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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gretchen" data-source="post: 1642606" data-attributes="member: 70591">Well, got out this past weekend, though quite briefly as it ended up.  I started out on the sandflats in Beidaihe, but really thought I would blow away (well, actually my eyes were tearing so much I could barely see)- so went to the reservoir.  Little egrets still around in decent numbers.  As a matter of fact at dusk they were sort of gathered together in the water, about 30 or so - not in a tight group, but all together.  I was surprised that they stayed in the water (when I guess they weren't foraging), had thought they would roost in trees at night... Or was it still too early to go to the trees?I'm getting better at identifying common goldeneye - good idea since they're common here |=)|Saw a few green sands about - not sure how late they'll be staying.  I'm beginning to recognize where they like to hang out too. My two best birds were Winter Wren (my first wren in China!) and Elegant Buntings.  I'm quite fond of wrens, though this one was giving me a good scolding I think.  His "knee' dips with each call and his bouncing around a bit to call in different directions showed lots of animation - such small birds with such big characters!The elegant buntings were definitely elegant (all males that I noted) - very handsome!  I'm still very beginner at buntings, but that is an easy one |=)|  Did expect to see more buntings that afternoon, but I got a late start and it got dark earlier than I expected.  Anyway, nice to see what I did.</blockquote>

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