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great argus display in KhaoSok
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUzMzIyMTM5Mg==.html Hi all Just want to share something from a birding trip in late Mar,when we met the driest dry season in Thailand in 50 years. But it was still an interesting trip.We at first planned to try the argus in a hide near Sri Phangnga but the guide... -
Pelagic trip to Cheniushan Island on 23 Jan, 2010
In the Chinese lunar calendar, 20 Jan 2010 is Dahan, literally The Coldest Period in a year. A very strong cold front has just passed the area of Rizhao, south Shandong. Before this, all the pelagic trips in Qingdao region (to the north of Rizhao) have been cancelled due to unusually heavy icing... -
Pelagic trip to Cheniushan Island on 23 Jan, 2010
In the Chinese lunar calendar, 20 Jan 2010 is Dahan, literally The Coldest Period in a year. A very strong cold front has just passed the area of Rizhao, south Shandong. Before this, all the pelagic trips in Qingdao region (to the north of Rizhao) have been cancelled due to unusually heavy icing... -
birds in solar eclipse
when the total solar eclipse happened this morning in Shanghai,birds in Century Park really went to rest in the darkness.And rain dropped. After several minutes it became brighter and birds came out,singing and feeding.Azure-winged Magpie,Red-billed Starling and Blackbird gathered in a big...- mcaribou
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- Forum: China (including Hong Kong & Macau)
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birds in solar eclipse
when the total solar eclipse happened this morning in Shanghai,birds in Century Park really went to rest in the darkness.And rain dropped. After several minutes it became brighter and birds came out,singing and feeding.Azure-winged Magpie,Red-billed Starling and Blackbird gathered in a big... -
Lianyungang seawatch20090228
Inspired by more and more findings of loons especially Yellow-billed Loon in South Korea,I have tried several times to organise our birder friends from Jiangsu Wild Bird Society to explore the offshore islands at Lianyungang,between Jiangsu and Shandong Province. Finally there were enough... -
One female Scaly-sided Merganser in Fengxian coast-25 Dec,2008
According to Shanghai Waterbirds by Yuan Xiao and Cai Youming,Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus is said to be only recorded in Shanghai in Birds Recorded from or Known to Occur in the Shanghai Area by Sowerby A.de C. published in 1943.In recent years,there're some Russian researchers doing... -
Red-breasted Flycatcher in Wenzhou,East China
Saw this bird at Wenzhou Bay near Wenzhou city on 4 Nov. After taking many photos,we drove off.And it flew off too into the sea!- mcaribou
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- Forum: Your Birding Day
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Wood Warbler at Yangkou,East China
A high tide again on 20 Sep.We drove there,had lunch,prepared to go down to the mudflat in the afternoon.But the weather was becoming worse and worse,then heavy rain and thunderstorm came!Nothing to do in the restaurant,we decided to stay in the car on the seawall.A lightning hit the... -
Willow Warbler? in Rudong,East China
On 21st we met this warbler at Yangkou,Rudong,150km north of Shanghai just after a thunderstorm,with a lot of Arctic Warblers.Its yellow breast,head-side and vent makes it like a White-eye. The primary projection seems not so long as in Wood Warbler.From below,it has no broad-chest effect.Could...- mcaribou
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Latham's or Swinhoe's Snipe Shanghai,China?
On 11th Sep. I went to Sanjiagang,Shanghai,China especially for snipes.Very good that there were at least 3 kinds of snipes. Common Snipes G.gallinago were the commonest.All individuals looked very warm-colored.The face looked almost red-brown.When flushed,they flew high in a zigzag way with...- mcaribou
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snipes
On 11th Sep. I went to Sanjiagang especially for snipes.Very good that there were at least 3 kinds of snipes. Common Snipes were the commonest.All individuals looked very warm-colored.The face looked almost red-brown.When flushed,they flew high in a zigzag way with the prolonged "tsu~i"... -
Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
On 7 Sep. there were some migrants at Xiaoyangshan Island.Most of them were Brown Shrikes Lanius cristatus confusus,with only one subspecies L.c.superciliosus.Near the fresh water well where I met a Black Bittern in summer,I flushed a Little Heron.4 juv Dollar Bird flew about.Besides the... -
Spoon-billed Sandpiper!
At Yangkou,it was high tide on the noon of 17th.We sat at the rideau,waiting for the shorebirds to come closer and closer.I saw a stint with very red breast and head from 30m away.It looked like a Sanderling in breeding plumage.The red is darker than Red-necked Stint.But from the size it looked... -
Feeding not easy
On 11th August I went to Sanjiagang,Shanghai.As I predicted,Pacific Golden Plover arrived.Besides,there were some Greater Sand Plovers,all juv.When I sat on the ground,they would move into 5m with many Oriental Skylarks around me!I used 60* to observe one so that I could see its tongue... -
Yangkou shorebirds
Big waders are getting fewer and fewer these days.Small ones still keep large numbers.Red-necked Stint especially.It's now No 1 in amount,more than Dunlin,Kentish Plover and sand plovers.Spoon-billed Sandpiper is said to pass here later than Red-necked Stint.So we still keep a hope of... -
Bird observation and Birding tour at Yangkou,Rudong,Jiangsu
Xiaoyangkou Port is at Yangkou Town,Rudong,Jiangsu,with mudflats and reclamation areas.There’re many wind-power generators in the reclamation areas,and many shorebirds in the mudflats.This birding spot was found this July by a Nanjing birder called Lei Ming,who’s working there now.I visited...- mcaribou
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in the sea
I've planned many times visiting Cheniushan Island in the Yellow Sea,near Shandong Peninsula. Finally we got there last weekend.Some breeding Black-tailed Gulls and Fork-tailed Swifts.No Chinese Egret.Two days before we had seen 26 Chinese Egrets along the coastline of the mainland.I guess they... -
waders coming
In late July,we found a very good mudflat for watching waders not far away north of Shanghai. When the tide comes up,over 30,000 waders with many terns and Saunder's Gulls gather around u just in 10~100 meters.What a good chance to check every one of them!But on 23rd there were over 10,000... -
Migration southward
On 19 July,we went to Binhai,Shanghai.A typhoon called Hai Ou(which means Common Gull)was approaching,and we wanna wait for some seabirds coming into mainland.But it was not windy and rainy enough,just a cloudy day.No seabird at all. Many waders there,with many young birds this year.9 juv... -
Harrier in summer
Yesterday I went to Jiuduansha Island,out of Pudong Airport,Shanghai.A few waders have arrived.Interesting that I saw a harrier(not sure which species) from far away.Last year in summer,there were two subadult Eastern Marsh Harriers stayed the whole summer there.So I guess the one was an... -
Grey-faced Buzzard breeds in Nanjing?
On 7,July I went to Nanjing to see Fairy Pittas.Although the babies had left their nests and I found none,I saw two Grey-faced Buzzards(maybe adult) flying about.Usually the buzzard breeds in north and northeast China.We can see them passing here in spring and autumn.Would they stay and... -
coastline birding in July's Shanghai
Hot,damp.Common pheasant's babies walking around their parents.And many more babies of Brown Shrike have left nests,standing in trees,chasing their parents for FOOD.Whiskered and White-winged Tern flew above fish ponds. Interesting that we found a male Pied Kingfisher,and a juv Greater Sand... -
late migration?
It seems that this year's migration is half a month later than in normal years,especially the birds breeding in the North(Manchuria,Siberia...). On 17 May,my first Arctic Warbler this year appeared in Nanjing,with two Fairy Pittas.On 7 June,I heard another in Shanghai. Similar to the... -
Xiaoyangshan Island again
On 6th May,most of the Narcissus Flycatchers and Blue-and-white Flycatchers have left.But Asian Brown Flycatcher and Grey-streaked Flycatcher are arriving.Other summer birds as Chinese Sparrowhawk,Blue Rock Thrush,Brown Shrike... And two Japanese Sparrowhawk(one juv photo) and two Sparrowhawk...