Red River Island, Saturday 30 April

A couple of hours in the treed area of the island this morning produced the following birds (and several birds I could not identify such as a fantail –like bird with a bluish head and something like a rufous winged philentoma, but without the whitish belly. I guess that’s why we keep coming back.

• Bulbul-Black (ssp stresemani)



• Cuckooshrike-Black winged



• Drongo-Ashy



• Drongo-Black



• Flycatcher-Asian paradise



• Flycatcher-Hainan blue



• Kite-Black shouldered



• Shrike-Brown

Wayne

Red River Island - 28th April

Hi all,

Short stroll at noon (in the woodland). Good diversity of migrants including :

- 2 Yellow-rumped Flycatchers
- 1 Hainan Blue Flycatcher
- 1 Taiga Flycatcher
- 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
- 1 Black-naped Monarch
- 2 White-throated Rock Thrushes (male & female)
- some Brown and Eastern-crowned Warblers
- 1 Siberian Blue Robin
- 10-15 Black Drongos + some Spangled & Ashy Drongos along the woodland edge

The 2 White-throated Rock Thrushes perched low inside dense vegetation or in the middle storey, dropping to the floor to catch small invertebrate prey. Inconspicuous but fairly tame.

Sebastien

Chestnut Bunting Botanical Garden 25/4

Some good birds during a short lunch time stroll:

Between the lake and the street in the east of the garden:

- Chestnut Bunting (male, not yet breeding plumage)
- Eyebrowed Thrush

Toilet corner:

- White-throated Rock-thrush
- Burmese Shrike

Cheers,

Stephan

Purple Cochoa, Tam Dao Bear Centre, 27-4-11

Hi all,

A Purple Cochoa was heard calling around the bear centre several times today - unfortunately I couldn't find it, yet...
Let's see what happens tomorrow.

Cheers,
Falk

White-eared Night Heron, Ba Be NP, 23/04/11

Hi all,

A successful trip to Ba Be on the weekend produced the hoped-for adult White-eared Night Heron.
However, no Eared Pittas were recorded.
Quite a few Limestone Leaf Warblers put in an appearance, and a possible Collared Treepie was heard but in the end eluded us. A big flock of Black Bulbuls (both, leucothorax and stresemanni) and a few alboides White Wagtails were seen.
Not much else was around on a very tiring trip.

Cheers,
Simon + Falk

Red River Island - 24th April

Hi all,

Photo stroll at the woodland of the Red River Island. Spotted some nice birds including 1 tame White-throated Rock Thrush male, a small flock of 4-5 Chestnut Buntings with 1 stunning adult male, 2 Spangled Drongos, 4 Asian Paradise-Flycatchers...

Sebastien