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<blockquote data-quote="Owen Krout" data-source="post: 3402035" data-attributes="member: 131330"><p><strong>May 19, 2016</strong></p><p></p><p>The day started well as I was walking the dog in the enclosed garden area of our development a little past 07:00 and I was greeted with a small flock of <strong>Japanese White-Eye</strong>. Being prepared, I had my bins with me and got some very good close-up views. Definitely Japanese as there was no hint of chestnut markings on any of them.</p><p></p><p>Deciding to follow-up later and see if I could find more I made for the city park near-by despite it being very windy. Hearing what seemed to be the same calls in a clump of brush just off the walkway, I slowly worked my way into an excellent position at the edge of a small clearing where I had a good view of the bushes from the back side. </p><p></p><p>A lot of flickering movement deep in the bushes at first and then some <strong>Asian Brown Flycatcher</strong> moved out into view. I noticed while watching them that I would sometimes hear a sharp snap sound when one flew out to catch a flying insect. Very distinct. I then observed several times when one individual was chasing off another the same snap rapidly repeated. It sounded much like the wing tips were coming together at the down stroke and making the sound, but couldn't confirm that with observation. Turned out to be quite a number of these scattered through the park.</p><p></p><p>After awhile of standing still and waiting them out, I started to get brief glimpses of <strong>Japanese White-Eye</strong> through the leaves of the bushes. Slowly, as I waited, they emerged more and I was able to spot an occasional individual <strong>Chestnut-Flanked White-Eye</strong>. Finally, after more patient waiting, I had just eased up the camera and had both Japanese and Chestnut-Flanked in the shot, filling the viewfinder when a pair of old lady "foragers" came crashing through the bushes and all my White-Eyes went flying away. Then, apparently recognizing me from the reporters blog posting or having heard of it from their children or grandchildren, they had to have me show them what I had pictures of and deciding to help, they went over to literally beat the bushes. Sigh. Never did get a shot but did get a very good view of both species together. </p><p></p><p>Still did well overall. At least <strong>(8) Brown Shrike</strong> were scattered through the park, occasionally chasing each other around. The <strong>Light-Vented Bulbul</strong> which have been mostly absent since the big windstorm are starting to show up again and caught an excellent shot of one of two <strong>Spotted Dove</strong>. Also managed to catch a couple of <strong>Arctic Warbler</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Almost forgot - I had one mystery in that I could hear very clearly and at close range a bird making a single note call, very distinct, that sounded for all the world like a metallic chirp. At first thought I was hearing something along the line of a squeaky bicycle crank. A very metal on metal type sound. Usually one chirp at about one second intervals. Not for lack of trying, I could never establish any visual sighting of whatever it was making the noise. Didn't really sound like a tree frog, but I suppose that is a possibility.</p><p></p><p>Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN</p><p>May 19, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM</p><p>Protocol: Traveling</p><p>1.0 kilometer(s)</p><p>9 species</p><p></p><p>Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 2</p><p>Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 8</p><p>Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20</p><p>Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 5</p><p>Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 2</p><p>Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 3</p><p>Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) 15</p><p>Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 10</p><p>Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5</p><p></p><p>View this checklist online at <a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29785838" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29785838</a></p><p></p><p>This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org" target="_blank">http://ebird.org</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Owen Krout, post: 3402035, member: 131330"] [b]May 19, 2016[/b] The day started well as I was walking the dog in the enclosed garden area of our development a little past 07:00 and I was greeted with a small flock of [B]Japanese White-Eye[/B]. Being prepared, I had my bins with me and got some very good close-up views. Definitely Japanese as there was no hint of chestnut markings on any of them. Deciding to follow-up later and see if I could find more I made for the city park near-by despite it being very windy. Hearing what seemed to be the same calls in a clump of brush just off the walkway, I slowly worked my way into an excellent position at the edge of a small clearing where I had a good view of the bushes from the back side. A lot of flickering movement deep in the bushes at first and then some [B]Asian Brown Flycatcher[/B] moved out into view. I noticed while watching them that I would sometimes hear a sharp snap sound when one flew out to catch a flying insect. Very distinct. I then observed several times when one individual was chasing off another the same snap rapidly repeated. It sounded much like the wing tips were coming together at the down stroke and making the sound, but couldn't confirm that with observation. Turned out to be quite a number of these scattered through the park. After awhile of standing still and waiting them out, I started to get brief glimpses of [B]Japanese White-Eye[/B] through the leaves of the bushes. Slowly, as I waited, they emerged more and I was able to spot an occasional individual [B]Chestnut-Flanked White-Eye[/B]. Finally, after more patient waiting, I had just eased up the camera and had both Japanese and Chestnut-Flanked in the shot, filling the viewfinder when a pair of old lady "foragers" came crashing through the bushes and all my White-Eyes went flying away. Then, apparently recognizing me from the reporters blog posting or having heard of it from their children or grandchildren, they had to have me show them what I had pictures of and deciding to help, they went over to literally beat the bushes. Sigh. Never did get a shot but did get a very good view of both species together. Still did well overall. At least [B](8) Brown Shrike[/B] were scattered through the park, occasionally chasing each other around. The [B]Light-Vented Bulbul[/B] which have been mostly absent since the big windstorm are starting to show up again and caught an excellent shot of one of two [B]Spotted Dove[/B]. Also managed to catch a couple of [B]Arctic Warbler[/B]. Almost forgot - I had one mystery in that I could hear very clearly and at close range a bird making a single note call, very distinct, that sounded for all the world like a metallic chirp. At first thought I was hearing something along the line of a squeaky bicycle crank. A very metal on metal type sound. Usually one chirp at about one second intervals. Not for lack of trying, I could never establish any visual sighting of whatever it was making the noise. Didn't really sound like a tree frog, but I suppose that is a possibility. Panjin, Dawa County, Liaoning, CN, Liaoning, CN May 19, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 kilometer(s) 9 species Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 2 Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 8 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 20 Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 5 Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 2 Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) 3 Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) 15 Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris) 10 Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 5 View this checklist online at [url]http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29785838[/url] This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ([url]http://ebird.org[/url]) [/QUOTE]
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