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China observations (1 Viewer)
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McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
Would this be a proper guide to the birds of China to replace or complement M&P (and not some amateur effort...
;D McM
MKinHK
Mike Kilburn
Much less ambitious than that - I had what I believe to be a Gray's Warbler in Hong Kong earlier this month and I am keen to establish dates of passage and I would like to see what birds in autumn look like - especially adults as there are not many photos. Any help would be much appreciated.
I'd also be very interested in any records of Wood Warbler - as I also had one of these a week ago!
Thanks
Mike
I'd also be very interested in any records of Wood Warbler - as I also had one of these a week ago!
Thanks
Mike
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mcaribou
Migration coming
http://old.wwfchina.org/birdgallery/birdpic.shtm?booknum=950
Hi Mike
Pls check the link and the second is the one I mentioned.Date 2 Sep,2011
Any opinion on it?
In autumn many grasshopper warblers pass Rudong quite early(early~mid-Sep) while in spring they pass Rudong quite late(mid- ~late May).
Yesterday in Dongtai 78 DPelicans while only one in Lianyungang.A lot of constructions in Lianyungang so it may not be good for Pelicans recently.Dongtai has just been reclaimed so right now there's no construction.
Besides Pelicans,also 7 Swan Geese,and still too many NGreenshank to count.
Then in Rudong a Common Redpoll
Hi Mike
Pls check the link and the second is the one I mentioned.Date 2 Sep,2011
Any opinion on it?
In autumn many grasshopper warblers pass Rudong quite early(early~mid-Sep) while in spring they pass Rudong quite late(mid- ~late May).
Yesterday in Dongtai 78 DPelicans while only one in Lianyungang.A lot of constructions in Lianyungang so it may not be good for Pelicans recently.Dongtai has just been reclaimed so right now there's no construction.
Besides Pelicans,also 7 Swan Geese,and still too many NGreenshank to count.
Then in Rudong a Common Redpoll
jonathmartinez
Well-known member
to me it is the only one correctly ID on the gallery. Looks like a first year bird.
MKinHK
Mike Kilburn
Many thanks for this link mcaribou.
I agree with Jonathan that the second picture is a juvenile Gray's.It's very useful to see this and to note the date.
The first shot is also interesting - it looks rather short-tailed and appears to show a contrastingly dark cap and a tail tail contrasting with a more rufous rump. I wonder if it might be Middendorff's.
Your other news is also wonderful - 78 Dalmatian Pelicans! That must be the highest number for many years in China. Redpoll is another very interesting record!
Cheers
Mike
I agree with Jonathan that the second picture is a juvenile Gray's.It's very useful to see this and to note the date.
The first shot is also interesting - it looks rather short-tailed and appears to show a contrastingly dark cap and a tail tail contrasting with a more rufous rump. I wonder if it might be Middendorff's.
Your other news is also wonderful - 78 Dalmatian Pelicans! That must be the highest number for many years in China. Redpoll is another very interesting record!
Cheers
Mike
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
jonathmartinez
Well-known member
yes I also think it is a Middendorff's, I guess the very pale outer web of P2 is a good feature in such plumage.
jonathmartinez
Well-known member
any idea of what is the fourth picture (the one on the left in the middle line), very likely a chat, with such pattern on the coverts and tertial?
I guess the location should help.
I guess the location should help.
location is Hebei - "tanghai wetlands" if that helps
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
I'd suggest a 1cy Rubythroat
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jonathmartinez
Well-known member
I go for the Rubythroat...thanks...
mcaribou
Migration coming
Terry Townshend
Regular vagrant
That's very cool, ZL! Interesting how coastal the migration route is, which explains why we never see them in Beijing..!
mcaribou
Migration coming
Yes,Terry,really cool!
Last winter the Koreans went to Putian but didnt see it.
This time in the morning I didnt see BFS in Chongming Island so I went to Hengsha Island to look for them in the afternoon.It stayed just for 4~5 hours there and I saw it.The light was bad that I cant read any of its color rings.I could only see the wire of the transmitter.
When I saw it flying southward,I didnt expect it to fly far.So the next day I went there to try if I could read the color rings but it was not there anymore according to the tracking result.I saw E81 but E81 doesnt have the transmitter.E81 was seen for several times at exact the same location this spring.
Last winter the Koreans went to Putian but didnt see it.
This time in the morning I didnt see BFS in Chongming Island so I went to Hengsha Island to look for them in the afternoon.It stayed just for 4~5 hours there and I saw it.The light was bad that I cant read any of its color rings.I could only see the wire of the transmitter.
When I saw it flying southward,I didnt expect it to fly far.So the next day I went there to try if I could read the color rings but it was not there anymore according to the tracking result.I saw E81 but E81 doesnt have the transmitter.E81 was seen for several times at exact the same location this spring.
mjgrunwell
Well-known member
Hello from Nanchang
Dear fellow birders in the PRC..
I am living in Nanchang, Jiangxi since August. I have just posted my three month city list under vacation trip stuff but I think this may be a more appropriate thread.
Getting a trickle of migrants, about 2 weeks later than stuff I saw at Rudong coast first week of October.
Last w/e of Oct had my first chinese penduline tit flocks and two oriental reed warblers. Plus Pallas's warbler, RF Bluetail, grey-backed thrush, ob pipit and my last mugimaki of the year, plus sordida black-faced bunting.
weekend just gone I had the impression autumn passage just about finished, no warblers except YB, plenty of daurian redstart but no bluetails. My first Brambling in China.
Hope to do my first trip to Poyang Hu either this w/e or next.
Plan to do a major Sichuan trip next June/July and looking for ideas.
Will probably do Wuyuan for scaly-sided merg in the Christmas hols and hopefully get silver, koklass and elliots pheasant then. Plan to get Cabots next March or April and Blue Crowned LT next May.
If anyone wants to fly to Nanchang to do Poyang Hu please get in touch.
Thanks
Michael Grunwell
Dear fellow birders in the PRC..
I am living in Nanchang, Jiangxi since August. I have just posted my three month city list under vacation trip stuff but I think this may be a more appropriate thread.
Getting a trickle of migrants, about 2 weeks later than stuff I saw at Rudong coast first week of October.
Last w/e of Oct had my first chinese penduline tit flocks and two oriental reed warblers. Plus Pallas's warbler, RF Bluetail, grey-backed thrush, ob pipit and my last mugimaki of the year, plus sordida black-faced bunting.
weekend just gone I had the impression autumn passage just about finished, no warblers except YB, plenty of daurian redstart but no bluetails. My first Brambling in China.
Hope to do my first trip to Poyang Hu either this w/e or next.
Plan to do a major Sichuan trip next June/July and looking for ideas.
Will probably do Wuyuan for scaly-sided merg in the Christmas hols and hopefully get silver, koklass and elliots pheasant then. Plan to get Cabots next March or April and Blue Crowned LT next May.
If anyone wants to fly to Nanchang to do Poyang Hu please get in touch.
Thanks
Michael Grunwell
