Baihualing Bird Feeders Frenzy!

We left Pianma and headed back up to the pass, where we saw Himalayan Buzzard, Chinese Babax and Sharpe’s Rosefinch. We did scan again for Sclater's Monal but the chances of seeing this are really slim. Lower down we had a flock of Black-browed Bushtits and Mrs Gould’s Sunbird before setting out on the drive to Baihualing, seeing Nepal House Martin, Pied Bushchat and Indian Roller along the way.

So here we are at one of the undiscovered gems of Asia. On this mountain there are 25 active feeding stations/photo blinds enticing a veritable feast of avian gems in to feed. And there are some really cool birds that are really hard to locate in the forest. So After lunch at the hotel we headed up the hill to a hide that was just off the main track where we saw 30 species coming down to feed. 

Here’s a list of birds at this feeding station:

2 Rufous-throated Partridges

Flavescent Bulbul

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Buff-barred Warbler

Ashy-throated Warbler

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler

Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler

Golden Babbler

Rusty-capped Babbler

Yunnan Fulvetta

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler

Rusty-capped Fulvetta

Red-tailed Laughingthrush

Scaly Laughingthrush

Blue-winged Laughingthrush

Assam Laughingthrush

Scarlet-faced Liocichla

Red-tailed Laughingthrush

Blue-winged Laughingthrush

Scaly Laughingthrush

Assam Laughingthrush

Rusty-fronted Barwing

Red-billed Leiothrix

Black-headed Sibia

Whiskered Yuhina

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

Large Niltava

Hill Blue Flycatcher

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Black-breasted Thrush

White-browed Shortwing

Himalayan Bluetail

Golden Bush Robin

Blue Whistling-Thrush

Black-breasted Thrush

Himalayan Bluetail

Golden Bush Robin

Himalayan (White-browed) Shortwing

It was an amazing experience to see a really good selection of quality birds at close range and to get the opportunity to photograph them. I haven't experienced anything of the scale of this before. Bring on tomorrow.....