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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Owen, With thanks to McMadd for alerting me to this post, I wanted to congratulate you on the sighting of Jankowski's Bunting. Your description of the birds is good... and reward for forcing yourself to observe as well as take photos! As you know, Jankowski's Bunting is a very rare...
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    Willow or Marsh Tit? Beijing, China

    The photos posted by Lerxst show a stoetzneri WILLOW TIT, the form resident in the mountains around Beijing. It's scarce in lowland parts of the capital where it is generally replaced by Marsh Tit. The two are relatively easy to separate here given the more brownish cap, larger bib and some...
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    Spectacular Yellow Sea Migration Tour in April

    This April there will be a special trip for birders wishing to experience the spectacular Yellow Sea spring migration along China's east coast. It's run by the best local birders, including the brilliant Li Jing, of the local NGO, Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China (SBS in China) and Shanghai's...
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    China observations

    Jonathan, Congratulations on an amazing record!! Wow.. And the BB Sand in HK is also a superb winter record. Waiting for one in Beijing. Best wishes to all for the festive season.. Terry
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    Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China

    That's great news, ZL!
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    China observations

    Great record, Zhang Lin! Congratulations.
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    China observations

    Hi Giovanni, It's either a juvenile Meadow Bunting or Godlewski's Bunting and I would lean towards Meadow Bunting due to the lack of colouration on the breast/belly. Lapland Bunting (Lapland Longspur) is an Arctic breeder and is a winter visitor to Beijing. You could try the Oriental Bird...
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Hi Tom, Huge congratulations with the new book... it's simply superb! I can't begin to say how much you are going to be missed.. not only by your fellow birders in China but also all the followers of your thread - one of the best on Birdforum for sure - and perhaps most of all by your students...
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    Chinese Photographic Guide - Request for Photos

    Dear All, Some Chinese birders are preparing a photographic guide to the birds of China. They already have 99% of the species but are still missing a few. They are interested in any photos of the following species (not necessarily taken in China): Swinhoe's Storm Petrel White-bellied Heron...
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    Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China

    Great news, Zhang Lin! Would be brilliant if X8 bred this year..
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    Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China

    Great news about Lime A1..!
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    URGENT: expertise sought re risk of birds nesting on pylons

    Thank you, Delia. That's helpful. I have received some useful information overnight from a few people in southern Europe where White Storks regularly breed on pylons. Providing a dedicated platform either attached, or adjacent to, the original nest seems to the be standard practice if the...
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    URGENT: expertise sought re risk of birds nesting on pylons

    In Tianjin, China (a large city 2-3 hrs from Beijing), a pair of ORIENTAL STORKS is nesting on a pylon. The local electricity company is planning to remove the nest citing "risk" to the network. ORIENTAL STORK is Endangered with an estimated population of 1,000-2,500. Across the world, many...
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Hi Tom, Looks like a good Black-throated Thrush to me.. congratulations! Black-throated is the scarcest of the 4 winter thrushes in Beijing (after Naumann's, Red-throated and Dusky), so it's always a good day to see one here, too.. T
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Tom, Many congratulations on completing the second edition of your book... being a proud owner of the first edition, I know for sure that the second edition will be an invaluable resource for anyone birding in Liaoning and, in fact, anywhere in NE China! A brilliant contribution to the...
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Excellent stuff..! How often do you see Treecreeper, Tom? It's pretty rare in Beijing with only a handful of records..
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    Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China

    Jonathan, Happy New Year! That is brilliant news with which to begin 2016! Big congratulations to you and to John. If it can be established whether this is an important regular wintering site for SBS, it raises the significance of China for SBS conservation beyond the need to protect the...
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    Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China

    That's brilliant news, Zhang Lin!
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Hi Tom, Just wanted to say a big congratulations for completing the book..! It will be, by far, the best guide to birds of the Dalian region and by having it translated into Chinese, it will be the perfect complement to your education work, enthusing a new generation of Chinese about wild...
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Hi Tom, I agree that visible migration is awesome in eastern China.. and it's great motivation to learn flight calls! Even from my apartment block in Beijing I am hearing pipits, buntings, larks etc and last night a Little Owl (new for the patch). I agree with others' comments that your...
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    Pakistan Raptor ID

    I agree with Grahame. Looks like an adult female Oriental (Crested) Honey Buzzard. Nice photos. Terry
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    Brilliant, Tom!! The children will love these photos!
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    Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports

    That RR Swallow - what a striking bird!
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Owen, Well done on setting up a new thread - Panjin is poorly reported on, so it will be very interesting to hear about what you see! The lake you visited sounds like an excellent patch. Black Scoters are very rare in China, so I suspect what you saw (in your first and second photos) is...
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    China observations

    Hi Owen. Your photos are of Black-headed Gulls. Note the white leading edge contrasting with the rest of the wing and also the lack of white 'mirrors' on solid black wingtips. Relict Gull, although superficially similar, has a different wing pattern - see the photos accompanying the article...
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