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Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter Dong Bei
- Start date
Jinshitan May 12, 2012
Early start with my daughter. Together we hit a few places despite fog early. We stopped at the wetlands, were rejected at both the reservoir and mudflats by guards, and ended at the Country Club.
Lifer today was White-throated Needletail. This was my #300 for Liaoning Province........
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe - many
Striated heron - 3
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Chinese Pond Heron - 2
Amur falcon - 2
Common Moorhen - 2
Common Coot - 1
Little-ringed Plover - 4
Whimbrel - many
Green Sandpiper – 2
Grey-tailed Tattler – 1
Common Sandpiper – 3
Black-tailed Gull
Hill Pigeon – 8
Spotted Dove – 1
White-throated Needletail - 1 (life bird)
Common Kingfisher - a few
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Brown Shrike - 5
Black-naped Oriole - 2
Great Tit
Chinese Penduline Tit – 4
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow - more than Barn
Zitting Cisticola - 2
Chinese Hill Warbler - 1
Chinese Bulbul
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1 calling over and over
Yellow-browed Warbler
Arctic Warbler - 4
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1
Eastern Crowned Warbler - 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
White-eye Sp. - one big group in the fog
Siberian rubythroat - 1
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - at least 20
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 2
Forest Wagtail - 3
Yellow Wagtail - one big group at least 40 strong
Grey Wagtail - 1
White Wagtail - 5
Olive-backed Pipit - 1
Oriental Greenfinch - many
Meadow Bunting - 1
Little Bunting - 2
Yellow-browed Bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - many
Early start with my daughter. Together we hit a few places despite fog early. We stopped at the wetlands, were rejected at both the reservoir and mudflats by guards, and ended at the Country Club.
Lifer today was White-throated Needletail. This was my #300 for Liaoning Province........
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe - many
Striated heron - 3
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Chinese Pond Heron - 2
Amur falcon - 2
Common Moorhen - 2
Common Coot - 1
Little-ringed Plover - 4
Whimbrel - many
Green Sandpiper – 2
Grey-tailed Tattler – 1
Common Sandpiper – 3
Black-tailed Gull
Hill Pigeon – 8
Spotted Dove – 1
White-throated Needletail - 1 (life bird)
Common Kingfisher - a few
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Brown Shrike - 5
Black-naped Oriole - 2
Great Tit
Chinese Penduline Tit – 4
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow - more than Barn
Zitting Cisticola - 2
Chinese Hill Warbler - 1
Chinese Bulbul
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1 calling over and over
Yellow-browed Warbler
Arctic Warbler - 4
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1
Eastern Crowned Warbler - 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
White-eye Sp. - one big group in the fog
Siberian rubythroat - 1
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - at least 20
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 2
Forest Wagtail - 3
Yellow Wagtail - one big group at least 40 strong
Grey Wagtail - 1
White Wagtail - 5
Olive-backed Pipit - 1
Oriental Greenfinch - many
Meadow Bunting - 1
Little Bunting - 2
Yellow-browed Bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - many
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May 13 Sea-farming Ponds
2 hour stop with both of my kids. They were keen to get outside. My son was a lot more interested in some of the machines being used to back-fill than I was!
If someone thinks the Pechora Pipit below is Red-throated, please let me know. It was completely silent when I flushed it, has a faint supercilium, dark streaking, etc... but I prefer to be corrected if wrong.
Things that I saw there included:
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Garganey - 1
Little Grebe - many
Eurasian Kestrel - 1
Coot - 1
Black-tailed Gull - 10
Pacific Swift - 3
Common Kingfisher - 1
Black-naped Oriole - heard calling in the surrounding hills.
Chinese Penduline Tit - 5-10
Barn Swallow - only a few
Zitting Cisitcola - the smae one singing over and over again.
Oriental Reed Warbler – 1 (FOS)
Black-browed Reed Warbler – 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - some singles or pairs. The big flocks disperse during this season.
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 8
Forest Wagtail - 1
Yellow Wagtail - same big group remains but is incredibly jumpy
White Wagtail - 5 leucopsis
Pechora Pipit – 1 (FOS)
Meadow Bunting - 1
Tristram’s Bunting - 1
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 2
Black-faced Bunting - many
2 hour stop with both of my kids. They were keen to get outside. My son was a lot more interested in some of the machines being used to back-fill than I was!
If someone thinks the Pechora Pipit below is Red-throated, please let me know. It was completely silent when I flushed it, has a faint supercilium, dark streaking, etc... but I prefer to be corrected if wrong.
Things that I saw there included:
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Garganey - 1
Little Grebe - many
Eurasian Kestrel - 1
Coot - 1
Black-tailed Gull - 10
Pacific Swift - 3
Common Kingfisher - 1
Black-naped Oriole - heard calling in the surrounding hills.
Chinese Penduline Tit - 5-10
Barn Swallow - only a few
Zitting Cisitcola - the smae one singing over and over again.
Oriental Reed Warbler – 1 (FOS)
Black-browed Reed Warbler – 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - some singles or pairs. The big flocks disperse during this season.
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 8
Forest Wagtail - 1
Yellow Wagtail - same big group remains but is incredibly jumpy
White Wagtail - 5 leucopsis
Pechora Pipit – 1 (FOS)
Meadow Bunting - 1
Tristram’s Bunting - 1
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 2
Black-faced Bunting - many
Attachments
thirudevaram
Trapped in mist ***s
Seems like a bunting festival!
Tom, How about the Tattler, what are the chances of seeing them up there?
Tom, How about the Tattler, what are the chances of seeing them up there?
300# for Liaoning
Tom: Congratulations for your 300th. Liaoning species. Not a bad bird to bring it up with either !
Best Wishes,
Brian.
Tom: Congratulations for your 300th. Liaoning species. Not a bad bird to bring it up with either !
Best Wishes,
Brian.
May 14, 2012 Sea-farming Ponds and a piece of the mudflat
Another lifer in Schrenck's Bittern today. My camera focused on the wrong thing or I would have had it quite well. That's 301..... At the ponds, everything is being funneled into one small area so I'm seeing a lot more species in one place this spring. Before the back-filling started, everything was much more spread out. I guess the last year of a site has that bonus, bittersweet really.
I figure everything is about a week later than usual this spring. The cold weather stayed extra long and spring lasted about 6 hours!
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little grebe - many
Schrenck's Bittern - 1 (FOS) life bird
Intermediate Egret - 1
Little Egret - 2
Chinese Egret - 12
Eurasian Kestrel - 2
Common Moorhen - 4
Common Coot - 1
Black-winged Stilt - 2
Little -ringed Plover - 13
Kentish Plover - 6
Lesser Sand Plover - 2
Whimbrel - 5
Common Greenshank - 8
Wood Sandpiper - 1
Common Sandpiper - 3
Red-necked Stint - 10
Black-tailed Gull
Hill Pigeon - 5
Indian Cuckoo - 1 (FOS) clearly calling for at least an hour on a nearby forested hill
Pacific Swift - 30
Common Kingfisher - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Black-naped Oriole - 2-3 calling in the nearby hill
Great Tit
Chinese Penduline Tit - seen 3 but heard at least 10 individuals. The one recording below was when a female landed near a male who sprang out of a dense tree to impress her on an exposed perch.
Barn Swallow - 20
Red-rumped Swallow - 10
Zitting Cisticola - 2
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1 calling (recording below)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 4
Arctic Warbler - 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - 5
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Siberian Stonechat - 1 female
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 5
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 8
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 2
Forest Wagtail - 2
Yellow Wagtil - 50 identified 1 taivana and lots of tschutschensis
Grey Wagtail - 1
White Wagtail - 10 all leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit - 2
Pechora Pipit - 2
Oriental Greenfinch - many
Meadow Bunting - 2
Chestnut-eared bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 6
Black-faced Bunting - 15
Another lifer in Schrenck's Bittern today. My camera focused on the wrong thing or I would have had it quite well. That's 301..... At the ponds, everything is being funneled into one small area so I'm seeing a lot more species in one place this spring. Before the back-filling started, everything was much more spread out. I guess the last year of a site has that bonus, bittersweet really.
I figure everything is about a week later than usual this spring. The cold weather stayed extra long and spring lasted about 6 hours!
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little grebe - many
Schrenck's Bittern - 1 (FOS) life bird
Intermediate Egret - 1
Little Egret - 2
Chinese Egret - 12
Eurasian Kestrel - 2
Common Moorhen - 4
Common Coot - 1
Black-winged Stilt - 2
Little -ringed Plover - 13
Kentish Plover - 6
Lesser Sand Plover - 2
Whimbrel - 5
Common Greenshank - 8
Wood Sandpiper - 1
Common Sandpiper - 3
Red-necked Stint - 10
Black-tailed Gull
Hill Pigeon - 5
Indian Cuckoo - 1 (FOS) clearly calling for at least an hour on a nearby forested hill
Pacific Swift - 30
Common Kingfisher - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Black-naped Oriole - 2-3 calling in the nearby hill
Great Tit
Chinese Penduline Tit - seen 3 but heard at least 10 individuals. The one recording below was when a female landed near a male who sprang out of a dense tree to impress her on an exposed perch.
Barn Swallow - 20
Red-rumped Swallow - 10
Zitting Cisticola - 2
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1 calling (recording below)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 4
Arctic Warbler - 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - 5
Siberian Blue Robin - 1
Siberian Stonechat - 1 female
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 5
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 8
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 2
Forest Wagtail - 2
Yellow Wagtil - 50 identified 1 taivana and lots of tschutschensis
Grey Wagtail - 1
White Wagtail - 10 all leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit - 2
Pechora Pipit - 2
Oriental Greenfinch - many
Meadow Bunting - 2
Chestnut-eared bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 6
Black-faced Bunting - 15
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Country Club May 15, 2012
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Striated Heron - 2
Chinese Pond Heron - 2
Green Sandpiper - 2
Whimbrel - 3
Cuckoo Sp. - 1 (brief flight views)
Black-capped Kingfisher - 1
Common Kingfisher - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Black-naped Oriole - 1
Great Tit - 2
Barn Swallow - 15
Chinese Bulbul - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 5
Arctic Warbler - 10
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 2
Japanese White-eye - 1 (FOS)
White-eye Sp. - 7
White-cheeked Starling - 1
Siberian Rubythroat - 1
Siberian Blue Robin - 3
Swinhoe's Robin - 2
White-throated Rock Thrush - 1 female (FOS)
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 10
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 3
Mugimaki Flycatcher - 1 female
Forest Wagtail - 2
Grey Wagtail - 1
Olive-backed Pipit - 1
Oriental Greenfinch - 30
Eurasian Siskin - 2
Yellow-browed Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 4
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Striated Heron - 2
Chinese Pond Heron - 2
Green Sandpiper - 2
Whimbrel - 3
Cuckoo Sp. - 1 (brief flight views)
Black-capped Kingfisher - 1
Common Kingfisher - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Black-naped Oriole - 1
Great Tit - 2
Barn Swallow - 15
Chinese Bulbul - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 5
Arctic Warbler - 10
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 2
Japanese White-eye - 1 (FOS)
White-eye Sp. - 7
White-cheeked Starling - 1
Siberian Rubythroat - 1
Siberian Blue Robin - 3
Swinhoe's Robin - 2
White-throated Rock Thrush - 1 female (FOS)
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 10
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 3
Mugimaki Flycatcher - 1 female
Forest Wagtail - 2
Grey Wagtail - 1
Olive-backed Pipit - 1
Oriental Greenfinch - 30
Eurasian Siskin - 2
Yellow-browed Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 4
Attachments
Dev,
Grey-tailed Tattler can be common in late May along rocky shorelines and mudflats. To get a better understanding of numbers, wait for Paul Holt and Terry Townshend's report from their recent shorebirding trip just north of where I am. They were actually a bit early for peak numbers of this species however.
A pair of Mandarin Ducks flew right past the windows of our 6th storey apartment this morning at 6:30 and then landed on the top of another 11 storey building. I grabbed my camera but they were gone when I returned. No nesting place on top of that building?! A nice yard list addition!
Tom
Grey-tailed Tattler can be common in late May along rocky shorelines and mudflats. To get a better understanding of numbers, wait for Paul Holt and Terry Townshend's report from their recent shorebirding trip just north of where I am. They were actually a bit early for peak numbers of this species however.
A pair of Mandarin Ducks flew right past the windows of our 6th storey apartment this morning at 6:30 and then landed on the top of another 11 storey building. I grabbed my camera but they were gone when I returned. No nesting place on top of that building?! A nice yard list addition!
Tom
thirudevaram
Trapped in mist ***s
Nice to see your list contains the Robins! I have missed them briefly. They have their perfect habitat around here to skulk.
May 17 Sea-farming Ponds
Strong southern front arrived in the last 24 hours and a lot of migrants have left and some new have arrived.
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe - many
Yellow Bittern - 1
Striated Heron - 1
Chinese Egret - 3
Common Moorhen - 2
Little Ringed Plover - 7
Kentish Plover - 3
Snipe Sp. - 1 Totally different call when flushed. A larger snipe with a much lower sound than I am used to.
Whimbrel - 4
Wood Sandpiper - 2
Common Sandpiper - 6
Pacific Swift - 100
Common Kingfisher - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Chinese Penduline Tit - 3
Barn Swallow - 20
Zitting Cisticola - 1
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - 1 (FOS)
Oriental Reed Warbler - 7
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3
Dusky Warbler - 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - 10
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 4
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
White Wagtail - 5
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 2
Little Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 8
Strong southern front arrived in the last 24 hours and a lot of migrants have left and some new have arrived.
Common Pheasant
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe - many
Yellow Bittern - 1
Striated Heron - 1
Chinese Egret - 3
Common Moorhen - 2
Little Ringed Plover - 7
Kentish Plover - 3
Snipe Sp. - 1 Totally different call when flushed. A larger snipe with a much lower sound than I am used to.
Whimbrel - 4
Wood Sandpiper - 2
Common Sandpiper - 6
Pacific Swift - 100
Common Kingfisher - 1
Brown Shrike - 3
Chinese Penduline Tit - 3
Barn Swallow - 20
Zitting Cisticola - 1
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - 1 (FOS)
Oriental Reed Warbler - 7
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3
Dusky Warbler - 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - 10
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 4
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
White Wagtail - 5
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 2
Little Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 8
