Had to leave at 5am in order
to reach the top of the mountain and another crack at Parrotbills, which had so
far proved relatively elusive. We made good time up the bumpy forest road and
after a quick picnic breakfast started walking towards the pass. We hadn’t gone
far when a Great Parrotbill started
calling but didn’t respond to the tape, but then another one started calling
behind us and this time we had views, albeit rather poor, as it scaled a tall
tree.
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| Spotted Bush-warbler |
Moving on we managed to reach the pass just after 9am and then staked out
the marshy area where the Spotted Bush-warbler again showed very well and
the Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
still refused to show. We heard the Plain-backed
Thrush singing in the distance but it was too far away to see – this bird
may be split in the future.
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| Brown Parrotbill |
Eventually after all our
hard work we got our just rewards when a Brown Parrotbill came in for close views, followed
amazingly by a pair of Great Parrotbills. However Grey-hooded Parrotbill remained elusive and we had to give up and
walk back to the coach. On the way down we had our first Chestnut Thrush, another Chestnut-headed
Tesia and Alan saw a White-bellied
Redstart.
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| Great Parrotbill |
Other birds seen this
morning included Stripe-throated Yuhina & Red-winged Laughingthrush…
But now it was time to head
to pastures new and our journey to the next hotel was punctuated by….. a
puncture! During this frustrating period we occupied our time with some birding
and had Ashy-throated Parrotbill, White-browed Laughingthrush, Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Russet Sparrow & Blue Whistling-thrush.
Once the tyre had been
changed we drove to the nearby town and saw Asian House Martin and a pair of close Plumbeous Water-redstarts.
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