Snow, ice, movements and deaths?
Taken a while, but at last getting reports of thrushes, red-tailed robins, bluetails, rubythroats in good numbers, esp Pak Sha O, and Shing Mun.
But still doesn't seem massive influx, given the scale of the ice and snow storms, and the length of this cold spell, which seems to have brought the Arctic to south-central China.
Also, here on Cheung Chau, seems birds such as yellow-browed warbler have moved out (or died).
Seen birds such as common tailorbird foraging on ground, down to very close range: getting pretty desperate I think.
Images from China showing thick ice on foliage; SCM Post yesterday had report re 90 percent of China's forests being damaged in hardest hit areas.
So, surely many birds had to flee the impacted areas, or die. Perhaps many went southwest, helped by northeasterlies.
As to those that stayed, even residents: I wonder if tried moving lower down hills, and important that lowlands mostly deforested, so places birds might seek refuge during such winters are no longer useful to them.
Added to which: read of even food becoming scarce in some places, so maybe rural people turned to wildlife more than normal?
Just guessing, here; but surely a dire situation. [perhaps there's already a fair amount of info on the snowstorms and birdlife in China: if so, hopefully someone can post a little here]
Also guessing: if some birds have moved from normal areas, perhaps will mean some oddities to occur here in spring? (Po Toi even busier than usual!?)