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Subject: [China] Hunan news, Dong Ting Lake and Yueyang vinicity [Print This Page]

Author: Jonathmartinez Time: 25/04/2010 21:39 Subject: Hunan news, Dong Ting Lake and Yueyang vinicity

4 Days birding in Dong Ting Lake (i've focus more on passerines and spend most of time in marshes and willow tree plantation than open water) and in some rural zone near Yueyang, weather's condition rather unstable, 1 sunny day with a nice south wind that bring a lot of new birds after few days raining, and now turn again to rain.

most interesting bird summaryzed as below :

eastern marsh harrier : max count 5
grey lapwing :1
dusky warbler : 1 - 2 daily bird
pallas's leaf warbler : maximum 10
yellow-browed warbler : everywhere, max over 100 on 23 (attached pic)
eastern crowned warbler : max 3 on 22 and 23
red-flanked blue tail : 2 last migrant
Grey headed canary flycatcher : 3 on 22
striated prinia : 2 breeders
yellow-rumped flycatcher : at least 7 singer (breed there)
asian brown flycatcher : 1 on 22
yellow-browed bunting : all male in breeding plumage 3 on 22 and 3 on 24
amur falcon : 1 on 24 and 7 on 25 (male on attached pic)
brown shrike : 1 lusionensis and 1 confusus on 24 and 25
asian stubtail : 1 on 24 and other 1 on 25
mandchurian bush warbler : 2 singers on 24 (breed there)
Radde's warbler : 3 on 24 and 2 on 25
siberian rubythroat : 1 male on 24 and 25
rufous-tailed robin :1 on 24 and 25 (attached pic)
olive-backed pipit : everywhere in small group of 3-4 bird
brambling : 6 on 24
tristram's bunting : max 10 on 25
chestnut bunting : 3 on 24
black-faced bunting : 15 daily
striated heron : 1 single on 24
purple heron : 34 on V formation flying to north ( seen in north of Yueyang)
black drongo : 1 on 24 and 4 on 25
oriental reed warbler : 1 on 24
daurian starling : 1 on 24
siberian stonechat : group of 5-6 in every suitable habitat, near 40 daily
japanese white eye : 2 group of 25-30 birds
white wagtail : 1 male "ocularis"
richard pipit : 2 on 24
chinese grosbeak : many group of 15-20 birds
chestnut-eared bunting : 1 on 24
little bunting : 1 single on 24
eastern cattle egret : 1 group of 55 on 25
chinese pond heron : 1 group of 45 on 24
asian stubtail : 1 on 24 and 1 on 25
seicercus wrabler probable Bianchi's : 1 on 25
white thrush : 6 on 25
eyebrowed thrush : 3 on 24, 1 on 25
white-throated rock thrush : 1 female on 25 (attached pic)
taiga flycatcher : 2 on 25
chinese bulbul : many group of 50 to 100 birds on 24 and 25

and a few other skulkers or really too shy birds that haven't gave me the chance to put a name on it, this kind of birds that just show you the features to make you understand that you miss something good.... grrrrr!

Next post on next full rainy day:-)

Jonathan

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