Sichuan Report

4-23 June 2024

Tour Leader : Summer Wong (Wang Wenjuan)

Participants: Terrence Joseph Doyle & Kathleen Margaret O’Reilly-Doyle, Thomas James Evans, Horace Price Webb, Susan Elizabeth Webb

Birding spots on this tour: Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Pingwu, Chuanzhusi ( Gonggangling forest ), Ruoergai ( Baxi forest & Flower Lake), Maerkang ( Mengbishan ), Wolong ( Balangshan ), Wawushan, Labahe Nature Reserve, Erlangshan, Longcanggou, Hailuogou, Pingshan

4-23 June 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=photos

Videos of birding scene, hotels, foods , entertainment on the bottom of this page

Mammal list on the bottom of this page

left to right: Terry, Susan, Horace, Tom, Kathy, Summer

got Tawny Fish Owl in Tangjiahe

Look what we got! A sleeping Red Panda!

Gold-fronted Fulvetta © Summer Wong 2024

Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024

Three-banded Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024

Scaly-breasted Cupwing © Summer Wong 2024

Rufous-tailed Babbler © Summer Wong 2024

Spectacled Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024

Grey-hooded Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024

Three-toed Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024

Vinous-throated Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024

Ashy-throated Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher © Summer Wong 2024

Grey-sided Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024

White-rumped Snowfinch © Summer Wong 2024

a pair of Giant Grey Shrikes attacking a Tibetan Fox

Ferruginous Flycatcher © Summer Wong 2024

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher © Summer Wong 2024

Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024

Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024

Elliot’s Laughingthrush © Summer Wong 2024

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024

Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler © Summer Wong 2024

Chinese Bamboo Partridge © Summer Wong 2024

Przevalski’s Finch / Pinktail © Summer Wong 2024

Slaty-backed Flycatcher © Summer Wong 2024

Pink-rumped Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024

Grey-headed Woodpecker © Summer Wong 2024

Chestnut-headed Tesia © Summer Wong 2024

Slaty-blue Flycatcher © Summer Wong 2024

Sharpe’s Rosefinch female © Summer Wong 2024

Lady Amherst’s Pheasant © Summer Wong 2024

We got two male Chinese Monals on the rhododendron slope， there is a telescope for rental on the top, we paid it to look for the monal

There are two male Chinese Monals hidden under the rhododendron trees, can you find them?

in Sichuan Partridge hide with Rockjumper birding group

Scaly-breasted Cupwing just flew cross the trail very quickly near to our feet

local delicacy in Longmen Shan, Pengzhou, deep-fried goose, crispy skin outside, soft and juicy meat inside

Kathy became a star

all the waitresses in the local restaurant were excited to take group photo

a nice dinner in a local restaurant with great view around

a must go wok meal after birding in Erlang Shan

ice cream treat in Maerkang

one of our favorite restaurants on this tour, at Maerkang

watching locals doing public square dance in Maerkang after dinner

having an afternoon tea in the balcony of the boutique hotel in Hailuogou

the lobby of boutique hotel in Hailuogou

Terry, Kathy and I went out for hot springs/ponds in the night, very good way to relax after a whole day birding in Hailuogou, that fancy place has many different kinds of hot ponds with different temperature and other facilities, our favorites are sauna, water massage, and hot stone bed to relax the whole body.