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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    An update on the feeder project here in Panjin. Yesterday we had the pair of O. Magpie back. One was eating the cracked corn we put out and sampling the peanut butter while the other stole some of the neighbor's dog's food and carried it over to our feeder. It had a piece of meat or maybe...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Mike, The Ural Owl was from early on in my birding, but I feel more certain of the ID now, with more spotting experience, than I did then. I was investigating what the O. Magpie were so loudly upset about and had walked back into a wooded area. Not seeing anything except really pissed off...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    I got enough of a look that I am fairly confident in ruling out Eagle Owl or Long-eared due to the neck/head shape and their being no discernible "ear" tufts. Ural seems most likely from the coloration of the undersides and that I have recorded one here maybe six or seven years ago. But, on...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Since I can't get out to do the migration exploration that I am aching to be doing right now, a few little gems from out the backdoor. Our long term experimenting with a feeder are continuing to slowly improve and at least provide a little bit of distraction while stuck at home. After trying...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Mike, The sawbills were all binocular aided visual IDs as I was primarily focused on the big flocks and on the Cranes and they were just flying back and forth in the foreground. I found a few poor quality accidental captures of the Common Merganser (I still automatically log them as...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    March 9, 2022 Based on local birders reporting that the migration suddenly took hold with large numbers of waterfowl being seen, I managed a quick trip to Gedalou Reservoir and it payed off big. One of my wife's friends, who lives near Gedalou, had called early that morning to tip me off to...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    A long absence for me, but I made some outings between snowfalls during the last few days. Unfortunately, the continued destruction of the birding grounds near to home has continued. Looks like no local undisturbed wetlands for this year. Fill dirt now being hauled in to the last patch to the...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Sorry for the long absence. November I was occupied with family so much that I didn't get out much and December has been pretty unproductive. Unfortunately, a hike this week revealed that another of my favorite local haunts is now under heavy development. However, one good thing to report...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Tom, Indeed the Liaohekou is noted for Red-Crowned Crane, in an area just north-east of this one. However, I've still not managed to catch them. As it turns out. unknown to me at the time we did have a contact for getting in touch with the Director of the Reserve (or whatever the...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Sometimes ignorance pays off. On October 12th the weather and tide charts being promising, I decided to undertake a trip to a previously unscouted but highly promising location. At it's southern most extent the Liaohekou Nature Reserve reaches the very northern most shore of the Liaodong Bay...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    On October 8th I decided to make another try at Gedalou Reservoir as it is normally productive during migration. This time I tried starting at the rice fields which had been so interesting on my last trip. However, this time there was no activity at all, except for the rice paddies swarming...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Just to mention a couple of interesting visits to Gedalou Reservoir. On September 23rd and October 8th, 2021. The trip on the 23rd was a lot of walking for little return with the lake itself being empty of anything except for numerous Barn Swallow passing over, as their migration is heavily...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    August & September 2021 August was mostly spending time trying to ID disheveled looking juvenile birds and confusing birds in molt. Tailless Magpies or forked tail looking Chinese Bulbul for instance. Also the loss of about one-third of the remaining local marsh to development has changed...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    June, 2021 Summer is the rainy season and this year in spades! The latter half of June through until now have been averaging about five days a week with at least intermittent showers and often outright downpours. Between that and other obligations I have not had a lot interesting enough to...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 29, 2021 My wife was eager to check on the Chinese Penduline-Tit again, so off we went. My new birder promptly started to show me up as she spotted the first three species of the day with Chinese Bulbul, Brown Shrike and Spotted Dove. :oops:(y) The nest looks to be finished now and one CPT...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Try, try again May 28 OK, I'll try a quick overview of the most interesting highlights of the last week after failing the attempt several times. I returned from an out on the 28th and popped the flashcard into the reader to download the photos only to have Mac Photos fail to even detect the...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Glad to hear from you Gretchen! A second pair of binoculars is definitely in order.
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 24 It rained heavily yesterday and though the marsh has even more water, I found nothing particularly interesting. However the trip was my wife's idea as she wanted me to get some pictures of the Chinese Penduline Tit. Maybe the birth of a new birder as she was still keeping the binoculars...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 19 & 22, 2021 Tried again this time convincing my wife that we weren't going to drop dead if we went out for some exercise. Unfortunately, the Flycatchers had moved on with the wind shifting back to a prevailing southerly. Only a few notables with 30 or so Azure-Winged Magpie that found...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 18, 2021 A slower week than I would have liked due to both rain and warnings to avoid groups of people. Since we live directly across the street from two government run schools and two private schools next to them, that pretty much applies. Apparently an abundance of over caution as it...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hey Gretchen, I hope your getting settled into your new surroundings OK. I'm checked your account as a follow and am awaiting further news from you.
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Hi Tom, I have come to the conclusion that the private/government consortium model for protecting key environmental locations is overall the best thing for China. Without a relatively expensive fee wall and strict controls over what areas can be accessed, anything that is truly nice will...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 11, 2021 - DingXiang Bird Paradise rookery The nicest day of the year so far, so my wife managed to ascertain that the DingXiang "Bird Paradise" rookery was finally reopened. Therefore we decided to cough up the 200 RMB to get a car and pay the 100 RMB each entry fee to check out what...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    May 1, 2021 Clear blue skies and mild temps can't be wasted :) so even though it was May Day and crowds were guaranteed, we took a taxi up to the island city park where the Panjin zoo is located. There were a lot of people there, but it wasn't as crowded as I had anticipated. Immediately...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    April 28, 2021 I decided to do some birding along the irrigation canals locally where Panjin encourages people to exercise with minimally maintained garden strips and paved walkways along the banks. It is only a little more than a kilometer from home and often produces some interesting finds...
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