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  1. china guy

    Larus Gull Sichuan China

    Nice mail MacNara - I was also in Chengdu in the 80's but a a few years after you - its obviously changed a lot!!!! We live well away from the big city and I only go there 2 or 3 times a year (If i can help it). We do get gulls but not too many - Black-headed Gull in winter in the most numerous...
  2. china guy

    Larus Gull Sichuan China

    Thanks Lou - the lighting was terrible, mist and rain - the bird in pic 3 is the bird with undamaged face in the other pics - the darker/lighter tones of plumage must be due to camera artefact - a light sensor trying to make sense of the crappy weather. I've left all the pictures unedited apart...
  3. china guy

    Larus Gull Sichuan China

    Seen today - larger Larus Gull - I think its probably Vega ssp mongolicus (Mongolian Gull) - but Im finding it difficult to separate from Caspian or even Steppe Gull. Any gull experts have an idea
  4. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Mark - sorry for delay replying - and yes we all survived the quake. Me and Saker were actually in the swimming pool when it struck, but no tsunami's, we didn't even feel a tremor. However, my wife, at home, said there was a lot of movement, and up in Roland's apartment a light bulb popped...
  5. china guy

    Bardia report

    Report; Bardia National Park ,Nepal. Sid Francis, Wendy Wright, Steb Fisher Bardia is located in South-eastern Nepal, very close to the Indian border. A reserve of 968km2, it’s famous for its Tigers, Indian Rhino and Blackbuck. During December 2016, we were lucky enough to be invited to...
  6. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Great report Andy - those Red Pandas have shown well this autumn - and the Barwing and Wren Babbler are terrific birds I've attached a wonderful pic of November Red Panda pair taken by Hugh Lansdown. We made 7 trips to reserve this autumn and saw them from Mid October to December 29th. All the...
  7. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas. I've just come back from work in Nepal - luckily I was able to take my family with me and the pics I've posted is of my son sleeping with his new Nepali mate, an orphaned Indian Rhino who was being looked after by our hosts the Nepali National Trust. That...
  8. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Here are two bits of news - Firstly an armchair tick for Sichuan birders - Our Himalayan Rubythroat has been split to Chinese Rubythroat C. tschebaiewi http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jav.01015/abstract 'we propose that the white-tailed rubythroat Calliope pectoralis should be...
  9. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    If the Giant Gerbil is the original instigator of the plague its also a key player in the development of medieval biological warfare!!!!!! Biological Warfare at the 1346 Siege of Caffa 'This narrative contains some startling assertions: that the Mongol army hurled plague-infected cadavers into...
  10. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    The ornamental landscaping is very sad. Unfortunately, because it makes people money and provides jobs, it isn't going to go away quickly!!! If they are going to landscape it would be nice if they used native species that would benefit nature - but I'm sure it's a concept far removed from the...
  11. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Ron - the pic of the Horned lark is interesting. We found the bird in N Gansu on the southern edge of the Gobi - I reckon the ssp must be brandti Unfortunately birding was rather sparse in the desert - but we did run into a fascinating, but largely unknown, mammal that has had a major impact...
  12. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Alan, were some very tame Tragopan this year - can't remember if it was Andy's or Chris Gooddie's trip where after an evening airport to Balang drive - the very first bird we laid eyes on was a male Temminck's Tragopan. However things could be a little different for 2017 since the new road...
  13. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Yann, I'm afraid that the feedback we're getting is that there were no RH Robin recordings for 2016 - both from Jiuzhaigou and another site where singing males had been recorded during 2015. Both local and UK ornithological bodies are presently looking into conducting surveys during 2017-...
  14. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    The mystery calls from Giovanni- 1 - the strident call seems to come from a Tit - Green-backed or Eastern Great 2 - the soft rising whitle, seems pretty consistent with three species that are found close to Emei's mountain streams - Plumbeous Water Redstart, White-crowned Forktail and Blue...
  15. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Just back from a 15 day trip with a crew that was made up of the well known birders - Andy Mears, Chris Gooddie, Gavin Maclean and Troy Shortell. A lot of good birds with a couple of star highlights. Blackthroat - one possibly two males seen in the same area that Summer Wong recorded them last...
  16. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Benny - sorry for delay in reply, I've just come back from a scouting trip. As for Emei - if you've not already seen it there's a little info on my website - http://sichuanbirding.cloudaccess.net/sichuan-birding-sites/32-emei-mountain.html I've always visited the site with my own transport...
  17. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Here are some of the pics from that last trip - A Monal and a Trag on the Wolong side of Balang - and a Crested Tit Warbler on the Rilong side. All pics by Nick Green, Shanghai.
  18. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Have been busy for last couple months with mammal trips - mainly focused on cats. Here's a report on a recent trip from Richard Webb - he also gives a summary of birds seen on last page with Black-necked Crane, Blue Eared Pheasant, Chinese Grouse and Tawny Fish Owl. But the main subject matter...
  19. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    A few hours after writing my last post I flew off to Sri Lanka on a family holiday - a lot warmer out here than winter-time Dujiangyan - hence the delay in replying!!!! Yes Mike the Reeve's were coming to corn - you had to wait in the hide from 13.00 and the birds only started to show up at...
  20. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Happy Chinese New Year!!!! Firstly; great to report the publishing (first edition already sold out) of a new form of bird field-guide - by Sichuan bird guide Xiao-nong Yang in collaboration with the Sichuan Wildlife Research and Protection Station. This book has illustrated the birds of Sichuan...
  21. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Dan, happy new year, and sorry for the delay in replying to your query - I just returned home this evening from a bird survey of farmland birds in the Sichuan Basin. That trip also included two top Sichuan birders - Wu Jiawei and Xiao-nong Yang, who have both had single Sichuan sightings of...
  22. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Merry Christmas Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas - here's a yuletide picture of Saker trampling through Tangjiahe snow. We were up there 10 days ago, and like Tom and his class got to visit Bai Xiong Ping Research Station. Here the researchers gave us a look at the latest harvest of camera...
  23. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Dahe - I think the most shocking are the users of the bear parts. The most valuable items being paws, bile, and bones that command large enough prices to tempt many poor locals into trying their hand at a bit of poaching, while its only the wealthier who are able to buy the products. Luckily...
  24. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Hi Owen - agree with you, and in fact would go even further in saying that our love of fellow man should also be considered as an outgrowth of a general love of nature - after all were all part of a ecological system that present technology has no chance in taming. Short-sighted environmental...
  25. china guy

    Sichuan Birding

    Just back from latest mammal 9 day trip - in the terrific company of well known Brit mammalers, Phil Telfer and Steve Morgan. Tangjiahe, Ruoergai and Baihe - 28 species in the bag - also included Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, 5 scoped at distance, for over 30 mins, at Baihe (reserve between...
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