Paux

Late Sept.2014
Laotieshan, Lushun 旅順老鐵山

On the 1st day of our arrival which was a cloudy day, the most spectacular scene there was the large number of Crested Honey Buzzards 鳳頭蜂鷹   hoovering in the sky. There were several waves in the afternoon with more than a hundred CHB in each wave. We reckoned there were about 1,500 CHB flew over the mountain in the afternoon. On the next 2 sunny days, the raptors were seen much higher in the sky.

Northern Goshawk 蒼鷹

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Japanese Sparrowhawk 日本松雀鷹

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk 雀鷹

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Eurasian Hobby 燕隼

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Amur Falcon 阿穆爾隼

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Paux

Paul, thank you for your correction.

Part of the flock of Crested Honey Buzzards 鳳頭蜂鷹 in the sky.

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With variable plumage :

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Other than raptors, there were also many bird species passing through Laotieshan.
Yellow-bellied Tit 黃腹山雀

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Chestnut-flanked White-eye 紅脇繡眼鳥

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Black-naped Oriole 黑枕黃鸝

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Ashy Minivet 灰山椒鳥

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Paux

AjaA, thank you for your comments.
I was misled by the raptor's large open fan tail & its well-developed breast to ID it as Northern Goshawk !
BTW, the raptor in the 4th photo was a different one from the first 3 photos.

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Paux

John, thanks.