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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Hopkins" data-source="post: 2770744" data-attributes="member: 44242">The trip was about two weeks.  In the mountains breeding starts later than in the lowlands, so the species that are resident are still active.  And the large range in possible elevations means that there's a broad range of species associated with each.  The credit for the total really goes to Sid.  There were very specific locations for certain target species, like Chinese blue flycatcher, firethroat, Sichuan Jay, and others.  These spots came right down to the specific km marker on the given road.  If you didn't know those locations, you were extremely unlikely to find anything but the mor common species.</blockquote>