Owen Krout
Well-known member
I started out this afternoon to scout some rice paddies that I haven't been to in awhile, only to discover that today was the day for high school entrance testing at the government school right next to us. Street was blocked off and hence no bus. Decided therefore to go back to the rice paddy where I picked up the Spotted Redshank.
Upon spotting a pair of Eastern Spot-Billed Duck that were sparring with each other in one of the rice paddies, I shot some quick long range shots and then decided that at the worst I would just be chased off along with the half dozen other people already there, I jumped the crude rope fence. That led to finding some of the missing Little Grebe whose loud whistles let me know I didn't have their welcome. Also one Common Moorhen. By the time I worked my way through the maze of embankments the ducks had cleared out, but Wood Sandpiper; Black-Winged Stilt; Common Magpie; Grey-Headed Lapwing were still foraging through the water. I was rather surprised to see the Common Magpie wading through the shallower water and snatching up tidbits alongside the stilts. Guess they are clever enough to learn by observation.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Jun 28, 2016 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
11 species
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 4
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 5
Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 2
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 2
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 5
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Oriental Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) 4
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30429006
After some scouting, I finally found a shorter route into the actual rice paddies than what I had done before. It would have been underwater last year, but with the drainage ditches someone has added another raised walkway. The paddies are, I believe, not officially permitted, but are a side project of people and their families from the new fire station that sits on the edge of the area. They are hidden from sight except from the fire station itself.
A couple of Eastern Cattle Egret and one Black-Crowned Night Heron were the only large waders this time. The field where more had been three days ago was recently mostly drained. This time there were two Spotted Redshank. One was with the Black-Winged Stilt and the other was with a large flock of about (35) Wood Sandpiper.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Jun 28, 2016 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
7 species
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 9
Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) 9
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) 2
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 35
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30429109
Upon spotting a pair of Eastern Spot-Billed Duck that were sparring with each other in one of the rice paddies, I shot some quick long range shots and then decided that at the worst I would just be chased off along with the half dozen other people already there, I jumped the crude rope fence. That led to finding some of the missing Little Grebe whose loud whistles let me know I didn't have their welcome. Also one Common Moorhen. By the time I worked my way through the maze of embankments the ducks had cleared out, but Wood Sandpiper; Black-Winged Stilt; Common Magpie; Grey-Headed Lapwing were still foraging through the water. I was rather surprised to see the Common Magpie wading through the shallower water and snatching up tidbits alongside the stilts. Guess they are clever enough to learn by observation.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Jun 28, 2016 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
11 species
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 4
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 5
Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 2
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 2
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 5
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Oriental Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) 4
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30429006
After some scouting, I finally found a shorter route into the actual rice paddies than what I had done before. It would have been underwater last year, but with the drainage ditches someone has added another raised walkway. The paddies are, I believe, not officially permitted, but are a side project of people and their families from the new fire station that sits on the edge of the area. They are hidden from sight except from the fire station itself.
A couple of Eastern Cattle Egret and one Black-Crowned Night Heron were the only large waders this time. The field where more had been three days ago was recently mostly drained. This time there were two Spotted Redshank. One was with the Black-Winged Stilt and the other was with a large flock of about (35) Wood Sandpiper.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Jun 28, 2016 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
7 species
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 9
Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) 9
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) 2
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 35
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30429109