May 6, 2016
Sorted out now and although this was an area that I had thought looked promising, even I was surprised with five new ticks to my life list.
Asian Brown Flycatcher, Taiga Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Brown Shrike and Eurasian Wryneck.
There is a bricked pathway running along the top of the dike on each side of the ZhongGen Canal. The canal extends on south to well past Dawa city but work for the fairly new ring road had disrupted the bricked path and somewhat isolated a piece of land. I finally had a day exploring on my own and walked on down the western side, which has reverted to being overgrown and rarely used for about a kilometer. Had to be on my own as the wife declared it too dangerous in the past and refused to proceed past the pavement. Made to order in my estimation.
The birds were still not abundant, but were much less afraid of any human presence even along the first two kilometers which were still paved walkway on each side. The variety is what made it excellent. For the entire three kilometers I only encountered three people on the path. Very few people even working the adjacent rice fields and fish ponds.
The first kilometer was just past the point to which I had explored up until now. I had decided to take my time and spent considerable time just waiting to see what would appear. Pretty consistently averaged about 1km/hr.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
May 6, 2016 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
7 species (+1 other taxa)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 10
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 8
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 2
Dusky/Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni/eunomus) 1
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 7
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The second hour was mostly past fish farming ponds with one that was recently drained and attracting both
Black-Headed Gull and Saunder's Gull as well as a few
Common Sandpiper as well as a pair of
Common Kingfisher that were apparently nesting near-by as they let me know they did not appreciate my presence.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
May 6, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
9 species
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 2
Saunders's Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) 6
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 12
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) 5
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 4
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 4
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 2
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The last section required me to go under the entrance ramp overpasses and yielded little of interest but the
Eurasian Wryneck. A big section was taken up by a sludge pond for drilling mud from the adjacent oil field and a large five story structure being erected hard up against the dike on the edge of a village. The
Black-Crowned Night Heron was spotted as it was being chased off a drained fish pond by the BH Gull.
Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN
May 6, 2016 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
7 species
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 8
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 4
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 2
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 20
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The path was blocked on my side of the canal by fencing around flood gates and by that time I decided my arthritis was not up to scrambling down the dike and back up past the fence. Even at that I had to hike a kilometer back to where a bridge crossed over so I could catch the bus home. Definitely will be back to there soon.
I am anticipating making it back to the Heron/Egret sanctuary in about a week.