Terry Townshend
Regular vagrant
Wow! Brilliant news.. Did he identify many as juveniles?
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Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China (2 Viewers)
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Ken Tucker
Oh my, indeed! The best news I've heard in quite a while. I hope some of them are juvs - that would be even better news.
As for Terry's video, that captures the Drive to Rudong excellently and is great fun to watch from the comfort of my sofa. From the back seat of the car it was slightly less funny (just hysterical laughter) but well worth it for the superb views of spoon-billed sandpipers.
Keep up the good work Tongmenxiu and Mcaribou!
Ken
lewis20126
Well-known member
Great stuff - one of the highlights of the year seeing the spooners at Rudong this spring; did you ever find out where that green-flagged bird was ringed?
Is there any hope for this site in the long run?
cheers, alan
Hi
It would appear that the end of September is the best time to go to Rodong to see Spoon-billed Sandpiper. How would this fit in with travelling to see (hopefully) Giant Pandas in Foping and Crested Ibis? Would there be more chance in the spring to see all of the above?
Thanks
Tony
It would appear that the end of September is the best time to go to Rodong to see Spoon-billed Sandpiper. How would this fit in with travelling to see (hopefully) Giant Pandas in Foping and Crested Ibis? Would there be more chance in the spring to see all of the above?
Thanks
Tony
James Eaton
Trent Valley Crew
Tony,
I think end of September is just starting to get into the good time of year for Pandas - I know Oct-Dec is excellent for these and the other mammals, ie Takin, Goral, Serow, Golden Snub-noses etc but really not sure about September - ask the panda project team. May is a great time of year for pandas (everything else is really tough) as not only are they relatively easy to see the weather is nice too - the rangers were telling us about how much they didn't enjoy crunching through the snow at -10 during the late autumn and winter months!
Crested Ibis is very easy every day of the year!
Great news with the Spooners, must be a great sight.
James
I think end of September is just starting to get into the good time of year for Pandas - I know Oct-Dec is excellent for these and the other mammals, ie Takin, Goral, Serow, Golden Snub-noses etc but really not sure about September - ask the panda project team. May is a great time of year for pandas (everything else is really tough) as not only are they relatively easy to see the weather is nice too - the rangers were telling us about how much they didn't enjoy crunching through the snow at -10 during the late autumn and winter months!
Crested Ibis is very easy every day of the year!
Great news with the Spooners, must be a great sight.
James
mcaribou
Migration coming
It's from Chukotka,Russia.
I'm back from my wedding at hometown and will soon leave for Rudong.
On 4 Oct some friends visited there but didnt find Spooner,although they saw one Nordmann's Greenshank.
Terry Townshend
Regular vagrant
Thanks, Mcaribou, for keeping us updated about Spooners at Rudong... It will be interesting to see whether or not any of your SBSs stay for the winter.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
mcaribou,
Please keep the reports coming. I'm going to be in Shanghai the first week of December, and if there are still spooners still at Rudong that late, I would be very interested in going up to see them.
Jeff
Please keep the reports coming. I'm going to be in Shanghai the first week of December, and if there are still spooners still at Rudong that late, I would be very interested in going up to see them.
Jeff
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Good luck, could be some interesting finds with so many eyes looking!
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Good stuff, any further surprises?
Out of interest Zhang, have you seen this - http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=184254
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mcaribou
Migration coming
On 5 Nov I went to Rudong.With limited time,I didnt see Spooner.Obviously,there were not so many waders as on 31 Oct.
On 19 Nov,I went there again,without any hope to find Spooner in winter.In high tide I counted a flock of 2,800 waders(90% Dunlin).No Spooner.
When the tide started to go down,and birds came back to feed,it was time to catch up with the bus back to Shanghai.But SURPRISINGLY,I saw 5 Spooner!!!!!
In this warm autumn/winter,there're still some autumn birds such as Lesser Sand Plover.Will they go on south or stay in Rudong for winter?And will Spooner also stay the whole winter?I'll try next month.
On 19 Nov,I went there again,without any hope to find Spooner in winter.In high tide I counted a flock of 2,800 waders(90% Dunlin).No Spooner.
When the tide started to go down,and birds came back to feed,it was time to catch up with the bus back to Shanghai.But SURPRISINGLY,I saw 5 Spooner!!!!!
In this warm autumn/winter,there're still some autumn birds such as Lesser Sand Plover.Will they go on south or stay in Rudong for winter?And will Spooner also stay the whole winter?I'll try next month.
