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Dalian (Jinshitan) Birding Reports (13 Viewers)

Country Club Sept. 15, 2015

Swung by the Country Club yesterday after work remembering that there was an Adult Schrenck's Bittern there last year during this week. No Bitterns but it still was a good time.

The Lanceolated Warbler isn't Pallas's Grasshopper is it? It was on the ground the entire time and has fine streaking on the top of its head. Yellowish base to its bill?

I'm calling the photographed juvenile Cuckoo a Common/Eurasian. Agree or disagree?

Country Club, Liaoning, CN
15-Sep-2015 16:00 - 17:15
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
24 species

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 2
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 4
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) 1
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 1
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 5
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 6
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 4
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 5
Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon) 1
Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 8
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 5
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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Jinshitan Ridge Sept. 16, 2015

A few early morning hours on the ridge. Passerine numbers picking up but almost no raptors this morning. There was fog lower down in all of the valleys which maybe delayed rising air and migrating raptors?

Jinshitan Ridge Migration Viewpoint, Liaoning, CN
16-Sep-2015 05:30 - 08:30
Protocol: Stationary
32 species (+1 other taxa)

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 3
Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) 2
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 2
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 1
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) 1
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 2
Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 69
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 91
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 18
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 4
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 10
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 168
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 1
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 4
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 23
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 26
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 34
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) 1
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 13
Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 13
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 28
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 3
passerine sp. (Passeriformes sp.) 7 all high flyover buntings
 

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Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds Sept. 17

Migration continues.....The snipe below are presumed Swint-tailed because the one landing is :)

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
17-Sep-2015 14:30 - 17:00
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
48 species

Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 1
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 10
Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) 3
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 8
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 10
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 14
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 16
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 10
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 2
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 2
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 9
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 5
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) 3
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) 1
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 10
Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) 8 Swin-tailed
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 50
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 100
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 25
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 2
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 1
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 1
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 3
Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 2
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 40
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 3
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 1
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 3
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 2
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) 1
Oriental Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) 1
Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola) 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 10
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 4
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 2
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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Jinshitan to Zhuanghe Sept. 19, 2015

All day trip with my parents and Annika Forsten and Antero Lindholm from Finland. We found a flagged Saunders's Gull and a number banded Black-faced Spoonbill but more on that later, in a hurry now. Annika and Antero will continue at Loatieshan for around 2 weeks.

Yellow Sea Coast from Jinshitan to Zhuanghe, Liaoning, CN
19-Sep-2015 05:00 - 17:00
Protocol: Traveling
90.0 kilometer(s)
78 species

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 1
Falcated Duck (Anas falcata) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 1
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 3
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 6
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 4
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 16
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 14
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 1
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 37
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 11
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) 48
Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) 1
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) 1 juvenile
Black Kite (Black-eared) (Milvus migrans lineatus/formosanus) 1
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) 1
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 2
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) 3
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 14
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) 2
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 40
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 7
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 2
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 10
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 4
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 82
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 5
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 1055
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) 36
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) 10
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) 2
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 1810
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 6
Saunders's Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) 28
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1053
Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) 2
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 950
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 700 either Vega or Mongolian
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 4
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 2
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 1
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Chinese Grey Shrike (Lanius sphenocercus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Asian) (Calandrella rufescens [cheleensis Group]) 2
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) 5
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 120
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 12
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 2
Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) 2
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 3
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 24
Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon) 2
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) 1
Oriental Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 3
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 5
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 180
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 2
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) 21
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) 1
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 2
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 5
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 3
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 11
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) 1
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 6
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 5 Buff-bellied
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 6
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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flagged/banded birds from last Saturday

Last Saturday we found 2 birds with flags/bands. A Saunders's Gull with flags and a metal band as pictures and a Black-faced Spoonbill with a numbered/engraved band. See the photos below. Both have been reported and we're awaiting the response. Both were found on the same sand bar at a high tide roost area of Zhuanghe Bay.
 

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Environmental Wildlife 12

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Fied trip sep,22

Thanks for your comments. We are from block 1. We went to check the camera on Monday. We saw four wild boar's babies ate the chicken in 7:20pm on last Sunday.
 

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Sept. 23, 2015 Jinshitan Ridge

Had some time there this morning.

Jinshitan Ridge Migration Viewpoint, Liaoning, CN
23-Sep-2015 05:15 - 08:15
Protocol: Stationary
32 species

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 1
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 1
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 4
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) 3
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 4
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 62
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 97
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 110
Asian House-Martin (Delichon dasypus) 6
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 13
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 15
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 2
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 2
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 360
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 2
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 1
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 1
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 2
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 2
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) 3
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 2
Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 1
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) 1
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 16
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 5
 

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Laotieshan September 25, 2015

Just back from two days at Laotieshan with Paul Holt, Annika Forsten, and Antero Lindholm. Fantastic birding all around with a lifer for me in 3 Baikal Bush Warblers. Big thanks to Paul for use of his very detailed notes.

We had a thunderstorm early morning which brought in a massive amount of Olive-backed Pipits and White-eyes back in from the sea. There were spectacular numbers for a brief time in the heart of the storm that passed.

Laotieshan was her usual self with odd birds turning up in odd places. What a fun place to be and bird!

Laotieshan, Liaoning, CN
25-Sep-2015 05:00 - 16:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
70 species

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 1
Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) 1
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 13
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 4
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 1
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) 47
Eastern Marsh-Harrier (Circus spilonotus) 1
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) 2
Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 22
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 29
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1
Black Kite (Black-eared) (Milvus migrans lineatus/formosanus) 58
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 4
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 20
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 20 Mongolian
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 12
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 3
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 3
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 4
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 1260
Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 30
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 40
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 2
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 4
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 12
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 14
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 20
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 1
Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus) 1
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes) 2
Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon) 6
Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) 2
Baikal Bush-Warbler (Locustella davidi) 3
Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) 1
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 1
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 2
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 1310
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 2
Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki) 1
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 2
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 3
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) 21
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) 1
Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) 1
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 12
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 9
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 322
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 28
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 491
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) 9
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 17
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 2
Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 22
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 48
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 4
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 5
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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Baikal Bush Warbler

More pictures of the Baikal Bush Warblers from Friday and another from Saturday. The best pictures show a bird preening after foraging in wet brush/grass so they look a bit off.
 

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Owen, yes they are more uncommon for this time of year. I must credit Paul's amazing flight call ears for this record as he heard it coming and then we saw it moments later in flight. Amazing sites such as Laotieshan tend to rewrite what should normally be seen and when as well.
 
Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds August 27, 2015

Had three late afternoon hours there yesterday with my parents and visiting Uncle and Aunt. We observed an Amur Falcon actively hovering and feeding on crabs on a piece of tidal mudflat. We first saw it sitting out on the mud (!) and I was wondering if it was hurt. It tried to grab a few crabs much like a curlew and later flew a short ways hovering over mud looking for crabs! Incredible behaviour indeed.

Jinshitan Sea-farming Ponds, Liaoning, CN
Sep 27, 2015 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)
50 species

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 4
Eurasian/American Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 2
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 5
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 22
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 8
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) 2
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) 18
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 15
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 1
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) 1
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 7
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) 1
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 4
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 10
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) 7
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 1
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) 20
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 100
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 550
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 300
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia 1
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) 3
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 4
Little Owl (Athene noctua) 4
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 3
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 1
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 1
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 15
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 1
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 5
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 2
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 1
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 3
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) 3
Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola) 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 30
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 2
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) 3
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 2
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 4
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 70
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 5
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 1
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 11
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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bfoutch

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Great observation of the Amur Falcon feeding on mudflat crabs! Just one more reason to protect the wetlands and tidal areas along the coast of China.
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Laotieshan Sept. 26, 2015

The second day from Laotieshan last weekend. Thanks again to Paul for the majority of the notes below.

Laotieshan, Liaoning, CN
26-Sep-2015 05:15 - 16:15
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
69 species

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) 11
Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) 66
Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) 2
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) 6
Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) 2
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) 20
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 30
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 4
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) 1
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) 2
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 4
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) 1
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) 55
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 1
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) 1
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) 21
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) 1
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 1
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 10
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) 10
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) 10
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 2
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) 468
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 70
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 1
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) 3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 490
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) 455
Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus) 20
Japanese Tit (Parus minor) 3
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 2
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 1
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 11
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 8
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) 10
Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon) 3
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) 5
Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) 2
Baikal Bush-Warbler (Locustella davidi) 1
Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) 2
Beijing Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 2
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) 16
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 290
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 1
Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) 2
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 6
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) 2
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) 63
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) 3
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) 6
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 15
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) 30
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) 18
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) 66
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) 4
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 18
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 2
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) 2
Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila) 2
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 28
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 1
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 39
Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 4
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 4
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 10
 

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