A misty and drizzly start to the day so us arrive
at our prearranged spot just before daybreak and you really cannot complain
with a Pere David’s Owl staring
balefully down at you as your first bird of the day. What an incredible bird
and we were treated to prolonged views of it calling from the treetops before
we walked on in search of other birds. As if to escort us off its premises this
majestic bird followed us for several hundred metres before we were sufficiently
far enough away from its territory.
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| Pere David's Owl |
I’m sure those deep hoots resonating around
the forest will live long in our memories from this fantastic trip. We tried a
few other spots around the forest and it was very pleasing that Viv managed to
secure decent looks at Chinese Grouse.
And there were also Blue Eared-Peasants,
Blood Pheasants, Rufous-breasted Accentors and other
previously seen species here. We then returned to the hotel to collect our
luggage and set off on the 7 hour drive to Tangjiahe, seeing Black-capped Kingfisher and a pair of Collared Crows along the way.
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| Collared Crow |
Our drive into Tangjiahe was truly spectacular with
immense tall mountains, deep-sided river valley and freshly green broadleaf
forests leading us into the narrow road that took us to a great hotel. Such a
surprise to reach a really good hotel at the end of a long journey. We’d nailed
Brown Dipper, Golden Takin and Reeve’s
Muntjac on the way in, and it was a shame the singing Alstrom’s Warbler didn’t show itself. After another delicious dinner
a couple of us went spotlighting and we had a Masked Palm Civet cross the road in front of us.
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