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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    As my second long stay in Taiwan nears its end, I made the long trip north to Dasyueshan for the final time, with my main objective being better views of Mikado Pheasant, a bird I'd only seen once before. In this regard it was a spectacularly successful trip, with a nice supporting cast of...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    There has been a rather splendid run of birds lately at Qigu, as I'm sure everyone will agree! Report here: https://domthebirder.com/2016/10/11/purple-patch-at-qigu/ Cheers and happy birding!
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    I finally had the honour of meeting the great Steve M on Saturday, as well as enjoying a Little Stint among legions of the commoner migrant waders, followed by a Dark-sided Flycatcher on Monday...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Lovely birds - very enjoyable to see even if they are "only" classified as escapees at this point! On Tuesday, I made my first visit to Qigu since my return to Taiwan. A baking hot walk out to the sandspit was rewarded with plenty of terns, including several Roseates. There was a Chinese Egret...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Dave, spending the summer indoors sounds like a good idea - I've been doing the same thing - it's been hard to get motivated to go birding in this heat. I did finally make it out today for a spot of wader-watching. Highlights were a Terek Sandpiper, an adult female Greater Painted-Snipe, and a...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    First trip up to Tengjhih last weekend .... it's great to be back! https://domthebirder.com/2016/06/30/taiwan-endemics-at-tengjhih/
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Hi all. I'm back in Taiwan (Kaohsiung) for the next six months, and looking forward to doing plenty of birding once the summer doldrums are over. Dave, Steve, hoping we'll have an opportunity to meet in the field sometime! Cheers Dominic https://domthebirder.com/
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ Thanks Steve. A confusing situation, indeed. "Manchurian" Bush-Warbler it is, then ... for now. I didn't hear the bird call. Still en route to the Gulf of Thailand wader hotspots - Nordmann's Greenshank is my top target there! Cheers and happy birding!
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ That White-browed Crake is about a week too late me! I'm at Taipei Airport, next stop Bangkok and then Pak Thale/Laem Pak Bia for a little wader-watching :-) Not going to be back in Taiwan for the foreseeable future. I was staying with some non-birding friends in Taipei the last couple of...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ Continuing with the Ferruginous Duck theme, I found my own bird yesterday on the outskirts of Kaohsiung. Presumably it's one of the two individuals recently reported from Cheting Marshes. Other notable birds seen yesterday between Kaohsiung and Chiayi included Great Crested Grebe...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ Thanks Steve .... sadly it's a bit too much of an epic ride from Kaohsiung on a scooter, and I've seen a fair few Desert Wheatears before, so I don't think I'll be going for that one! My own weekend was fantastic, even though I didn't spend a great deal of time actually birding. First off...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Excellent find! Now the inevitable question from me .... which one is the Jiu Xue river? ;-)
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Thank you both. I shall be looking for that Great Black-headed Gull on Tuesday morning. And if it's not windy, also hitting up Aogu to try for Red-breasted Flycatcher (very interesting to read that this is the species usually occurring here in winter, and not Taiga Flycatcher). I assume the...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Fascinating blog, Steve - given that we visit many of the same sites along the coast, I'm surprised we haven't bumped into each other yet. In your "woodlot A" (what I refer to as Qigu Coastal Forest in my blog), I've been asked several times by Taiwanese birders if I know you. Seems we may be...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ Yes, south is where it's at! :-) I'm going down to Pingtung County on Saturday, will have a look for the Oriental Stork while I'm there. My recent birding highlight was an adult male Japanese Thrush in the Maolin Valley on January 11th. I've not heard of this species overwintering here, but I...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Does anyone have any details about the Oriental Stork, reported today close to Longluan Lake in Pingtung?
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    A great start to 2015, with lots of good birds at Tengjhih National Forest today including a personal Taiwan first: Asian Stubtail. Taiwan Thrush, Yellow Tit, Rusty Laughingthrush, White-backed Woodpecker, Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler, White-bellied Green Pigeon, a showy male Vivid Niltava...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Now that 2014 is over, I have compiled my year list. I finished the year with 265 bird species seen in Taiwan - not a record-breaking total by any means, but not bad considering my main form of transportation is a scooter, almost all of my birds were self-found, and I didn't visit Matsu or...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Some excellent birding in southern Taiwan at the moment .... Sunday 21st December: A four-hour visit to trails along the approach road to Tengjhih National Forest (altitude up to 1,500m) produced an excellent range of endemics and other mid-mountain species. Highlights included three Taiwan...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ Congrats on the Siberian Crane .... the juvenile is a surprisingly ugly bird, considering how beautiful the adults are! It was a very windy day down south today. A morning visit to Cheting Marshes, on the Kaohsiung/Tainan border, produced many of the usual species, including excellent counts...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    With Typhoon Hagupit putting an end to my planned Philippines mini-break, I decided to stay in Taiwan and mop up one or two of the few remaining Taiwan specialities I still needed to see. The highlight was finally getting Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler safely onto my list - my final Taiwanese...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ That Slaty-legged Crake is beautiful .... not a bird one has the chance to see very often in Taiwan, let alone photograph! Winter has suddenly arrived in southern Taiwan. It was decidedly cold and overcast today during an extended visit to Cheting Marshes, on the Kaohsiung/Tainan border, plus...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ An adult drake Baer's Pochard spent a few weeks on my "local patch" in Korea in winter 2010/11. I remember thinking at the time that it might be the first and last Baer's Pochard I'll ever see, considering their catastrophic decline in numbers. Let's hope I can prove myself wrong by finding...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    A great day on the southwest coast today, with 74 species seen. The highlight was three Black-necked Grebes - two at Budai and one at Aogu - seemingly quite an influx of this very rare winter visitor. Other excellent birds today included nine Gadwall and a Purple Heron at Aogu, and still 21...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    ^ No worries, Paul. Enjoy Okinawa! The outstanding highlight of Tuesday's visit to various wetlands along the west coast (Cheting, Qigu, Budai and Aogu) was an adult Heuglin's Gull - my first lifer in Taiwan since Slaty-legged Crake back in August. 70 species were seen in total during the day...
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