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Anmashan 鞍馬山 4/03/07 to 7/03/07

These red berries of the famous Many-seed Idesia 山桐子 (Idesia polycarpa Maxim)at 23.5k attract not only beautiful birds but also local and overseas bird photographers.


When we arrived at Anmashan, only a small quantity of these red berries was left and the no. of bird species present had greatly reduced.


Vivid Niltava and the red berries 黃腹琉璃和山桐子
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Vivid Niltava 黃腹琉璃 - male


Vivid Niltava 黃腹琉璃- female


White-Eared Sibia 白耳畫眉

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White-Eared Sibia 白耳畫眉


Eurasian Siskin 黃雀


Green Pigeon 綠鳩

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The weather was poor during our trip to Anmashan. There was not only continuous rain, most of the time the high altitiude regions were covered by heavy fogs. Visibility was sometimes less than 10 metres.





Formosan Laughing Thrush 金翼白眉

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Red-Headed Tit  紅頭山雀


Brown Bullfinch 褐鷽


Collared Bush Robin 栗背林鴝

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Formosan Barwing  紋翼畫眉


Steer's Liocichla  黃胸藪眉


Formosan Yuhina  冠羽畫眉

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Rufous-Faced Warbler  棕臉鶲鶯

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Taipei 臺北 (Daan Park 大安森林公園 &  Botanical Garden 植物圉) 9/03/07 to 10/03/07

Red Turtle Dove  火斑鳩


Oriental Turtle Dove  山斑鳩


Grey Treepie  樹鵲

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Black-Naped Monarch 黑枕藍鶲, male


Black-Naped Monarch 黑枕藍鶲, female


Muller's Barbet  五色鳥

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Thanks to Hendrix, Kenny, Sammy, Winnie and Mr. Chan Chak Wing.

Thanks to Hendrix again for the useful advice and information about bird photo taking at Anmashan.

It's very nice to meet Mr. Chan, an expert in photography. I hope Mr. Chan will share with us  more of his knowledge and experience in photography.

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Botanical Garden and Yangmingshan National Park are places that I would like to recommend. Yeliou is good in bird migration seasons. Wulai can be good but not in summer.

I will not recommend HuaJiang Waterfowl Nature Park if you are not going to bring a spotting scope there.