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  1. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    You helped me in April & May. Here's the result. Back in April and May, some of you who regularly use "Sichuan Birding" gave me tips on what was then my forthcoming trip to Sichuan. My partners and I did the trip in June, and now I finally have a report. To read it, go to the Index of Craig's...
  2. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    They're savvy because they have an economic incentive to be. The key is to offer an economic incentive to preserve birds rather than trap them. I've seen few glimmers of hope in China in this regard. The closest may have been at Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, where a system of blinds has been set...
  3. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    That's the plan in Muli. Thanks, Alan, and congrats on that quail-dove.
  4. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Will do.
  5. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Thanks, James, Sid, and the others who've written in. The expedition begins Saturday. Why Sichuan? Why go to Muli? Let me explain. As many of you know, I'm putting together a photographic field guide to the birds of China. It's amazing the extent to which a book about the birds of China is a...
  6. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Every time someone sends me a possibility for Muli, I'm a bit more fired up about getting there. So please, help me fill out the target list. What other birds would you be on the lookout for if you were doing Muli? Also, Muli County is large; when we're talking about "in Muli," what are we...
  7. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Sure enough, road construction is going on between Xichang and Duli. I called the bus station. Not quite following the thing about He Fen Qi, Wilkinson, and Dowell. They had not visited Muli, but heard silver oriole--if not in Muli, then where? And if He Fen Qi and company weren't in Muli, then...
  8. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Thanks for this, James. I haven't met Hutchinson, Dowell, and Wilkinson. You're welcome to give them my e-mail address and phone number, which I'll send you shortly in a private message. I've been getting good info from other birders, but I still don't know whether the S216 has been completed...
  9. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Actually, my interest in Muli is in its apparent status as an under-birded area, and not because it may be the last redoubt of Garrulax bieti. In this, I'm paralleling Brian Ivon Jones's recent "discovery" of the Dulong River in Yunnan and the Mohe area in Heilongjiang. Brian's main goal isn't...
  10. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Wherever my team goes, Sid, we'll tread no less carefully than you do. As for the downgrading of nature reserves to tourist development zones: Chinese today seem incapable of looking at a place such as Wawu and saying, "Leave it as it is. You cannot improve it." We are to stand in awe not of...
  11. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    We're thinking that Mùlǐ (木里), the large county on the border with Yunnan in SW Sichuan, may be highly birdable. There's scant info out there on birding in the area, but we think that the reason for this is its remoteness and not its lack of habitat. If anyone can share info with me, I'll be...
  12. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Thanks, James. Your words are in line with what my people are thinking: a combination of the huge size of Sichuan, the high amount of habitats to choose from, and force of habit leading to many potential sites remaining unexplored. It's a risk to explore new areas, but as I'm sure Sid, Roland...
  13. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    When Americans started respecting nature for its own sake--for example, when Yellowstone in 1872 became the first national park in the world, or when Teddy Roosevelt looked at the Grand Canyon and said, "Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. . . . You cannot improve on...
  14. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    The Chinese quasi-adversarial relationship with nature grates on me too, Jeff. I visited Daocheng, Sichuan in 2011 and was amazed. The route between Litang and Daocheng is bristling with good bird habitat. I'm however finding little info on the area--certainly not as much as is available about...
  15. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Am considering making Longcanggou a stop on my Sichuan itinerary this year but read in Pane 848 that the road construction could be soon beginning. Anyone have concrete info on when construction is going to start? When construction starts, will birders still be able to use the area?
  16. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    You ought to see Florida, where in addition to hunters we have rattlesnakes as thick as your arm, a few species of poisonous spider, and of course 'gators. Pingwu looks good. Need slaty bunting. Thanks for the info.
  17. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    I hear you. These guys aren't drug runners. But accidents can happen; people can do things on the spur of the moment that are totally out of character and that they'll regret later. I had a poacher aim a slingshot at me in Tengchong. (He didn't fire.)
  18. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Roland, this passage took my breath away. I've read it numerous times with a mixture of horror and fascination. Two things stand out. First, your analysis. An unmarked, expensive car, armed men, all pointing to government officials. Sounds about right. Second, your remark that "sadly," you...
  19. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    Great autumn trip, Sid; hope you weren't too cold at 4500 m watching those grandalas. On the other hand, the view must have been totally worth every shiver. A distressing report on the deer enclosure at Labahe. Regarding the "development" of Wawu and now the goings-on at Labahe, my first...
  20. thrush

    Sichuan Birding

    I just posted the message below to the Wolong thread. I thought I'd repost it here to get wider coverage. Is Wolong going to be accessible when I touch down in Sichuan later this month? How's the birding about now? How's the weather? I'm heading to Wolong and was wondering whether you or anyone...
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