china guy
A taff living in Sichuan
Some more calls from my last trip - this time from Moxi.
There are some great locations at Moxi, and with the weather knocking out the access road from Dujiangyan to Wolong, and persistent rain threatening the alternative longer route over Jiajing Mountain - it makes a pretty good substitute destination. Roads are good and its only 6/7 hours drive from Chengdu and 4 hours drive from Wawu.
Moxi town is a rather tacky tourist magnet where you find the gates of Hailuogou Glacier Park - John and Jemi Holmes have photographed Gould's Showrtwing inside the park and last year Roland got Streaked Barwing from this site. however its very noisy and crowded once the tour groups start to enter around 8 am - so for those who cherish a bit of piece and quite with their birding - its best to head down the road that leads over a 4000m pass to Kangding.
Although mist and rain were extremely troublesome - this last trip easily notched up - Himalayan Rubythroat, Alpine Leaf Warbler, White-browed Tit Warbler, Rosy Pipit, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, and Streaked Rosefinch around the 4000m lake at the top of the pass.
Lower down we got Three-banded Rosefinch, Spotted Laughingthrush, Chinese Shortwing (White-bellied Redstart) but other birds we've found in this habitat like Per David's Tit, Great and Brown Parrotbill played hard to get - and we missed out on them.
In the forest trails at the forestry station at the start of the protected area we got many Chestnut-headed Tesia.
Calls
- one of the Chestnut-headed Tesias as it "roared" out of the bamboo!!!!!!
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill - another bird that can generate quite a noise for its size!!!!!
- Pygmy Wren Babbler - with a call rather than that familiar three blind mice song. It was actually unusually easy to locate it using this recording - wonder if it will work again?
- Rufous-breasted Accentor - birds calling out the mist
A finally a historic broadcasting first - Saker saying hi to all you nice folks and thanks for your notes of congratulation
There are some great locations at Moxi, and with the weather knocking out the access road from Dujiangyan to Wolong, and persistent rain threatening the alternative longer route over Jiajing Mountain - it makes a pretty good substitute destination. Roads are good and its only 6/7 hours drive from Chengdu and 4 hours drive from Wawu.
Moxi town is a rather tacky tourist magnet where you find the gates of Hailuogou Glacier Park - John and Jemi Holmes have photographed Gould's Showrtwing inside the park and last year Roland got Streaked Barwing from this site. however its very noisy and crowded once the tour groups start to enter around 8 am - so for those who cherish a bit of piece and quite with their birding - its best to head down the road that leads over a 4000m pass to Kangding.
Although mist and rain were extremely troublesome - this last trip easily notched up - Himalayan Rubythroat, Alpine Leaf Warbler, White-browed Tit Warbler, Rosy Pipit, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, and Streaked Rosefinch around the 4000m lake at the top of the pass.
Lower down we got Three-banded Rosefinch, Spotted Laughingthrush, Chinese Shortwing (White-bellied Redstart) but other birds we've found in this habitat like Per David's Tit, Great and Brown Parrotbill played hard to get - and we missed out on them.
In the forest trails at the forestry station at the start of the protected area we got many Chestnut-headed Tesia.
Calls
- one of the Chestnut-headed Tesias as it "roared" out of the bamboo!!!!!!
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill - another bird that can generate quite a noise for its size!!!!!
- Pygmy Wren Babbler - with a call rather than that familiar three blind mice song. It was actually unusually easy to locate it using this recording - wonder if it will work again?
- Rufous-breasted Accentor - birds calling out the mist
A finally a historic broadcasting first - Saker saying hi to all you nice folks and thanks for your notes of congratulation
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