Owen Krout
Well-known member
Oct 3
(Be tolerant please, for a little while. My keyboard is failing me fast at this point and among other things, the capital 'i' and the 'esc' keys aren't working)
Another trip over to the wetland reed beds nearby home yielded a lot of variety. i specifically had in mind getting a closeup of the Reed Parrotbill. Although i technically managed a this only slightly cropped closeup, they were staying hidden so not an unobstructed shot. Numbers were not as large as the other day being about ten birds. They have probably pretty well worked over that patch and moved on to another area of the reeds. The Common Coot were bathing along the shoreline and harassing the Little Grebe who are usually the ones bothering anybody in their general vicinity. A couple of Spot Billed Duck kept to themselves at the far end of the channel. The Zitting Cistola seem to be intermittently appearing in the reed beds at this point and instead of scattered into individual territories, gathering into flocks, probably indicating that they are migrant groups.
The surprise upon entering the area where the Parrotbill are so visible was what i think was a Least Weasel not breaking from cover until less than a meter away.
Moving on to another wetland area produced Black-headed Gull over the ponds. i had known all summer that there was movement in the cover of the reeds but was not able to see if it was only the Little Grebe & C. Coot. This time i did get one quick look at a Eastern Water Rail a first for me! it was running through a sort of tunnel along some matted down reeds. its large feet let it walk along the floating mat. i don't know if this was something that they deliberately keep open to hide in or if it was just taking advantage of something that occurs naturally.
The dry ground with open woods in the area produced Dusky Thrush & Olive Backed Pipit. Also spotted single Hoopoe & Great Spotted Woodpecker. A few Common Magpie & Azure Winged Magpie worked around the area, apparently arguing over whose territory it was.
On the way out some Chinese Bulbul were arguing with a large flock of E. Tree Sparrow over a particular area. i managed to catch a long range shot across a canal of two of them scolding each other.
At the end of the walk another large flock of E. T. Sparrow were being unusually vocal, even for them and as i walked close by the reason became apparent as a Eurasian Kestrel broke from the tree they were mobbing.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Oct 3, 2017 11:15 AM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: wetland area w/reed beds
18 species
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) 1
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 3
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 8
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 2
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 4
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 8
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) 20 not scattered in individual territories but gathered into flocks. Probable migrants
Reed Parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei) 10
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) 1
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) 6
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 9
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 220 mostly in two large flocks of 100+ about 1.5 km apart
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39542564
(Be tolerant please, for a little while. My keyboard is failing me fast at this point and among other things, the capital 'i' and the 'esc' keys aren't working)
Another trip over to the wetland reed beds nearby home yielded a lot of variety. i specifically had in mind getting a closeup of the Reed Parrotbill. Although i technically managed a this only slightly cropped closeup, they were staying hidden so not an unobstructed shot. Numbers were not as large as the other day being about ten birds. They have probably pretty well worked over that patch and moved on to another area of the reeds. The Common Coot were bathing along the shoreline and harassing the Little Grebe who are usually the ones bothering anybody in their general vicinity. A couple of Spot Billed Duck kept to themselves at the far end of the channel. The Zitting Cistola seem to be intermittently appearing in the reed beds at this point and instead of scattered into individual territories, gathering into flocks, probably indicating that they are migrant groups.
The surprise upon entering the area where the Parrotbill are so visible was what i think was a Least Weasel not breaking from cover until less than a meter away.
Moving on to another wetland area produced Black-headed Gull over the ponds. i had known all summer that there was movement in the cover of the reeds but was not able to see if it was only the Little Grebe & C. Coot. This time i did get one quick look at a Eastern Water Rail a first for me! it was running through a sort of tunnel along some matted down reeds. its large feet let it walk along the floating mat. i don't know if this was something that they deliberately keep open to hide in or if it was just taking advantage of something that occurs naturally.
The dry ground with open woods in the area produced Dusky Thrush & Olive Backed Pipit. Also spotted single Hoopoe & Great Spotted Woodpecker. A few Common Magpie & Azure Winged Magpie worked around the area, apparently arguing over whose territory it was.
On the way out some Chinese Bulbul were arguing with a large flock of E. Tree Sparrow over a particular area. i managed to catch a long range shot across a canal of two of them scolding each other.
At the end of the walk another large flock of E. T. Sparrow were being unusually vocal, even for them and as i walked close by the reason became apparent as a Eurasian Kestrel broke from the tree they were mobbing.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Oct 3, 2017 11:15 AM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: wetland area w/reed beds
18 species
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) 1
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 3
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 8
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 2
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 4
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 8
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) 20 not scattered in individual territories but gathered into flocks. Probable migrants
Reed Parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei) 10
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) 1
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) 6
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 9
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 220 mostly in two large flocks of 100+ about 1.5 km apart
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39542564