Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports (8 Viewers)

[Dong Bei]

April 27, 2015 Boat Trip in Jinshitan Bay

Was out at the beach with my son when he said he wanted to go for a boat ride. A quick phone call later he, our dog Ginger, and I were out on the water.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
27-Apr-2015 13:30 - 14:30
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
16 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 10
Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) 4
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 3
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 45
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 35
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 2
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 1
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius) 1

 

[Dong Bei]

April 30, 2015 Country Club

Country Club, CN-21
30-Apr-2015 09:00 - 10:30
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
33 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 2
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 3
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 2
Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) 3 Swin-tailed
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 3
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 2
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 10
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 20
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 4
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 10
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 10 in the tops of tall trees?
Grey-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) 1
Blackbird (Turdus merula) 1
White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1 leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 8
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 1
Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila) 1
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 10
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 60
Siskin (Spinus spinus) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23139457

 

[Dong Bei]

Seen during a round of golf last week

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
29-Apr-2015 15:00
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: noticed while golfing
24 species

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 2
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 20
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 4
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 30
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 6
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 2 both flyovers
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 4
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 2
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 3
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1 leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 1 singing on the cliff behind the 4th green
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 2 feeding on the 4th fairway
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 10
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

 

[Dong Bei]

May 1, 2015 Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds

I spent some time at some new places in the pond areas last Friday night. I birded at dusk which is something I rarely can do.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
01-May-2015 16:30 - 18:45
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
35 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 40
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 35
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 10
Garganey (Anas querquedula) 5
Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) 1
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 20
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 2
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) 1
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 2
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) 8
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 15
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 10
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 5
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 2
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 6
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) 14
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 10
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 50
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) 1
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 2
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) 8
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) 4
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 30
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 2
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 2
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 30 half were taivana
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 6 all ocularis
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 6
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

 

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[Gretchen]

Love the shot of the black tail on the BT Godwit - now it's easy to see how it got the name!

 

[thirudevaram]

Lot of action going on in your part of China, Tom. Also, good Samaritan work on the Gull.

 

[Dong Bei]

Country Club May 3, 2015

Gretchen, yes the tail is quite clear in flight. Black-tailed are not that common in these parts so I was happy to see that one. Saw it again today after work.

Thanks Dev. Yes, this week is always crazy here in Dalian with migrants everywhere.

See the pictures below and please feel free to comment yes or no to the White Eye question. Maybe birders from more southern coastal areas of China have more experience with Japanese White Eyes? I saw a large group of Chestnut-flanked White Eye here yesterday afternoon and photographed what could be a Japanese White Eye in the group. While this would not be that rare, Japanese White Eye are scarce in this area but probably very overlooked as well.

The first batch of pictures show Chestnut-flanked. The second batch are what I think could be the one Japanese White Eye in the group. What do you think? All photos in the second batch are of the same bird. I was disappointed to not get an underwing shot as it flew away.

Country Club, CN-21
03-May-2015 14:30 - 16:00
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
23 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 2
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 3
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 2
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 2
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 10
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 25
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) 1
Blackbird (Turdus merula) 2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 2 leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 3
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 3
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 35
Siskin (Spinus spinus) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

 

[Dong Bei]

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[Owen Krout]

Good day Tom,

I read the short, creative commons attributions, article, "What does it mean to preserve nature in the Age of Humans", by Ben A. Minteer, and Stephen Pyne published in The Conversation. I thought it may be of particular interest to you, teaching in China. http://theconversation.com/what-does-it-mean-to-preserve-nature-in-the-age-of-humans-39987

For all of us here it is of importance because scientists are now discussing such topics as, "some have argued the traditional focus on the goal of wilderness protection rests on a view of “pristine” nature that is simply no longer viable on a planet hurtling toward nine billion human inhabitants."

 

[Dong Bei]

May 3, 2015 Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds

Owen, thanks for that. I'll have a look.

Trip with my parents. Focused mainly on the tidal areas.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
03-May-2015 16:15 - 18:45
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
27 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 20
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 15
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Garganey (Anas querquedula) 1
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 10
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 19
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 35
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 10
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 1
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 2
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 50
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 40
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) 1
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) 2
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) 15
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 4
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 35
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 1
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 2 taivana
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 6
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23193576

 

[Owen Krout]

May 9th is Global Big Day for Cornell Ornithological Laboratory - http://ebird.org/globalbigday/?utm_...il&utm_term=0_47588b5758-841a701640-306297269

 

[Dong Bei]

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds May 4, 2015

Owen, solid rain the entire day is predicted for the ebird big day......I did have a big day with my class last Wednesday that will be reported soon though.

This was an hour and a bit after work last Monday.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
04-May-2015
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
33 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 35 photographed
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 8
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 13
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 12
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 10
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 4
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 25
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) 1
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 3
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) 2
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) 3
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) 10
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 80
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 30
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 1
Asian House-Martin (Delichon dasypus) 1
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 3
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 1
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 8
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 8
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 2
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

 

[Dong Bei]

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds May 5, 2015

Short visit with my class.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
05-May-2015 11:15 - 12:00
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
18 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 20
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 10
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 6
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 6
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 6
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 2
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 2
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 20
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 25
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) 1
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 2
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 4
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10

 

[Dong Bei]

Jinshitan to Zhuanghe Yellow Sea Coast May 6, 2015

Full day class trip to see Black-faced Spoonbill and hopefully get some flagged Godwits in Zhuanghe. We had a beautiful day in the field with temperatures around 15-20 with no fog. We split our time between the Zhuanghe and Pikou shorebird sites as well as some brief forest/wetland stops. After watching a documentary and writing journals about Black-faced Spoonbills, it was nice to see 7 in the wild.

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

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 70
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
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
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) 170
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

 

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[Dong Bei]

Pikou Shorebird site

On the trip, we stopped at the Biliuhe Shorebird site just north of Pikou. This is a fanastic wader photography place as the entire group of shorebirds come towards the viewing position as the tide recedes. If in the right place, all of the birds fly directly past you on the way out to the mudflat. Here is a sample of sitting there for 40 minutes at the right tide time.

 

[Gretchen]

That is a great spot for seeing the birds come past! Sounds like a great day.

By the way, what was the documentary your class watched?

 

[Dong Bei]

Gretchen,

It was a Bird Without Borders BBC documentary about Black-faced Spoonbills. Here is the youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH8SkQV4JGc

Tom