Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports (6 Viewers)

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Andrew,

I've never been. It can be quite different from the reports I hear. More of some, less of others. I'm quite partial to the Liaodong Peninsula, however - in case you hadn't realized that The Dalian area is not really birded well yet. I go out in Jinshitan for an hour here and there (other than holiday times) and am only covering a tiny area. My reports are glimpses of one place wherever I can squeeze an hour in. We really have no idea what actually passes through this peninsula. Annually, it must be around 400 or more species. I'm at 318 species and I don't leave this tiny area very much. The west side from Dalian to Panjin has, in my limited understanding, never been covered thoroughly. Scary to think about really. I was discussing sightings with one of the banding staff yesterday at Laotieshan and he was telling me they have had good numbers of things I haven't seen yet (Red Crossbill, Long-eared Owl, etc...) Still way more to discover.

Tom

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds April 30, 2014

Migration in full swing here. I went to the country club early but was turned away due to some type of event being there today. I quickly headed over to the ponds and was there from roughly 5:45-8:00 this morning and then again from 10:30-2:00 with my kids.

In addition to the birds I also saw 2 Coypu, 1 Tiger Keelback (snake), 1 Hare, and hundreds of large bull frogs fighting in the middle of one of the ponds.

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 18
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 25
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 4
Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) 3
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 6
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 13
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 4
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 2
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 6
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 1
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 8
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 2
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) 1
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 6
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 12
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 35
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) 1
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) 2
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 15
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 60
Mongolian/Vega Gull (Larus argentatus) 4
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 3
Oriental Scops-Owl (Otus sunia) 1 calling early this morning
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 1
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 15
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 6
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 10
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 4
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 10
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 2
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) 5
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 2
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 4 all leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 1
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 2
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 3
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 6
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 4
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 25
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 4
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 1
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 7
Siskin (Spinus spinus) 2
Chinese Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 1

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Jinshitan forested area April 30, 2014

My kids had a club from 4-5pm at a place near a forested area. Dropped them off at 4 and picked them up at 5. Birded for 45 minutes and had a new species every 2 minutes on average. It's on in Jinshitan! (or I'm on holidays) Any patch of habitat along the ocean was buzzing today. An Osprey on the way home was a bonus.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
30-Apr-2014 16:00 - 17:00
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Near the Tang Dynasty Hot Spring
25 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 5
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 35
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 8
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 6
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 1
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 3
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 8
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 15
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) 1
White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 2
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 3
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 2
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 2
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 6
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 10
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 8

That B& W Flycatcher looks strangely familiar!

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Mike

Was out from 5:00 - 8:30 this morning and decided to try the areas where I had seen so much the afternoon before. CHINESE THRUSH=LIFER! The range in the books does not extend to where I am and I've never heard them before. I walked up half a mountain to find it. When I first heard the call in the valley below I was thinking just slightly off for Chinese Grosbeak and I was hoping for my first good looks at Japanese Grosbeak. Certainly wasn't disappointed. Another highlight was getting a Little Curlew walking up the fairway at the small golf course . I was counting Little Buntings and saw movement out the sides of my bins. It was amazingly confiding with people as I was almost on top of it before noticing. I left the Little Buntings alone and switched my attention to this wonderful little guy. I've only seen 2 before today and this was the first in Jinshitan for me.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
01-May-2014 05:00 - 08:30
Protocol: Traveling
15.0 kilometer(s)
40 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 8
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 1
Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 5
Oriental Scops-Owl (Otus sunia) 3
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 4
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 2
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 15
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 4
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 15
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 10
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 2
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 2
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 4
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 60
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 8
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 30
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 25
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) 1
Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) 3
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius) 2
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 40
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) 4
Chinese Thrush (Turdus mupinensis) 1
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 40
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) 10
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) 1
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 6
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 30
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 5
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 1
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 10
Siskin (Spinus spinus) 2

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Congrats with the thrush, Tom! And what a cracking Little Curlew, too... I think the Aussies have satellite-tagged some this year, so hopefully we'll be able to learn more about their migration route.. I've only ever seen 2 - one at Pikou, Liaoning and one at Miyun in Beijing (spookily, both in your company, I believe!).

Rewrite the range maps!

Small Golf Course - Jinshitan May 2, 2014

Went there from 5-7:30 am this morning. The weather was dark and there were a few times I heard distant thunder. Was hoping for a massive fallout of anything but is never really happened. The Nightjar was later at dusk while at a friend's house in the same area.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
02-May-2014 05:00 - 07:30
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
40 species

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 8
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 1
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 3
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 1
Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) 1
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 10
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 5
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 2
Oriental Scops-Owl (Otus sunia) 3 all calling
Grey Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) 1 heard clearly at dusk that night in the same area.
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 15
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 4
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 35
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 2
White-browed Chinese Warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 1
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 2
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) 2
Korean Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) 1
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius) 1
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 10
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) 1
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 3
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 6 all leucopsis
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 6
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 8
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) 8
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 2
Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata) 3
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 5
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 30
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 14
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 1
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 1
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 50
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 2

Country Club May 2, 2014

Went there from 7:30-8-30 am.

Country Club, CN-21
02-May-2014 07:30 - 16:00
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
27 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 6
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 5
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 2
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 4
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 1
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 5
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 70
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 1
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 2
Dusky/Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni/eunomus) 1
White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1 leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 5
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 25
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 3

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds May 3, 2014

Was there from 11-4:30 and covered all the usual areas well.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, CN-21
03-May-2014 11:00 - 16:30
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 kilometer(s)
48 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 8
Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) 3
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 10
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 12
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 9
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 9
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Eastern Marsh-Harrier (Circus spilonotus) 1
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 4
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 1
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 4
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) 3
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 14
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 1
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 7
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 35
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 10
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 70
Mongolian/Vega Gull (Larus argentatus) 6
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 2
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 2
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 4
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 8
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 10
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 5
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 40
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 4
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 8 6 ocularis, 2 leucopsis
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 2
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 4
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 8
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 2
Ochre-rumped Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) 1 good looks at my first full breeding plumaged male.
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 2
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) 1
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 10
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 25
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) 15
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 3

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11 ducklings, wow!

Forested Area behind the Country Club

Was refused entry at the Country Club today so birded up the road behind it. This place sure can turn green fast! It was one of those fantastic afternoons of perfectly clear sky with a nice cool breeze. Temperature at 14 degrees.

The waxwing are always in the same tree that must have something to eat nearby. The area is real thick so I can't see exactly what is attracting them there.

Forest area and coast near Xiao Yao Wan, CN-21
05-May-2014 16:15 - 17:15
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
24 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 10
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 1
Oriental Scops-Owl (Otus sunia) 2 calling
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 100
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 5
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 1
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 3
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 4
Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) 5
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 15
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) 2
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 1
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 2 leucopsis
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) 8
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 6
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 10
Siskin (Spinus spinus) 6

Outstanding picture today Tom!

Country Club May 7, 2014

Had a thunderstorm and dark weather for most of the day. I knew there would be grounded migrants.

Country Club, CN-21
07-May-2014 17:15 - 18:15
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
28 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 4
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 1
Striated Heron (Butorides striata) 1
Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 4
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 18
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 4
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 5
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 2
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 45
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 4
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 18
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 3
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) 2
Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum) 1
White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 2
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 28
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) 6
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 1
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 6
Chinese Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 6

Love those photos! Looks like you were climbing trees to get those angles!