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Redstarts in Sichuan, China, April (1 Viewer)
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Sasquatch Fingers
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And there was another that was a near match, but had some white at the tip of its tail (can't recall if it was the top, bottom, or both, either way I can't seem to find that picture even though I've looked at it in the last several hours).
Nutcracker
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First three are Daurian Redstart, last is White-capped.
Sasquatch Fingers
International Man of Leisure
1. Blue-Fronted Redstart?
2 & 3. Male and female White-Throated Redstart? These two were in the same neighborhood and the male was acting kind of flamboyant (as most of the male redstarts were doing this time of year, I assumed it was courting behavior).
4 & 5. I'm not sure how much the difference in coloration is due to lighting/processing, but one of these appears more brown than grey and the other is clearly grey. I'd put it at 80% chance that they are both female Plumbeous Redstart, but all the other PR females I saw were pretty far away, so I can't compare them directly in my mind.
2 & 3. Male and female White-Throated Redstart? These two were in the same neighborhood and the male was acting kind of flamboyant (as most of the male redstarts were doing this time of year, I assumed it was courting behavior).
4 & 5. I'm not sure how much the difference in coloration is due to lighting/processing, but one of these appears more brown than grey and the other is clearly grey. I'd put it at 80% chance that they are both female Plumbeous Redstart, but all the other PR females I saw were pretty far away, so I can't compare them directly in my mind.
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Sangahyando
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Of the second batch, no. 1 and 2 are correct (nice picture of the White-throated - mine are all extremely blurry), and the last one is indeed a female Plumbeous. Not entirely sure about the others.
Sasquatch Fingers
International Man of Leisure
Thanks. This speaks to my general luck. We were at Jiuzhaigou the day before and, as we were driving up to Huanglong, it started snowing and kept snowing. It was end of winter, so the water was low, but what there was and with the blanket of snow, it was all kind of dreamy. It seemed like a lot of the birds wanted to put on a show and, if nothing else, they stood out against the white backdrop very nicely.
Sangahyando
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Out of interest, how many bird species did you see in Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, respectively? I was there in summer during the tourist season, had a bunch of nice lifers but far too few species compared to what I can see on my local patch in a day.
Sasquatch Fingers
International Man of Leisure
This is my first attempt at counting species, going back over old photo albums from previous years, so I don't have a count yet. I would say I had the same experience (just different time of year), but my local patch right now is in India where there is some pretty mad biodiversity. But most of what I did see were lifers. Looking at my partial list, maybe 20-25 of them?
