Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports (9 Viewers)

Dong Bei · Nov 14, 2015

Jinshi Golf Club Nov. 12, 2015

Jinshi Golf Club, Liaoning, CN
12-Nov-2015 14:45 - 16:45
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
33 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 20
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 1
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) 1
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 20
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 1
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 10
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 30
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) 5
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 8
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 3
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) 4
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 3
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 40
Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) 3
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2
Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni) 7
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) 3
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 2
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 35
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 10
Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) 1
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 15
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Nov 29, 2015

Tangjiahe, Sichuan class trip last week

Report from a trip To Tangjiahe all of last week attached. What a wonderful place Tangjiahe is!

Dong Bei · Dec 2, 2015

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds Dec. 1, 2015

Yesterday with a class. Nasty weather but lots of birds around. Ponds are mostly frozen so waterfowl is concentrated in the water holes that remain open. Makes for easy scope viewing!

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
01-Dec-2015 11:15 - 11:55
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
25 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 350
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 20
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 100
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 10
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 2
Baikal Teal (Anas formosa) 1
Eurasian/American Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 5
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) 30
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 80
Smew (Mergellus albellus) 3
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 5
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 7
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 4
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 1
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 2
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 1
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Gretchen · Dec 2, 2015

Hey Tom, meant to comment on how much fun it was reading your trip report - sounds like all went quite well in the end.

MKinHK · Dec 3, 2015

Yes indeed a great report and what a return for just 2.5 days - especially the Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys - great stuff!

Cheers
Mike

Dong Bei · Dec 6, 2015

Dalian Bay Dec. 5, 2015

Some Saturday Christmas shopping was followed by 1.5 hours patrolling Dalian Bay near the Dalian Development Zone (Kai Fa Qu) for winter ducks together with my parents. This is just one of the places that should be birded better than it is. It's a common area for wintering ducks and gulls. Yesterday there were not the numbers that will be there later in winter but it did have 2 White-winged Scoter which were lifers for this guy |

| This bay is easily reachable from any part of Dalian.

Thanks to my dad for calmly reporting that he had two scoter-like ducks in his bins while we were scanning different parts of the bay.

Pictures below show a recent Eastern Buzzard eating the chicken at our camera trap as well as an Upland and Little Owl from last Friday.

Dalian Bay, Liaoning, CN
05-Dec-2015 15:00 - 16:30
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
17 species

Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 12
Eurasian/American Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 2
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) 1
White-winged Scoter (Siberian) (Melanitta fusca stejnegeri) 2
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 31
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 68
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 32
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 5
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) 102
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) 2
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 5
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 45
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 3 all Mongolian
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 10
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 1
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) 1

MKinHK · Dec 6, 2015

Great shot of the Buzzard on the camera trap - and congratulations on the scoters - a nice early Christmas present.

Cheers
Mike

Dong Bei · Dec 6, 2015

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds Dec. 6, 2015

Some afternoon hours with my dad at the ponds, taking advantage of beautiful weather. Approx. 3/4 of the ponds are now frozen.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
06-Dec-2015 14:30 - 16:00
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)
23 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 100
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 20
Falcated Duck (Anas falcata) 10
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) 3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 100
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 11
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 3
Eurasian/American Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 5
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) 12
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 20
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 3
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 5
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 3
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Owen Krout · Dec 7, 2015

I wasn't actively into birding during the one year that I spent there, but had recently been thinking that Dalian Kai Fa Qu should be a good location. Good one on the Scoters.

Dong Bei · Dec 12, 2015

Santaizi Trip Dec. 11, 2015

Spent just over an hour on site at the crane place near Wafangdian. It's at a small place called Santaizi. There was certainly more there than we saw but we focused on the cranes which were new for all of the students. The flyover swans were also a hit.

Do the counting game on the picture of the flying cranes. We did this on the bus on the way back to school. Look at it for 2 full seconds and then guess the number.

The Falcated Duck picture below was from a short trip earlier yesterday with the other class here in Jinshitan. We enjoyed watching them ride the waves as they fed near where a small river enters the ocean right on one of the main beaches near the school. Very cold but clear here yesterday.

Wafangdian, Liaoning, CN
11-Dec-2015 14:00 - 15:15
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)
16 species

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) 13
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) 60
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 25
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 300
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 35
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Common Crane (Grus grus) 350
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Chinese Grey Shrike (Lanius sphenocercus) 2
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Dec 15, 2015

Jinshitan Coast Dec. 15, 2015

Quick trip this morning with a class to bait the camera trap again after a Buzzard took our entire chicken..... My first ever record of Eurasian Nuthatch right in Jinshitan. I've seen them in the winter at Laotieshan and always around Dandong, but had only seen Chinese Nuthatch right in Jinshitan until today.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, Liaoning, CN
15-Dec-2015 11:20 - 11:50
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
12 species (+1 other taxa)

Falcated Duck (Anas falcata) 35
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 4
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 15
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) 1
Dusky/Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni/eunomus) 2
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 5
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 10
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 3
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Dec 16, 2015

Wafangdian Dec. 15, 2015

Another brief trip to the Santaizi area near Wafangdian yesterday afternoon with a different class. There were a lot of farmers out in the fields which meant less cranes in that area. We did not have the time to go check out the many other places of this excellent site. We did see 80 Common and 1 Hooded Crane so it was not all in vain. 3 Oriental Storks were in the area as well but some Chinese photographers we bumped into were saying there were more than 20 down another road. This is another fantastic southern Liaoning birding destination that is way way under birded.

If it was checked every day each winter I'm sure Siberian Crane and Stellar's Sea Eagle, etc..., etc... would be possible.

Wafangdian, Liaoning, CN
15-Dec-2015 13:30 - 14:30
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
17 species

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) 50
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 100
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana) 3
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) 2
Common Crane (Grus grus) 80
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 4
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 2
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 2
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 10
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 5
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Dec 18, 2015

Jinshitan GeoPark Dec. 17, 2015

Seen during a Geography trip to the GeoPark yesterday

Jinshitan Geopark Platform area, Liaoning, CN
17-Dec-2015 13:20 - 14:00
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
20 species

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 15
Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) 2
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) 28
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 10
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 10
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 12
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 6
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 2
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 1
Blue Rock-Thrush (philippensis) (Monticola solitarius philippensis) There are one or two to be seen here in winter.
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) 1
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Dec 26, 2015

recent Jinshitan pictures

Here are some recent pictures mostly from trips in the last week or so with classes. Nothing big enough to do full reports.

Dong Bei · Dec 26, 2015

Black Mountain near Dalian Development Zone (Kaifaqu) Dec. 26, 2015

A couple hours in a car with my wife and daughter. Very cold and most birds were down out of the wind. This is a great area for winter birding as I've seen Golden Eagle, Bullfinch, Alpine Accentor, etc.. in previous winters. Long-tailed and Pallas's Rosefinch are almost easy there during normal winters. It has been a very mild winter so far (except today) so I wasn't expecting many eruptive species from the far north but I did have another amurensis Eurasian Nuthatch after the first in Jinshitan for me a couple weeks ago. There are still groups of Grey Heron around the Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds. Usually they are uncommon/rare in December here.

Wind chill below -20 outside at the moment.

Big Black Mountain, Liaoning, CN
26-Dec-2015 13:00 - 15:00
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
22 species

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 8
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 3
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 4
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 3
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 4
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 10
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 80
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) 1
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 5
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) 3
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 20
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 75
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Owen Krout · Dec 27, 2015

That is indeed cold for Dalian! Your list looks pretty typical of here two or three weeks ago.

Dong Bei · Jan 14, 2016

Jinshi Golf Club Jan. 14, 2016

A nice break in the cold today so went out and had a walk around the large Jinshi Golf Course. This is a small bit of land that sticks out into the ocean and contains great natural habitat despite having 36 holes carved into it.

By far the most bizarre record of the morning were 4 Common Rosefinches in the usual Long-tailed Rosefinch area. The only records I have of it are the last week of April and first week of May and again in the first week of September until the second week of October when it is common.

Jinshi Golf Club, Liaoning, CN
14-Jan-2016 10:30 - 13:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
26 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 3
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 4
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 12
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 30
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) 35
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2 1 Vega, 1 Mongolian
Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 50
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 100
Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) 1
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 50
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 2
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 4
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius) 1
Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni) 1
Dusky/Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni/eunomus) 5
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) 12
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 65
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 80
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 4
Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) 5
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

Dong Bei · Jan 14, 2016

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Owen Krout · Jan 15, 2016

Nice collection. I saw that your Blue-Rock Thrush got a Rare Bird notice in eBird. Cold front is late in arriving, so I think I will head out as the next week promises to be too cold for me to venture very far.

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