Common kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Grey-capped Greenfinch
Meadow bunting
Godlewski's bunting
little Bunting
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Grey Heron
and so on

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add one to 2nd March's list
71 Ochre-rumped Bunting*(134)(female)

We saw this Bunting at the first stop of our trip. It just stood at a tree for 5 minutes, but none of us ever saw it in the field. After excluding other similar Bunting and asking other bird watchers, we confirm it.

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March 9th HuaiShaHe river Beijing

72 White-browed Chinese Warber
73 Grey-headed Pygmy Woodpecker
74 Siberian Accentor *(135)
75 White Wagtail
76 Rustic Bunting
77 Winter Wren

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Mar 15
A.M. TuanBoWa Reservoir--Tianjin
78 Japanese Quail (*136)
79 Mute Swan(*137)
80 Whooper Swan
81 Bewick's Swan(Tundra Swan)
82 Smew
83 Northern Lapwing(*138)
84 Great Crested Grebe
85 Chinese Grey Shrike

P.M. DaGang-- Tianjin
86 Black-tailed Godwit(*139)
87 Eurasian Curlew(*140)
88 Spotted Redshank
89 Dunlin
90 Kwntish Plover
91 Relict Gull(*141)
92 Northern Harrier
93 Eurasian Skylark
94 Buff-bellied Pipit
95 Reed Bunting(*141)
96 Pallas's Reed Bunting(*142)

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Mar 22
ShiSanLing Reservoir--BeiJing
97 Horned Lark(* 143)
98 Swan Goose

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Mar 27 the Summer Palace(Yi He Yuan)
99 Barn Swallow
100 Common Teal
101 Tufted Duck(* 144)
102 Common Pochard
103 Northern Shoveler(* 145)
104 Falcated Duck(*146)

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Mar 30 Yu Yuan Tan-- Beijing
105 Orange-flanked Bush Robin

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April 1 Yi He Yuan- Beijing
106 Common Shelduck(* 147)
107 Nothern Pintail(* 148)
108 Eurasian Wigeon(* 149)

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April 5 Tai Feng Park －Tian Jin
109 Chinese Penduline Tit (*150)
110 Hawfinch(*151)

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April 13 YeYaLake --Beijing
See more http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=111141
111 Mandarin Duck(*152)
112 Bean Goose
113 Black-winged Stilt
114 Little Ringed Plover(*153)
115 Osprey(*154)
116 Eastern March-Harrier(*155)
117 Pied Harrier(*156)
118 Saker Falcon
119 Peregrine Falcon(*157)
120 White Spoonbill(*158)
121 Red-rumped Swallaw(*159)

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April 13 ShaHe--Beijing
122 Garganey(*160)
123 White-eyed Pochard(*161)
124 Pied Avocet(*162)

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April 19 BaiWangShan--beijing
125 Common Swift(*163)

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April 26 YaLuJiang River, DanDong, LiaoNing province

126 20000 × Bar-tailed Godwits (*164)
127 3 × Nordmann’s Greenshanks(*165)
128 150 × Saunders’s Gulls(*166)
129 50 × Grey Plovers (*167)
130 50 × Common Redshanks(*168)
131 30 × Whimbrels(*169)
132 30 × Little Terns(*170)
133 10 × Great Knots(*171)
134 10 × Lesser Sand Plovers(*172)
135 2 × Red Knots(*173)
136 3 × Eurasian Oystercatchers（*174）
137 2 × Mew gulls
138 200 × Eastern Curlews

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April 27 YaLuJiang River, DanDong, LiaoNing province
see more
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=111141&page=2
139 Common Greenshank（*175）
140 Terek Sandpipers（*176）
141 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers （*177）
142 Common Sandpipers. （*178）
143 Common Stonechats（*179）
144 Pale Thrush

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May 2nd Dagang Tianjin

145 Common Tern(*180)
146 Oriental Scops Owl(*181)
147 Temminck’s stint (*182)
148 Common snipe

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May 2nd ZiYun park Tianjin
149 Two-barred Warbler (*183)

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May 4 Qingtuozi Tianjin
150 Wood Sandpiper(*184)
151 Curlew Sandpiper(*185)
152 Red-neck Stint(*186)


Jiyunhe River
153 Common Moorhen
154 Common Coot
155 Great Egret(*187)
156 Black-crowned Night Heron
157 Whiskered Tern(*188)
158 Yellow Wagtail(*189)
159 Grey Wagtail(*190)

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Tian Tan --BeiJing
160 Japanese White-eye (*191)
161 Dusky Warbler

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May 12 BeiJIng
BeiJing Botanical Garden
162 Crested Honey Buzzards (*192)
163 Red-throated Flycatcher

Peking Univ
164 Northern Boobok(*193)

Sha He
165 Black-browed Reed Warbler (*194)
166 Oriental Reed Warbler(*195)
167 Red throated Pipit (*196)
168 Marsh Sandpiper(* 197)

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May 13 BaiHe Canyon

169 Ibisbill(*198)
170 Hobby(*199)
171 Yellow-rumped Flycather(*200)

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May 15th campus
I hear Indian Cuckoo singing in the afternoon.

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May 17-18 Magic Woods in Laoting Hebei

172 Cattle Egret(*201)
173 Brown Shrike(*202)
174 Black-naped Oriole(*203)
175 Black Drongo(*204)
176 Rufous-tailed Robin(*205)
177 Grey-streaked Flycatcher(*206)
178 Sooty Flycatcher=Dark-sided Flycatcher(*207)
179 Asian Brown Flycatcher(*208)
180 Mugimaki Flycatcher(*209)
181 Chestnut-flanked White-eye(*210)
182 Hume’s Warbler(*211)
183 Arctic Warbler(*212)
184 Pale-legged Warbler(*213)
185 Gull-billed Tern(*214)
186 Asian Dowitcher (*215)
187 White-winged Tern(*216)
188 Yellow-browed Warbler

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May 22 Summer Palace Bejing

189 Spotted Bush Warbler(*217)


May 23
190 Water Rail (*218)
191 Yellow Bitterns(*219)
192 Siberian Blue Robin(*220)

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June 7

San Yang,Hubei Province
193 Long-tailed Shrike(*221)
194 Cinnamon Bittern (*222)
195 Greater Coucal(*223)(may be Lesser Coucal )
196 Oriental Magpie-Robin(*224)
197 Intermediate Egret(*225)
198 Striated Heron (*226)
199 Ashy Drongo(*227)
200 Collared Crow(*228)
201 Black-eared Kite (*229)
202 Collared Finchbill
203 Russet Sparrow
204 Spangled Drongo(*230)
205 White-rumped Munia(*231)
206 Forest Wagtail(*232)
207 Swinhoe’s Minivet (*233)
208 White-breasted Waterhen(*234)
209 Tiger Shrike (*235)
210 Brown-breasted Bulbul(*236)

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June 8 SanYang Hubei
211 Red Collared Dove (*237)
212 Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (*238)
213 Orange-Headed Thrush (*239)
214 Ashy Minivet (*240)
215 Indian Cuckoo (*241)
216 Brown Crake (*242)
217 Large Hawk cuckoo(*243)
218 Asian Koel(*244)
219 Mashed Laughingthrush(*245)
220 Grey-headed Lapwing(*246)

June 9 Dongzhai He Nan
221 Black-capped Kingfisher (*247)
222 Black-throated Tit (*248)
223 Chinese Sparrowhawk (*249)
224 Grey-faced Buzzard Eagle (*250)
225 Black Baza (*251)

June 10 dongzhai
226 Blue-throated Bee-eater (*252)
227 Blue Whistling-Thrush (*253)
228 Black-winged Cuckooshrike (*254)
229 Japanese Thrush (*255)
230 Hwamei (*256)
231 Lesser Cuckoo (*257)
232 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (*258)

June 11 Dongzhai

233 White-crowned Forktail (*259)
234 Brownish-flanked Bush-War (*260)
235 Speckled Piculet (*261)

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July 12
SongShan Mountain Beijing
236 Willow Tit(*262)
237 Eurasion Nuthatch

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Aug 16th Sha He BeiJIng
238 Thick-billed warbler(*263)

JiYunHe River----Tianjin
Sept 15th
239 Purple Heron
240 Richard's Pipit(*264)
241 Chinese Egret(*265)


Beidaihe Hebei

Sept 29th
242 Caspian Tern(*266)

Sept 30th
243 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker(*267)
244 Eurasian Woodcock(*268)
245 Mew Gull
Oct 1th
246 Pacific Golden Plover(*269)
247 Pallas's Gull(*270)
248 Eastern Marsh-Harrier(*271)
249 Bull-headed Shrike(*272)
Oct 2th
250 White-Winged Scoter(*273)
251 Upload Buzzard(*274)

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Nov 2 Wild Duck Lake BeiJing
252 Great Bittern (*275)

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Beidaihe Hebei
Nov 8-9
252 Read Breasted Merganser
253 21×White-naped Crane（*276）
254 114×Siberian Crane
255 66×Red-crowed Crane(*277)
256 Oriental White Stork(*278)
257 Merlin(*279)

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Tengqiao, SanYa, HaiNan province
Dec15-20

258 Asian Palm Swift(280)
259 Black-winged Kite(*281)
260 Crested Goshawk)(*282)
261 Ashy Woodswallow(*283)
262 Red-whiskered Bulbul(*284)
263 Yellow-bellied Prinia(285)
264 Plain Prinia(286)
265 Olive-backed Sunbird(287)
266 Scaly-breasted Munia(288)