BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Bruce" data-source="post: 859863" data-attributes="member: 23565">Purple Crow Migration-Huben and Ping DingBad weather has influenced the migration this season and things haven't happened quite as expected. From the 27th to the 30th we had rain. I went out to the Huben and Ping Ding area on the 30th but apart from seeing very small groups flying through the bamboo I saw nothing.  There was good movement through Ping Ding on Saturday the 31st but I had to go to Taichung. The highway project was in operation on the 31st and I believe it worked pretty well. I was able to go out to Huben and Ping Ding on Sunday 1st April and Monday 2nd April but again the weather was poor and not much was happening. A great sighting on Monday was a pair of Maroon Oriole. We had poor weather for most of the week. Friday the 6th April was very overcast but no rain so I decided to do another trip to the area. This time there was a small migration of Dwarf Crow Euploea tulliolus koxinga. There were several research groups in the area netting and coding the Dwarf Crows. I was able to have a chat with Prof Cheng Juey-fu who is the man behind the highway crossing project. He tells me that the nets that force the butterflies higher as the cross the highway have worked well. He says that there is still a lot of work to be done on the guide lights. Again, bad weather kept numbers down for a few days but yesterday I managed to go out to Huben and Ping Ding in the late morning and was able to catch the tail end of a good migration of Dwarf Crow Euploea tulliolus koxinga, Two Band Crow Euploea sylvester swinhoei, Striped Blue Crow Euploea mulciber barsine, and Taiwan Asagi Madara Parantica swinhoei at Butterfly Spring between Huben and Ping Ding. Butterfly Spring is a deep gorge-like forested valley which the butterflies pour out of. It's quite a sight to see thousands of butterflies pouring out from the forest.</blockquote>

Verification