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Shanghai Perambulations (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Frogfish
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Not taken in Shanghai - so hope you don't mind - just a taster, I'll be putting more up elsewhere with links here.
1. Takahe - not more than 200 remain in places like Tiri Tiri Matangi, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and Kapiti Island. Flightless bird. Mother feeding her solitary chick.
2. Bellbird - only found in NZ and in a few special native bush parks. Has the most gorgeous vocalisation and range.
3. Royal (Southern) Albatross
Looking forward to this weekend to see if the migration has started here yet !
1. Takahe - not more than 200 remain in places like Tiri Tiri Matangi, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and Kapiti Island. Flightless bird. Mother feeding her solitary chick.
2. Bellbird - only found in NZ and in a few special native bush parks. Has the most gorgeous vocalisation and range.
3. Royal (Southern) Albatross
Looking forward to this weekend to see if the migration has started here yet !
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thirudevaram
Trapped in mist ***s
WOW, great teasers Kev. Welcome back to the real birding world.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Fantastic shots, Kevin. I love the albatross in flight!
Thanks Dev !
Cheers Mike ! They certainly did, to their detriment. The very similar looking (though much lighter and flight-capable) Pukeko (Purple Swamphen) has thrived and is common.
Thanks Jeff !
Xiao Yang Shan & Nanhui with McMadd yesterday (what an awful day weather-wise, seems like it almost didn't climb above f2.8 light levels) !
Pics are of the flagged Great Knot.
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Spot Billed duck
Gadwall
Tufted Duck
Barn Swallow
Ring Necked Dove
Grey Heron
BCN Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Woodcock
Common Snipe * (assumed)
Great Knot
Dunlin
Red Necked Stint
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Naumann's thrush
Pale Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Common Tern* (assumed)
Common Buzzard
Chinese Bulbul
White Wagtail (Ocularis)
Grey Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (Taivana)
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Varied Tit
Red Flanked Bluetail
Long Tailed Shrike
Daurian Redstart
Vinous Throated Parrotbills
Crested Myna
Pallas' Bunting
Tree Sparrow
Water Pipit
Black Faced Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Brambling
Blackbird
Also :
Manchurian Bush Warbler * Heard 2 birds.
More links to pics that won't attach (sorry about the IQ but at 50-60yds on a very grey, very wet, day these are all i have) ! :-
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/Test-Shots/i-HjghcTf/0/M/Great Knot - Flagged - Victoria 3-M.jpg
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/Test-Shots/i-rw5MH6B/0/M/Great Knot - Flagged - Victoria 2-M.jpg
Pics are of the flagged Great Knot.
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Spot Billed duck
Gadwall
Tufted Duck
Barn Swallow
Ring Necked Dove
Grey Heron
BCN Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Woodcock
Common Snipe * (assumed)
Great Knot
Dunlin
Red Necked Stint
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Naumann's thrush
Pale Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Common Tern* (assumed)
Common Buzzard
Chinese Bulbul
White Wagtail (Ocularis)
Grey Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (Taivana)
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Varied Tit
Red Flanked Bluetail
Long Tailed Shrike
Daurian Redstart
Vinous Throated Parrotbills
Crested Myna
Pallas' Bunting
Tree Sparrow
Water Pipit
Black Faced Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Brambling
Blackbird
Also :
Manchurian Bush Warbler * Heard 2 birds.
More links to pics that won't attach (sorry about the IQ but at 50-60yds on a very grey, very wet, day these are all i have) ! :-
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/Test-Shots/i-HjghcTf/0/M/Great Knot - Flagged - Victoria 3-M.jpg
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/Test-Shots/i-rw5MH6B/0/M/Great Knot - Flagged - Victoria 2-M.jpg
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McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
That's the one! From the flyway team:
This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates
38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8036 km, with a bearing
of 339 degrees, from the marking location.
Cheers
McM
This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates
38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8036 km, with a bearing
of 339 degrees, from the marking location.
Cheers
McM
thirudevaram
Trapped in mist ***s
Nice trip folks. Good to see the shorebirds showing up @ Nanhui.
Shanghai Zoo grounds & my 'Home Patch'
Fine day yesterday so where to go .... my fall back is always the open grounds and lakes of the Shanghai Zoo.
Mammal (not in a cage !) : same as last year if you remember (I'll refrain from naming them so that hopefully the search bots can't find this post). This time 3 of them were in a very quiet area and as I was hidden in a bush waiting for Azure Winged Magpies to come close (they didn't) they didn't see me. A youngster (I guess from last year's litter) kept hearing the click of the shutter and looking over my way - didn't spot me though and so the family continued their daily chores of cleaning and reaffirming bonds. Taken at distance at ca. 600mm (120-300+x2TC).
Spring was in the air for the Heron/Egret/Pelican colony as they searched for twigs to reinforce their nests, often stealing twigs from the nests next to them (resulting in pecking fights). And display rituals of the Mandarin ducks (ca. 50) were in evidence, though most ducks were already paired off. When I returned to the 'Mandarin Pond' later that day they had all gone to wherever they roost for the night - but I was lucky enough to still see a few in flight, circling around before disappearing over the treetops.
All the birds in the area were displaying their lovely breeding colours. However the migration has barely begun here, with very few species and very low numbers.
(24 species excluding resident geese/swans)
Mandarin Duck (ca. 50)
Common Shelduck (7)
Tufted Duck (1 - male)
Garganey (1 - male)
Mallard (4)
Swan Goose (6)
Bar Headed Goose (4)
Ring Necked Dove
BCN Heron (ca. 500)
Spot Billed Pelican (ca. 20)
Little Egret (ca. 100)
Grey Backed Thrush (1)
Dusky Thrush (2)
Chinese Bulbul (100's)
Red Whiskered Bulbul (1)
Little Grebe (4)
Great Tits - (Southern) (6)
Long Tailed Shrike (1)
Tree Sparrow
Blackbird (100's)
Arctic Warbler (1)
Magpie Robin (4)
Black Swans (6)
Azure Winged Magpies (ca. 50)
More photos to follow.
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From my 'Home Patch' (the villa compound I live in) 2 days ago :
Common Kingfishers (2) (male & female).
White Wagtail (1)
Vinous Throated Parrotbills (ca. 20)
Blackbirds
Chinese Bulbuls
Scaly Thrush (1)
Great Tits (Northern) (4)
Ring Necked Dove
Tree Sparrow
Long Tailed Shrike (1)
Arctic Warbler (1)
Fine day yesterday so where to go .... my fall back is always the open grounds and lakes of the Shanghai Zoo.
Mammal (not in a cage !) : same as last year if you remember (I'll refrain from naming them so that hopefully the search bots can't find this post). This time 3 of them were in a very quiet area and as I was hidden in a bush waiting for Azure Winged Magpies to come close (they didn't) they didn't see me. A youngster (I guess from last year's litter) kept hearing the click of the shutter and looking over my way - didn't spot me though and so the family continued their daily chores of cleaning and reaffirming bonds. Taken at distance at ca. 600mm (120-300+x2TC).
Spring was in the air for the Heron/Egret/Pelican colony as they searched for twigs to reinforce their nests, often stealing twigs from the nests next to them (resulting in pecking fights). And display rituals of the Mandarin ducks (ca. 50) were in evidence, though most ducks were already paired off. When I returned to the 'Mandarin Pond' later that day they had all gone to wherever they roost for the night - but I was lucky enough to still see a few in flight, circling around before disappearing over the treetops.
All the birds in the area were displaying their lovely breeding colours. However the migration has barely begun here, with very few species and very low numbers.
(24 species excluding resident geese/swans)
Mandarin Duck (ca. 50)
Common Shelduck (7)
Tufted Duck (1 - male)
Garganey (1 - male)
Mallard (4)
Swan Goose (6)
Bar Headed Goose (4)
Ring Necked Dove
BCN Heron (ca. 500)
Spot Billed Pelican (ca. 20)
Little Egret (ca. 100)
Grey Backed Thrush (1)
Dusky Thrush (2)
Chinese Bulbul (100's)
Red Whiskered Bulbul (1)
Little Grebe (4)
Great Tits - (Southern) (6)
Long Tailed Shrike (1)
Tree Sparrow
Blackbird (100's)
Arctic Warbler (1)
Magpie Robin (4)
Black Swans (6)
Azure Winged Magpies (ca. 50)
More photos to follow.
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From my 'Home Patch' (the villa compound I live in) 2 days ago :
Common Kingfishers (2) (male & female).
White Wagtail (1)
Vinous Throated Parrotbills (ca. 20)
Blackbirds
Chinese Bulbuls
Scaly Thrush (1)
Great Tits (Northern) (4)
Ring Necked Dove
Tree Sparrow
Long Tailed Shrike (1)
Arctic Warbler (1)
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Xiao Yang Shan & Nanhui with McMadd yesterday (gorgeous weather - both were sunburnt) ! Whilst there are not the numbers here yet there is no doubting the species variety.
Very sadly we heard that Jeff was not very well at all and so unable to make it - get well soon Jeff !
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Barn Swallow
BCN Heron
Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Black Tailed Godwit
Blue & White Flycatcher (M - cyanomelana ?)
Blue Rock Thrush (3)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
Brambling
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler (2)
Buff Bellied Pipit
Chinese Bulbul
Chinese Pond Heron
Common Kingfisher (1)
Common Pheasant (M&F)
Common Sandpiper
Common Snipe * (assumed)
Common Stonechat (5)
Common Teal
Coot
Crested Myna
Daurian Redstart
Dusky Thrush
Eastern Buzzard
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Elegant Bunting
Eurasian Magpie (3)
Great Egret (2)
Great Tits - (Eastern)
Grey Heron
Grey Backed Thrush (1)
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greater Sand Plover
Gull (spp.)
Gull Billed Tern
Harriers (2. spp.)
Kentish Plover
Large Billed Crow (2)
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Ringed Plover
Long Tailed Shrike
Manchurian Bush Warbler (4)
Marsh Sandpiper
Northern Shoveler (pair)
Olive Backed Pipit
Oriental Turtle Dove
Osprey
Pale Thrush
Pallas' Bunting
Plain Prinia
Red Throated Pipit (1)
Red Billed Starling
Red Flanked Bluetail
Ring Necked Dove
Red Necked Stint
Ruff
Sharp Tailed Sandpiper (2 - different locations)
Siberian Stonechat (3)
Skylark (sp.)
Tree Sparrow
Varied Tit (1)
Vinous Throated Parrotbills
White Cheeked Starling
White Wagtail (leucopsis & ocularis)
Zitting Cisticola
Waders being my (biggest) achilles' heal I'll let Mark tell us if I've missed/forgotten any Knots, Redshanks, Greenshanks, Plovers, Stints or Sandpipers ! Or you can hazard your own guesses at the photos attached to this post !!
With Mark's assistance the photos below have now been labelled :
1. Greater Sand Plover
2. Dusky Thrush
3. Gull Billed Tern
4. Black Tailed Godwit (Eastern)
5. Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
Very sadly we heard that Jeff was not very well at all and so unable to make it - get well soon Jeff !
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Barn Swallow
BCN Heron
Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Black Tailed Godwit
Blue & White Flycatcher (M - cyanomelana ?)
Blue Rock Thrush (3)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
Brambling
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler (2)
Buff Bellied Pipit
Chinese Bulbul
Chinese Pond Heron
Common Kingfisher (1)
Common Pheasant (M&F)
Common Sandpiper
Common Snipe * (assumed)
Common Stonechat (5)
Common Teal
Coot
Crested Myna
Daurian Redstart
Dusky Thrush
Eastern Buzzard
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Elegant Bunting
Eurasian Magpie (3)
Great Egret (2)
Great Tits - (Eastern)
Grey Heron
Grey Backed Thrush (1)
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greater Sand Plover
Gull (spp.)
Gull Billed Tern
Harriers (2. spp.)
Kentish Plover
Large Billed Crow (2)
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Ringed Plover
Long Tailed Shrike
Manchurian Bush Warbler (4)
Marsh Sandpiper
Northern Shoveler (pair)
Olive Backed Pipit
Oriental Turtle Dove
Osprey
Pale Thrush
Pallas' Bunting
Plain Prinia
Red Throated Pipit (1)
Red Billed Starling
Red Flanked Bluetail
Ring Necked Dove
Red Necked Stint
Ruff
Sharp Tailed Sandpiper (2 - different locations)
Siberian Stonechat (3)
Skylark (sp.)
Tree Sparrow
Varied Tit (1)
Vinous Throated Parrotbills
White Cheeked Starling
White Wagtail (leucopsis & ocularis)
Zitting Cisticola
Waders being my (biggest) achilles' heal I'll let Mark tell us if I've missed/forgotten any Knots, Redshanks, Greenshanks, Plovers, Stints or Sandpipers ! Or you can hazard your own guesses at the photos attached to this post !!
With Mark's assistance the photos below have now been labelled :
1. Greater Sand Plover
2. Dusky Thrush
3. Gull Billed Tern
4. Black Tailed Godwit (Eastern)
5. Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
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McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
Wotcha
Harriers were "spp." with the views we had. No Rustic bunts just Elegants I've decided after looking at my pictures!
The bathing warbler was the Brownish-flanked too.
No Long-toed Stint (that was me speculating on the 2 Sharp-tailed sands before we saw them with any light on 'em :0)
Missing are 3 Siberian Stonechat; pair of Shoveler; Great Crested Grebe; Osprey; buzzards would be Eastern not Common as we follow Brazil's taxonomy; Greater Sandplover; Red-necked Stint; Great Tit was Eastern not Northern; ocularis White Wagtail too
Followed your example and got a take away for supper...learnt the wisdom of that at 0300...and 0310..and...you get the idea...shan't be using pizza hut for a while...
Also confirmed today that that lot at "camera city" are all shysters...serial # on my new machine is not recognised by computer...or...they didn't pay tax on it when they imported it and that means no cover from Canon China...nice...cheap tho' ;D
MM
Harriers were "spp." with the views we had. No Rustic bunts just Elegants I've decided after looking at my pictures!
The bathing warbler was the Brownish-flanked too.
No Long-toed Stint (that was me speculating on the 2 Sharp-tailed sands before we saw them with any light on 'em :0)
Missing are 3 Siberian Stonechat; pair of Shoveler; Great Crested Grebe; Osprey; buzzards would be Eastern not Common as we follow Brazil's taxonomy; Greater Sandplover; Red-necked Stint; Great Tit was Eastern not Northern; ocularis White Wagtail too
Followed your example and got a take away for supper...learnt the wisdom of that at 0300...and 0310..and...you get the idea...shan't be using pizza hut for a while...
Also confirmed today that that lot at "camera city" are all shysters...serial # on my new machine is not recognised by computer...or...they didn't pay tax on it when they imported it and that means no cover from Canon China...nice...cheap tho' ;D
MM
Thanks Mark - amended.
Ah Pizza Hut - doubtless that was the H7N9 flavoured chicken then.
Actually you can buy 'grey imports' there (1 yr local guarantee) or for a Canon guarantee (only China) you will need to pay an extra 5% for the tax, you just have to ask them for a Fa Piao. You did the right thing buying grey though
Ah Pizza Hut - doubtless that was the H7N9 flavoured chicken then.
Actually you can buy 'grey imports' there (1 yr local guarantee) or for a Canon guarantee (only China) you will need to pay an extra 5% for the tax, you just have to ask them for a Fa Piao. You did the right thing buying grey though
A few more photos for your delectation.
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A few more so I can now file this day away !
1. Barn Swallow
2. Barn Swallow
3. Swallow Tail Butterfly
1. Barn Swallow
2. Barn Swallow
3. Swallow Tail Butterfly
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