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

EW12,

Great job on seeing and photographing the Little Owls! They remind me of the Burrowing Owls here in California. Hope I get to see a Little Owl when I next visit Shanghai.

Bruce

Feild trip sep.22

Thank you for your comments. We are from block 1. On Friday, we went to Geopark, there were White-eyes and Pacific Swift. We all excited because there were so many birds we didn't know before.

Jinshitan Geopark Platform area, Liaoning, CN
18-Sep-2015 09:45 - 10:45
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
9 species

Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 2
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 4
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 100
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 3
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5

Nice going on the little owl. A bird I haven't yet seen in China.

Jeff hopkins said:

Nice going on the little owl. A bird I haven't yet seen in China.

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Oh Jeff! none in Sexy Sichuan?

McM (aka Mark)

McMadd said:

Oh Jeff! none in Sexy Sichuan?

McM (aka Mark)

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You're right. I did see one there.

Don't remember it though. Sucks getting old.

October6，Jinshitan bird viewing

First of all thank you for checking out our information, our work is honored by your support.
This is the Block One Environmental wild life class in Dalian Maple Leaf International School. Our trip to wild bird viewing was done in October 6, we traveled by bus for ten minutes and we arrived a place near to a small river. We were unhappy about the river which was polluted by the Tangfangwenquan company. We hope the Jinshitan local government would take care of this phenomenon and leave a healthy environment for the lovely animals.
Tuesday Oct. 6 2:30-3:30PM.
We Moved the camera to a different location in Jinshitan and then had a short time to look for some birds in the same area.
Yellow-browed Warbler -3
Japaness Sparrowhawk -1
Ashy Minivet -8
Barn Swallow -20
Vinous-throated Parrotbill -15

please keep attention on our later report!

recent field trips

Tuesday: Our class went to edge area in Jinshitan near the Hot Springs. We were observing diverse kinds of birds. Our teacher was making a weird sound (which meant someone got hurt in bird's language) to attract birds. We were lucky to see
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)* 2
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)* 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)* 1
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)* 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)* 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)* 1
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)* 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)* 8
Common Magpie (Pica pica)* 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)* 20
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)* 10
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)* 5
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)* 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor)* 10
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)* 1
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)* 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)* 1
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)* 2
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)* 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)* 20
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana)* 2
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)* 20
Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)* 3
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)* 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)* 4
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)* 10. Most of these birds were seen right beside polluted, grey water which was coming from Hot Springs. It showed that people are care

On Thursday we went to the wetlands in the rain:
Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
08-Oct-2015 08:10 - 09:10
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
19 species

Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)* 2
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)* 14
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)* 1
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)* 4
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)* 3
Great Egret (Ardea alba)* 3
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)* 4
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)* 5
Black Kite (Black-eared) (Milvus migrans lineatus/formosanus)* 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)* 100
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)* 20
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)* 5
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)* 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)* 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica)* 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)* 10
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)* 2
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)* 4
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)* 10

October 12'th field trip LEOPARD CAT

Yesterday we went to the forest edge (jinshitan) area to check the camera trap. We saw Siberian weasel, Leopard cat on camera's recording. Also we were
lucky enough to observe Coal tit and Japanese tit. One student also spotted a snake on the ground, it was Tiger Keelback.
Birds seen:
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 3
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) 1

Field trip Oct.12

Thanks for the nice comments and we appreciate for your support. We are block 1. We went to a pool to see ducks and egrets. And when we walk along the road, we saw a big spider on the tree. It was so big and scary. We observed it and took some photo of it. We were excited yeaterday because we never saw this kind of spider before.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
Oct 12, 2015 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
19 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 25
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 5
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 1
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) 2
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 125
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 3
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 5
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 10
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 8
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Owen Krout said:

Some very interesting catches on your camera trap. The Siberian weasel is interesting, but the Leopard cat is especially good.

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Yes! :t::t::t:

That's a fantastic news! Sib Tiger next! ;-)

Lions and tigers and bears! Oh, my! Well, not quite a lion but will do in a pinch. (Wizard of Oz, for those of you younger than me.)

October 14'th field trip to the coast

Yesterday we went to a coastal area near Xiao Yao Wan to look for Finless Porpoise. Our teacher told us that there would be a 1% chance of seeing them yet we wanted to go anyway:-O. We did not see any Porpoise but we saw some birds and had beautiful views. We saw some Amur Flacons catching and eating dragonflies, our teacher is also spotted one Japanese Cormorant. It was amazing||
Birds seen:
Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 20
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 2
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 13
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 2
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 3
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 1
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

October 14th, 2015 Block 1

In October 14th, Wednesday. We went to the west of Jinshitan in Dalian. At first we saw a squirrel on the rock near the sea. It has black fur on the back. Later, we went to check the dolphins. At first, we found nothing, but later there is a group of gulls fly over the sea. Then they moved around with a fixed area. They were getting fish. The area was also moving, from left to right. We guessed there may be a group of dolphin under the sea pushing the fish up. Although we did not see the dolphin, but there is a idea that there may be dolphins. I hope that we can have a good luck next time. :t:

Cool squirrel!

Cheers
Mike

Lao Tie Shan Field Trip October 16th

On October 16th, our class went to the Laotieshan Banding Station, we observed and helped banding some birds there some of the birds we banded were Brambling, Tristram's Bunting, Red-flanked Bluetail, Coal Tit and Yellow-browed Warbler.

October 20th filedtrip to Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds

Yesterday, we went to Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds again, our teacher said it was a wonderful fieldtrip beacause we have seen some new species which are rare to see. Surprisingly, we have observed some Chinese Egrets which are not supposed to stay in Dalian currently. Also, the famous bird in China-- Mandarin Ducks were observed as well.

here are the list of birds we have seen:

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 8
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 14
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) 2
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 6
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 17
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 2
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 2
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 20
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 2
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 20
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 2
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 3

October 23rd, 2015

In October 22rd, we went to a wonderful place in JInshitan to put a new chicken for recording the carnivore there. We still saw a lot of birds there. There are many kinds of bird living. Here is the list what we saw.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, Liaoning, CN

22-Oct-2015 11:30 - 12:00

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 kilometer(s)

14 species



Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10

Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 3

Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 5

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) 2

Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2

Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 10

Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) 2

Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2

Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 1

Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 5

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 10

Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 5

Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10