Paux

29 & 30 Sept 2014
Guantouling at Beihai, Guangxi 廣西北海冠頭嶺
In the past 2 years, I visited Beihai in mid & end Oct respectively; large flocks of raptors mainly Crested Honey Buzzard could be seen passing through Guantouling. This time my visit was probably too early & most raptors did not arrive yet. Therefore the spectacular scene of large flock of raptors circling in tbe sky was missing.

Crested Honey Buzzard 鳳頭蜂鷹

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Crested Serpent Eagle 蛇鵰

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Grey-faced Buzzard 灰臉鵟鷹

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Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂

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Chinese Goshawk 赤腹鷹

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Common Kestrel 紅隼

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Other than raptors, many other migrating birds also passed through Beihai.
Black-naped Oriole 黑枕黃鸝
In the late afternoon, they started to look for roosting point.

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Blue-throated Bee-eater 藍喉蜂虎

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Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎

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Black Drongo 黑卷尾

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Ashy Woodswallow  灰燕鵙

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End. Thanks for viewing.

Paux

Jonathan,

Thank you for your comments.
To be exact, the place where I visited at Beihai was Guantouling National Forest Park, you should be able to google it. In case you don't have access to google, here is a capture of the screen :

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2/11/2014 00:08

Paul

Paux

Thanks Jonathan for the info. I've considered this island before but found that it was rarely visited by local birders. And it's a hot spot for young tourists so I gave up eventually.