We returned to Baxi forest
early this morning, but hopes weren’t high as there was a steady drizzle with
some mist that kept on rising from the valley below. So upon arrival we had a
coffee and the rain eased so we staked out the usual spot for about 20 minutes
before Simon spotted a Blue Eared-Pheasant feeding further down the
valley and upon further investigation thee was a pair present. They were
feeding totally unconcerned in an open area and everyone had great views of
this beautiful bird. Can’t tell you what a relief this was!
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| Blue Eared-Pheasants |
So after breakfast we drove
lower and walked along the road and into the forest, seeing a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers before a Chinese Nuthatch
was found. This little beauty came quite low to check us out and we were able
to watch it for a good 20 minutes.
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| Chinese Nuthatch |
We meandered around the forest for a while,
seeing several White-browed Rosefinches, Slaty-backed Flycatcher,
Yellow-streaked Warbler, Godlewski’s Bunting and other previously seen species.
So we drove back up the road and some of us walked around the hillside and scrub
covered valleys for any sign of a partridge, but without much luck. But there
was a pair of Eurasian Wrynecks, Streaked and Pink-rumped Rosefinches and
White-browed Tit present.
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| Grey-headed Bullfinches |
So leaving here we drove towards our next hotel,
stopping for a picnic lunch on the plateau. Here we had a small flock of Twite,
Ground-Tit, and White-rumped Snowfinch before heading off.
Our last stop before
reaching Chuanzhusi was to locate Siberian Rubythroat, which we did in spectacular
fashion and had much closer views than usual.
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