subbuteo

2/2/11 3.30pm

I called in at Bride's Pool this afternoon to see the Rufous-Gorgeted Flycatcher.  It was easily seen at the carpark, feeding along the trees to the left of the entrance to the BBQ site.  It perched openly on some upright brown pipes.  Stunning!

I took a walk through the trail at Bride's Pool and saw a single Mountain Bulbul, 3 Daurian Redstart, a Red-flanked Bluetail and several Grey-backed Thrushes.  Back at the car park there was a party of at least 10 Striated Yuhinas feeding in pines.

At Chung Mei there was one male Plumbeous Redstartand a probable White's Thrush (seen at long range).

At Shan Liu there was a male Grey Bushchat in the fenced off area at the very top of the track.

An unexpectedly productive couple of hours!

Dylan

[ Last edited by subbuteo at 2/02/2011 20:51 ]

subbuteo

You're killing me!  I watched several flocks of White-eyes yesterday and I STILL haven't seen a Chestnut-flanked White-eye.  This seems to have been a good winter for them so there is hope yet.  Were these down at Chung Mei itself?

Thanks,

Dylan