Owen Krout
Well-known member
Back in China
Back in Panjin! Well, Dawa County to be exact. Seemed to have cleared things up pretty well in the States, so probably will be here for at least a couple of years. Spent yesterday on visiting relatives and on getting registered with the local gendarmes. May have to make a run to Hong Kong in six months but the locals say not to worry, they will renew my status without my having to leave. Familiar enough to the JingCha that they have apparently decided that I am harmless. Even chit chatted with one about his having been to University in Dublin. He never admitted to understanding English before.
Today was still pretty full, but took my lunch hour to do some birding. The nearby reed beds produced some Intermediate Egrets which took quite a bit of work to decide on who they were. Too small for Great White Egrets, too big for Cattle Egrets (one I know from Kansas), solid black legs and yellow bill with small black area on tip.
Also there were ten or so little "Peeps" shore waders scared up by sheep grazing and moving too fast to identify.
Two possible Woodcocks, but again not able to get a good enough look to say for sure.
More when life calms down a little again.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Aug 25, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
6 species
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 34
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 6
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 50
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 4
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
Back in Panjin! Well, Dawa County to be exact. Seemed to have cleared things up pretty well in the States, so probably will be here for at least a couple of years. Spent yesterday on visiting relatives and on getting registered with the local gendarmes. May have to make a run to Hong Kong in six months but the locals say not to worry, they will renew my status without my having to leave. Familiar enough to the JingCha that they have apparently decided that I am harmless. Even chit chatted with one about his having been to University in Dublin. He never admitted to understanding English before.
Today was still pretty full, but took my lunch hour to do some birding. The nearby reed beds produced some Intermediate Egrets which took quite a bit of work to decide on who they were. Too small for Great White Egrets, too big for Cattle Egrets (one I know from Kansas), solid black legs and yellow bill with small black area on tip.
Also there were ten or so little "Peeps" shore waders scared up by sheep grazing and moving too fast to identify.
Two possible Woodcocks, but again not able to get a good enough look to say for sure.
More when life calms down a little again.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
Aug 25, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
6 species
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 34
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) 6
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 50
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 4
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10