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Author: Paux Time: 30/10/2014 18:40 Subject: Raptors in autumn migration (3)

29 & 30 Sept 2014
Guantouling at Beihai, Guangxi 廣西北海冠頭嶺
In the past 2 years, I visited Beihai in mid & end Oct respectively; large flocks of raptors mainly Crested Honey Buzzard could be seen passing through Guantouling. This time my visit was probably too early & most raptors did not arrive yet. Therefore the spectacular scene of large flock of raptors circling in tbe sky was missing.

Crested Honey Buzzard 鳳頭蜂鷹

Crested Serpent Eagle 蛇鵰

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Author: Paux Time: 30/10/2014 18:59

Grey-faced Buzzard 灰臉鵟鷹

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Author: Paux Time: 30/10/2014 19:10

Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂

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Author: Paux Time: 30/10/2014 19:15

Chinese Goshawk 赤腹鷹

Common Kestrel 紅隼

(to be cont'd)

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Author: Paux Time: 31/10/2014 20:04

Other than raptors, many other migrating birds also passed through Beihai.
Black-naped Oriole 黑枕黃鸝
In the late afternoon, they started to look for roosting point.

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Author: Paux Time: 31/10/2014 20:11

Blue-throated Bee-eater 藍喉蜂虎

Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎

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Author: Paux Time: 31/10/2014 20:15

Black Drongo 黑卷尾

Ashy Woodswallow 灰燕鵙

End. Thanks for viewing.

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Author: Jonathmartinez Time: 1/11/2014 12:15

Hi Paux,

the Woodswallow are White-throated Needletail.

All the best,

Jonathan

Author: Jonathmartinez Time: 1/11/2014 22:07

also the second and third pics labelled Grey-faced Buzzard looks like Besra to me, and the first pic labelled Eastern Marsh Harrier is also showing a Pied Harrier on the background.

May I ask you where is Guantouling located, I failed to find it on a map near Beihai.

Thanks

Jonathan

Author: Paux Time: 2/11/2014 00:08

Jonathan,

Thank you for your comments.
To be exact, the place where I visited at Beihai was Guantouling National Forest Park, you should be able to google it. In case you don't have access to google, here is a capture of the screen :

Paul

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Author: Jonathmartinez Time: 2/11/2014 11:11

thanks Paux, just in case I'm around someday. I encourage you to vist the Weizhou island during migration, also a great place to enjoy migration. About one hour by boat from Beihai and lot of accomodations there and bicycle for rent...

Author: Paux Time: 2/11/2014 21:23

Thanks Jonathan for the info. I've considered this island before but found that it was rarely visited by local birders. And it's a hot spot for young tourists so I gave up eventually.

Author: Jonathmartinez Time: 2/11/2014 22:24

frankly to have been to Beihai and Weizhou island, I would definitly choose the island, of course I guess it is better to avoid the peak toursim time like national hollyday...but it is a great site with lot of good habitat and lots of birds during migration. Very few car on the island and very enjoyable to do birding using bicycle:-)

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