Paux

Mid Dec. 2014
This year we were very lucky the weather at Poyang Lake was generally fine during our 4-day stay which was quite rare there. In the morning there might be small rain or fog, yet it's sunny in the afternoon. We were also surprised to see 5 nos. of Finless Porpoise swimming in Gan River when we took a boat to another side of the river.
Shining white on the lake - Siberian Cranes 白鶴 & Tundra Swans 小天鵝

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Siberian Cranes 白鶴

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Tundra Swans 小天鵝

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Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺

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Oriental Stork 東方白鸛

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Home coming at dusk

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Paux

You're welcome, John.
Yes, Poyang Lake is always a great place for watching cranes & geese; the scenes there would always be different from the previous visits.

Poor Tundra Swans & Siberian Cranes being driven away 3 times a day by the fish-farmers who leased the lake from the local govt.

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Star of Poyang Lake - Siberian Crane

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A family

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A White-naped Crane family 白枕鶴

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Hooded Crane 白頭鶴

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Oriental Stork 東方白鸛 - they always like to circle in the sky

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Greylag Goose 灰雁 - we're surprised we only managed to find these 5 nos. in our 4-day stay

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Paux

Hooded Crane 白頭鶴
Colour of the one on the bottom left appeared much lighter than the others, probably a juvenile.

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Common Crane 灰鶴

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Tundra Swan 小天鵝

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Greater White-fronted Goose 白額雁

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Tundra Bean Goose 凍原豆雁 (foreground)

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Swan Goose 鴻雁

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Oriental Skylark 小雲雀

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Brown Crake 紅腳苦惡鳥

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Black-faced Bunting 灰頭鵐

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Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟咀雀

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End. Thanks for viewing.