wleepoin

QINGHAI, China Trip 2010

Travelled to Qinghai for birding on 15 - 23 August: (Xining > Qinghai Lake > Rubber Mountain > Chaka > Mt Ela > Maduo > Gonghe)
103 species of birds & 17 mammals were seen.

Here are some images to share with you all. :-)

Eurasian Cucukoo (imm) with foster parent Richards Pipit




White-browed Rosefinch (male)


White-browed Rosefinch (female)


White-browed Rosefinch (female)




White-capped Water Redstart


Upland Buzzard




Black Redstart






Crested Skylark


White-rumped Snowfinch




White-throated Dipper




Tickell's Leaf Warbler




Robin Accentor


White-browed Tit


Godlewski's Bunting


Rufous-necked Snowfinch (male)


Rufous-necked Snowfinch (female)


Pink-tailed Rosefinch (male)




Pink-tailed Rosefinch (female)


Kessler's Thrush


Hume's Short-toed Lark


White-winged Redstart


Rosey Pipit


Isabelline Wheatear


Hume's Groundpecker




Himalayan Griffon


Henderson's Ground-Jay


Greenish Warbler




Blue-fronted Redstart (male)


Blue-fronted Redstart (female)


Blue-fronted Redstart (imm)


Horned Lark




Brown Accentor


Grey-backed Shrike (adult)


Grey-backed Shrike (imm)


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wleepoin

Tibetan Gazelle






Tibetan Wild Ass


Wolf (very very far away)


Stoliczka's Vole


Prezewalski's Gazelle (critically endangered, estimated population to be 350-400.)




Black-lipped Pika


Plateau Pika


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Andy-li

Stunning  series and congratulations..!



Andy

Stonechat

So amazing...wonderful photos..thanks for sharing

hdanny

Excellent ! 絕對精彩

HFCheung

Excellent shots. Seems to be a very nice trip.
Check the bunting ID again.  I think you can make it right this time.

HF Cheung

wleepoin

Qinghai is such a beautiful place:





















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wleepoin

Quote:

Original posted by HFCheung at 24/09/2010 21:50
Excellent shots. Seems to be a very nice trip.
Check the bunting ID again.  I think you can make it right this time.

HF Cheung

Dear Fai Gor,

We know it was called Pink-tailed Bunting but according to taxonomic notes of OBI, "Generic position evaluated by Groth (2000) as among rosefinches rather than buntings." Please let us what is the updated status of this bird. Thx
Cheers
PWMK

hgeorge

張張都影得好靚！

lchunfai

wonderful

yyattung

PWMK,

I think the total number of species seen is only 103, not 203!

Tung

thinfor

Apart from the birds, I really love the 藏野驢 and 藏羚羊!!!

cywong

Beautiful photos!

wleepoin

Dear Tung,
You really have shape eyes, number corrected.  Also need to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU for giving us a wonderful trip.

Dear all,
Thanks very much for your kind words

Cheers,
PWMK

kchonhong

         一輯絕對精彩的照片, 無得彈 !

                                                      

Andiona

嘆為觀止的雀鳥系列，將來有機會跟你們來個偷師之旅就好啦！哈哈！

真的大開眼界，恭喜！

Andiona

twallace

Wow~~Amazing trip & photos.Congratulations!!

oLDcaR

Very good Trip photo and Report Peter !!

ypakwai

kkoel

Congratulations!!! Great trip, great birds and great photos!!

kmike

A very fine series of pix  P&M - congratulations!

The cuckoo shots are fantastic - first time I've heard of a cuckoo parasitising a ground-nesting species.

Cheers
Mike

kkitty

Amazing trip !!

wleepoin

Thank you everybody.

It was a good trip indeed with good weather/good birds/good mammals/good food/good guide/good companions ...

Cheers
PWMK

yeung_ada

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing!

John Holmes

Peter and Michelle -

Great photos, both birds and scenery !

I think that Fai Gor means that your "Meadow Bunting" is Godlewski's Bunting.

I'm sure this is just a typing slip - "Black-browed Tit" should be "WHITE-browed Tit" which is a tougher bird to find, anyway.

Must have been a great trip.

John

wleepoin

Thank you all !

Hi John, welcome back home.  Thanks very much for the corrections.
As you can see, the High Altitude Syndrome has affected my mind .....  

Cheers
PWMK

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ajohn

I love the first picture of the cuckoo. It looks like the Pipit was fed up with the constant demand for food and trying to strangle the chick! In fact, many of the birds look a bit worn at the end of the breeding season.

With reference to the taxonomy of the Pink-tailed Rosefinch/Bunting, this is really complicated and it seems that it isn't a rosefinch or a bunting, but is in a family of it's own (Urocynchramidae). IOC list the species as Przevalski's Finch.

wleepoin

Thanks John.

We did feel sorry for the Richard's Pipit, the cuckoo kept calling out loud even it was fed many times. Such hard work for a small size parent with XXXLarge chick !!
Most of the birds we saw were rather tatty, it would have been better to visit Qinghai in June/July.

Thanks for the updates of the Przevalski's Finch, very interesting.

Cheers
PWMK

cosmos

張張相都好靚

cchristina

Excellent series of bird photos! So Envy!