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Blue-throated Bee-eater (1 Viewer)

hoperoad

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I had a happy time last week,because I can see Blue-throated Bee-eaters everyday. They lived near my hotel in Jianou Wangmulin nature reserve,Fujian China.There are the paddy field between a road and a hill planted fruit trees,a stream flows through .They alighted on a utility pole above the paddy field,sometimes flew to the fruit trees,sometimes drunk in rive. What beautiful birds !I always sat down to see them for a long time.In this trip,I also saw:
1 白胸翡翠 White-throated Kingfisher 3

2 普通翠鸟 Common Kingfisher 1

3 蓝喉蜂虎 Blue-throated Bee-eater 6

4 珠颈斑鸠 Spotted Dove 5

5 白胸苦恶鸟 White-breasted Waterhen 1

6 池鹭 Chinese Pond-Heron >50

7 白鹭 Little Egret 10

8 棕背伯劳 Long-tailed Shrike formosae 3

9 红嘴蓝鹊 Red-billed Blue Magpie 4

10 灰树鹊 Grey Treepie 6

11 紫啸鸫 Blue Whistling-Thrush 1

12 八哥 Crested Myna 3

13 白头鹎 Light-vented Bulbul 5

14 领雀嘴鹎 Collared Finchbill 6

15 黄腹鹪莺 Yellow-bellied Prinia 3

16 树鹨 Orienfnl Tree Pipit 1

17 大山雀 Great Tit 3

18 画眉 Hwamei 4

19 金腰燕 Red-rumped Swallow >10

20 家燕 Barn Swallow 大于20

The local bird-watching man told me there are so many birds,especially raptor.But I only saw two in sky,when I were in the thick forest.I can't see them clearly.

There are my friends ever saw in this place:
0027# 灰胸竹鸡×1 Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracica
0040# 白鹇×2 Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
0122# 星头啄木鸟×1 Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
0134# 栗啄木鸟×1 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
0150# 大拟啄木鸟×7 Greater Barbet Megalaima virens
0176# 白胸翡翠×3 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
0276# 珠颈斑鸠×5 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
0313# 白胸苦恶鸟×1 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
0545# 池鹭×1 Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
0609# 橙腹叶鹎×4 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
0616# 棕背伯劳×10 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
0632# 灰树鹊×7 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
0672# 黑卷尾×1 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
0694# 紫啸鸫×1 Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
0745# 白腹[姬]鹟×1 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
0791# 红尾水鸲×1 Plumbeous Water-Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
0807# 灰林鵖×1 Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea
0829# 八哥×15 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
0862# 大山雀×2 Great Tit Parus major
0865# 黄颊山雀×3 Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus
0871# 冕雀×2 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
0873# 红头[长尾]山雀×20 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
0892# 领雀嘴鹎×2 Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
0921# 黄腹鹪莺×1 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
1017# 黑领噪鹛×9 Greater Necklaced Laughingthru Garrulax pectoralis
1118# 灰眶雀鹛×5 Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
1135# 白腹凤鹛×15 White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca
1207# 白鹡鸰×3 White Wagtail Motacilla alba

I hope I can go there again and watch more. B :)

Mandarin Duck,Black Eagle,Common Buzzard,Orange-bellied Leafbird ever have been saw there.
 
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