Red River Island / 03-12-2010

Hi all,

This week, I focused on the small forest of the Red River Island. I tried to shoot Manchurian Bush Warbler(s), but it's almost "mission impossible".

Apart this skulker, I saw :

- 1 strange White-rumped Shama male with a short white-edged tail, which make me VERY confused, you can imagine. Very secretive bird, I had to build a blind to get a decent pic. Well, I think it's this species, what else could it be ?!
- some Dusky, 1 Radde's, 1 presumed Two-barred, some Yellow-browed, 1 Pallas's Leaf (photo below) Warblers

- 2 Grey-headed Canary Flycatchers
- 1 Siberian Rubythroat male

- 1 Seicercus Warbler

- 2 Red-billed Leiothrix

- 2 Black-shouldered Kites

- 1 Accipiter sp

- and 1 stunning female Barred Buttonquail on the way back, crossing quietly the trail and a cabbage field

I wish all of you good birding !

Sebastien

Red River Island - 03-10-2010

Richard and me, Florian, tried to find the Citrine Wagtails. We didn't find them. What we saw:
Barred Buttonquail 10+
Grey-headed Lapwing 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Oriental Honey Buzzard 1
Black-naped Oriole 1
White Wagtail 30+
Little Ringed Plover 20+
Green Sandpiper 1
Common Kingfisher 2
Black-headed Kingfisher 1
Pied Kingfisher 2
Hoopoe 1
Stonechat 3
Black Drongo 10+
Black-collared Starling 2
White-crested Laughingthrush 3+

Red River Island

2 Barred Buttonquails, 1 Wryneck, 3 Grey-headed Lapwings, 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, several Common ringed Plovers (edit: probably Little RP), Olive-backed and probably Paddyfield Pipits, lots of Brown Shrikes, 1 Stonechat, Common, Pied and Black-capped Kingfishers, some Yellow Wagtails, 2 Black-shouldered Kites, 2 Plaintive Cuckoos, 2 Lesser Coucals, 2 Snipes sp, several Phylloscopus Warblers, seen by Christian and Florian