wleepoin

Went to Wawu Shan for a few days to get away from Hong Kong's urban heat! We saw over hundred species, the best tick is not a bird but a mammal. Yes, we saw two wild Red Pandas, one adult and the other immature!! Here are some pictures to share with you all.

Scenes of Wawu Shan






Red Panda (adult)




(immature)


Aberrant Bush Warbler




Ashy-throated Parrotbill


Bianci's Warbler


Brown-flanked Bush Warbler


Buffy Laughingthrush




Coal Tit


Crimson-breasted Woodpecker


Emei Shan Liocichla




Fulvous Parrotbill


Golden Parrotbill






Golden-breasted Fulvetta


Great Parrotbill




Greenish Warbler


Grey-hooded Parrotbill


Large-billed Warbler


Long-tailed Minivet (male)


Marten's Warbler


Plain-backed Thrush


Sichuan Leaf Warbler


Sichuan Treecreeper


Slaty-blue Flycatcher (female)


Eurasian/Hodgson's Treecreeper?


Streak-throated Fulvetta




Vinaceous Rosefinch (male)


(female)


Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon


White-bellied Redstart (female)


White-collared Yuhina


That's all folks!

Cheers
PWMK

* If anyone want a good guide or driver for this area, you can contact:
Sid Francis.
His email is: chengduuk@hotmail.com
Or his Web : http://sichuanbirds.blogspot.com/

[ Last edited by wleepoin at 20/08/2011 07:35 ]

kmike

Wah!  - the Red Panda is fantastic

sounds like a great trip


Cheers
Mike

gary

Great photo set; and you are lucky to have good weather!

Ken

Love the Red Panda!!

Thanks for sharing!

lchunfai

Red Panda!! Red Panda!!

I also love the Sichuan Treecreeper & Golden-breasted Fulvetta ~~~
Wonderful Trip !

cywong

A great trip and great photos!

twallace

Amazing trip~~
The Red Panda is a wonderful picture~~

Ronaldo

Fantastic photos (in particular the pandas)... Looks like you enjoyed a lot of colorful warblers and parrotbills, but I would have loved to see some raptors...

iherman

Great trip and congratulation   

EricB

Another great collection of pictures.Many thanks for sharing them.
Looks like Parrotbill paradise, not sure if many people have managed 5 species of Parrotbill over a weekend (- I think you meant Fulvous Parrotbill rather than Fulvetta)!
That Coal Tit looks really whacky - its the first picture I 've seen of Parus alta pekinensis - what an amazingly huge crest!
Many thanks,
Eric

thinfor

Many thanks for your sharing, stunning photos!  

wleepoin

Thank you all for the kind words and comments. We were very lucky to have good weather for 2 or 3 days but the rest was foggy and heavy rain!  

Wawu Shan is one of the best places for ticking Parrotbills, we also saw Brown and Three toed Parrotbills but was unable to get any images. We only manage to see one Mountain Hawk Eagle at bottom of mountain, strangely there were no accipiter to be seen up at the top.


Lastly, we are truely grateful to Jemi & John Holmes, Soso and Koel for all their help.

Cheers
PWMK

[ Last edited by wleepoin at 20/08/2011 20:16 ]

lexusjohn

A great trip and a wonderful photos ! Love it.

Andiona

Great Trip & Excellent Photo.

hdanny

Great Trip 多多收獲

wcaptain

Looks like your lucky star is finally with you. Really a lot of birds. Captain

ypakwai

Wah!  - the Red Panda, I Love it
Great trip $ wonderful photo