Finally some time to report back. I spent last week (7 - 11 March) with my G11 Biology students, staying at V-Resort, in Hòa Bình. Several time, I managed to steal an hour away, to go to a Vietnamese Eco-park (yep, complete with the obligatory concrete animals in the forest etc.). This place, (called Cửu Thác- Tú Sơn) is in a small side-valley, about 5km from V-Reort. It still has a reasonable amount of diverse forest up a small stream, with a concrete track going up steeply for about 5km. I never got more than 1km up the river, and am keen to go back. I saw the following:
- Bulbul – Puff throated
- Bulbul – red whiskered
- Flycatcher – Asian paradise (male – woo hoo, what a tail)
- Flycatcher – Verditer
- Forktail – Spotted
- Minla – Blue winged
- Myna – While vented
- Redstart – Plumbeous
- Redstart – White-capped water
- Shrike – Grey backed
- Shrike – Long tailed
- Wagtail – Grey
- Yuhina – Whiskered
Wayne
woo woo... what a nice shot !!
ReplyDeleteHi Wayne,
ReplyDeleteNice birds you saw there - sounds interesting! I guess this place is somewhere in the mountains, given some of the species. What elevation is it?
I'm not sure if you saw Red-vented Bulbul - that would be very unusual (or an escapee, also not very likely).
Grey-headed Shrike - do you mean Grey-backed?
Nothing new in Tam Dao where it's pissing down for 3 days in a row...
Cheers,
Falk
Hi Falk
ReplyDeleteYep, you got me on two counts. Birds should have been Grey-backed Shrike and Red-whiskered Bulbul. I hang my head in shame. Fixed on the post now
Th elevation of the bottom of this place is, I guess 700-800m above the valley floor, but the bush does appear to go up a long way - they said it was a 12 hour walk to the top and back, and that it was 5-6 km to the top, so I dont know (yet). Will get up there one day...
Cheers,
Wayne
I searched a little bit on vietnamese web sites.
ReplyDeleteCửu Thác- Tú Sơn is a tourist site, many informations, including this one : summit at an altitude of 1.300m. Not bad...
Cheers,
Sebastien