I made a trip to the Dawa side of the Liao River Estuary which was turned into a comedy of errors which ate up most of the day but did finally get there. Unfortunately, they are busily filling and draining wetland and most of the shore is dragons tooth sea-wall. I did find about a half a kilometer of mud flat in the river finally and while not as productive as the Yingkou side, it did have a number of Plovers with a few others.
As soon as I stepped up to the shoreline
(9) Eurasian Oystercatcher flew by which immediately made me forget all the hassle of just getting there.
(2) Pied Avocet were feeding, but before I could get the camera up a passing dump truck blasted his horn at me and sent them flying off.
A large number of
Kentish Plover were scurrying around the area, probing the mud then madly dashing to a new spot. Scattered a little more thinly were what finally decided were
(20) Lesser Sand Plover given the large white forehead patch and rufous head and breast band.
Out of the edges of the activity were
(2) Common Greenshank (less confident of that one, so have a look),
(10) Grey (Black-Bellied) Plover,
(2) Eurasian Curlew which I caught in flight as they departed and the white rump was a good identifier.
Mostly
Black-headed Gull in the area with
(6) Saunder's Gull mixing in.
By the way folks, I appreciate the constructive discussion. I've only seriously been at this for the last year and one thing I know from my engineering background is to learn from one's mistakes.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Apr 23, 2016 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: Dawa side of Liao River Estuary
10 species
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 2
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) 9
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 10
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) 20
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 50
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 2
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 2
Saunders's Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) 6
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 20
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 1
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