Dalian Environmental Wildlife class at Dalian Maple Leaf International School (1 Viewer)

April 13, 2015

We bought the chicken and put down the camera on April 9th. Surprisingly, three days later the camera took a picture of a wild boar in forest. It was the first time we ever saw a wild boar and whole class was excited about it.

A very exciting find! You never know what a chicken will attract I guess.

Very glad to see that you are finding some wildlife in your trailcam. Keep us posted on what you find evidence of and what you spot on your outings. Give us some of your thoughts about what you are learning and observing and how to use your new knowledge to help China.

6th of May,2015

On the last Wednesday we had a full day field trip to Zhuanghe. We saw lots of kinds of birds. The most exciting thing is to see Blackfaced Spoonbill. There are only 2000 left in the world and they are only live in Zhuanghe, Honkong, Korea and Taiwan. When we arrive there it was an afternoon, it is real a good time to saw birds after the tide. We saw the Blackfaced Spoonbills were sleeping at high tide. They looks pretty cute. It was a fun day after all. :eat:——made by Catherine

Yellow Sea Coast from Jinshitan to Zhuanghe, CN-21
06-May-2015 06:00 - 15:30
Protocol: Traveling
150.0 kilometer(s)
65 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 70 seen well
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 10
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 43
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 3
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 15
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) 2
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 19
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) 7
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 1
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 5
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) 4
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 100
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 20
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) 80
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 4
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 3
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 82
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) 10
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 22
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 3
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 1700 counted accurately
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 60
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 1
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) 1200
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 25
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) 270
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) 5
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) 7
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) 2
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) 95
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 2200
Saunders's Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 2000
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 265
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 2
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 2
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 2
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 2
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 5
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 120
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 2
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 5
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 6
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 12
Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 5
Daurian Starling (Sturnia sturnina) 1
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 50
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 28
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 9
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 3
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 20
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23260468

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

More pictures~

63 species - impressive!

May 12th and 13th

Hello, everybody.
On Wednsday, we went to the Country Club where is an amazing private park in Jinshitan. The weather was getting warmer and warmer which allowed us to see different variety kinds of birds. We were all excited to saw 24 species within about one hour. Here are the list of bird species.

Country Club, CN-21
12-May-2015 11:00 - 12:00
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
24 species

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 2
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 6
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 5
Rufous-tailed Robin (Larvivora sibilans) 1
Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) 1
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 2
Korean Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) 3
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 1
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 1
Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila) 2
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 20
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23416965


We continued on field trip to sea-farming ponds on Wednsday. We were very lucky because we saw some birds in the ponds eating and they were not afraid of our visiting.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
13-May-2015 09:25 - 10:25
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
18 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 1
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 1
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 1
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 3
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 1
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 30
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) 3
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) 2
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 20
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) 7
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 4
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23417018

May 12th and 13th

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May 20, 2015

Last Wednesday we went to the Geographic park in Jinshitan and we saw many birds. They were Long-toed Stint, Chinese Grobeak, Blue Rock Thrush and Wood Sandpiper. Here are some pictures of them.

June 4th, 2015

On Wednesday, our class went out and waited for birds by the side of the road. It was clear and sunny. We didn't see many birds there, but we met some new friends-- butterflies. |:S|LOL.

Jinshitan reservoir and forest, Liaoning, CN
03-Jun-2015 09:40 - 10:20
Protocol: Stationary
14 species

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 1
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) 1
Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus) 1
Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) 1
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 2
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 1
Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon) 1
Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) 2
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23757907

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September, 7th filedtrip to Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds

Hello, everyone. We are the new students this semester of Environmental wildlife 12. We are now posting the observaion of our first fiedtrip. We went to a sea-farming ponds in Jinshitan Dalian. It was at the middle of the day and the weather was pleasant. However, the temperature was high at noon so we did not see the owls in our expectation. :-C
We did saw several kinds of other birds. Here are the pictures and list:


Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 4
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 1
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 20
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Chinese Grey Shrike (Lanius sphenocercus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 5
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

the travel of Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN

Hello we are block one student and we went to Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN yestoday, block four did the same thing.



Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
07-Sep-2015 08:10 - 09:10
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
11 species


Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 10
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 3
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 10
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 7
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Welcome to the Forum. We all look forward to your reports!

Hello students!

In case others on the forum wonder who you are, I found this link to your school website where it talks about one of your field trips:
http://www.mapleleafschools.com/schools/dalian-mlihs/news_activities.php

I think this class is super and wanted to share my experience with you, to tell you that what you are learning in this class may well become a part of who you are for the rest of your lives.

I took a similar class during my first years at college (1969) called "Natural History of the Vertebrates". Like your class, it focused heavily on birds and we went on many field trips to find and identify the birdlife in our local area. What great adventures those trips were!

Although I never became a passionate bird watcher, I have spent many happy hours outside enjoying watching birds and other wildlife in the years following this class. Later, when I began traveling around the world with my job, I always included a pair of binoculars and a local bird field guide in my luggage, and I had many wonderful adventures. I found, like you will find, that by having a pair of binoculars hanging around my neck, that I met many really nice people in every country I visited.

For example, on the island of Bermuda I met Dr. David Wingate who, almost by himself, saved the very rare Bermuda Petrel (also known as "Cahow') from almost certain extinction. I met him one day at the island's small Natural History museum and expressed my interest in birding. Immediately he offered to take me out the next day by boat to a special island where I could see a a real live Cahow. What a great honor that was! Here is a link to more information about this very rare bird:
http://www.conservation.bm/bermuda-petrel-cahow/

Similar meetings with many kind and generous people happened in almost every place I visited throughout the years. And, all because of that one class. What a wonderful gift my "Natural History of the Vertebrates" teacher gave to me so long ago.

I hope that after you finish your Environmental Wildlife 12 class, you too will also enjoy the many benefits that will surely come to you whenever you tell people that you are interested in wildlife. As you go through life, I think you will discover many reasons to thank your EW12 teachers for the precious gift they have given you.

Warmest regards to you all,

Bruce

Welcome to the forum! I will be watching to hear of what you learn and see.

Becoming aware of the status of the environment around you and why it is that way and what can be done to improve it is the first step towards beginning to help improve it. Observing wild flora and fauna is a great way to begin to truly understand the environment you live in and how to keep it healthy or restore it to health.

Beside all of that, just learning to understand and appreciate the world around you can make you a better, more balanced person.

September 11, 2015

Thanks for the nice comments and we appreciate for your support. We are from Environmental Wildlife 12 Block one. We had a field trip on last Friday and list below is what we have seen.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
11-Sep-2015 09:30 - 10:30
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
16 species

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 10
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 15
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 4
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 10
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 35
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 5
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 4
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 15
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 6
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Wild Boar

Last week we checked our camera trap and were very excited to see a Wild Boar and a Common Pheasant here in Jinshitan!

sep,11th fieldtrip to JinShitan forest

We went to the forest in Jinshitan and it was the first time for us to go there. the scenery was splendid and amazing. We stood between two mountains and stared at the sky to capture pictures of different types of migrating raptors. Those birds were flying to the South for winter. Our teacher said the Amur Falcon will fly all the way to South Africa. Here are the list of birds we saw and pictures:

Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 2
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 7
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 3
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10

9.21 Field Trip on the mountain

Yesterday we went to a mountain in a secret place. We climbed on the top of the mountain and viewed from highest point to look at the whole JinShiTan. The experience totally changed our lives. Soon, we saw an Amur Falcon and Red-Rumped swallow fighting in the air. We observed them for a long time, a few minutes later, there was another Amur Falcon joined in. On the way up to the mountain, it was a little bit dangerous. However, everyone in our trips enjoyed it.

9.18 Field Trip

On September 18 afternoon, we went to the Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds and we saw 2 of the Great Egret (Ardea alba), 1 Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia), 2 Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes), 1 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), 4 of the Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), 20 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), 20 Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris), 5 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), 2 Little Owl (Athene noctua) and 1 Common Kestrel (Falcotinnunculus)
We had a great afternoon at there and we are looking forward to the next trip.