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Posted Thursday 9th October 2008 at 01:31 by china guy
Updated Thursday 9th October 2008 at 09:54 by china guy
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Chengdu Birding – chengduuk@hotmail.com - Chengdu, Sichuan, the gateway to Tibet
Fulvous Parrotbill gathering nesting material on Wawu
Within easy driving distance from Chengdu we have areas of mountain, peaking up around the 3,000m level, that are clad in lush sub-tropical forest. Two famous birding locations that meet this description are Emei and Wawu Mountains. These two sites are within... |
A taff living in Sichuan
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Posted Sunday 5th October 2008 at 11:32 by china guy
Updated Monday 6th October 2008 at 01:10 by china guy
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Chengdu Birding – chengduuk@hotmail.com - Chengdu, Sichuan, the gateway to Tibet
The Qingcheng area is a prime site for Forktail watching - this is Little Forktail
Around 40kms from Chengdu, the town of Dujiangyan hit world headlines back in May because it was badly affected by the Sichuan earthquake. I only live 20kms from this town, and can report that, 4 months after the quake, things... |
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Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 at 09:20 by china guy
Updated Thursday 2nd October 2008 at 09:34 by china guy
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Chengdu Birding – chengduuk@hotmail.com - Chengdu, Sichuan, the gateway to Tibet
The mountains of Sichuan contain some wonderful birding spots
Last week we had a guest with limited birding time – who we planned to guide around the famous birding site of Wawu Mountain. At first the weather looked okay - but by afternoon everything had closed in and a quick change of plan was needed! ... |
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Posted Friday 12th September 2008 at 16:23 by china guy
Updated Friday 12th September 2008 at 16:30 by china guy
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Chengdu Birding – chengduuk@hotmail.com - Chengdu, Sichuan, the gateway to Tibet
Biet's Laughingthrush - photo by Bjorn Anderson
Earlier this year – I got a real chunk of excitement - being part of a trip that aimed at finding Biet’s (White-speckled) Laughingthrush, Garrulax beiti – a bird that hadn’t been spotted since 1989.
The trip was planned by a well known China birder – Bjorn... |
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Posted Wednesday 10th September 2008 at 15:32 by china guy
Updated Wednesday 10th September 2008 at 16:08 by china guy
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Chengdu Birding – chengduuk@hotmail.com - Chengdu, Sichuan, the gateway to Tibet
Greater painted snipe - a male - the female of this species is far brighter
This has obviously been a hectic summer in and around Chengdu. Me and the wife knew our work was going to be cut out – since we had to juggle our time between moving into a new countryside home, and catering for our summer tourist guests (including... |
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