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[China] Raptors in autumn migration (2)

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1^# A A A Post at 6/10/2014 21:49 Show all

Raptors in autumn migration (2)

Late Sept.2014
Laotieshan, Lushun 旅順老鐵山

On the 1st day of our arrival which was a cloudy day, the most spectacular scene there was the large number of Crested Honey Buzzards 鳳頭蜂鷹 hoovering in the sky. There were several waves in the afternoon with more than a hundred CHB in each wave. We reckoned there were about 1,500 CHB flew over the mountain in the afternoon. On the next 2 sunny days, the raptors were seen much higher in the sky.

Northern Goshawk 蒼鷹

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2^# A A A Post at 6/10/2014 21:54 Show all

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3^# A A A Post at 6/10/2014 22:05 Show all

Japanese Sparrowhawk 日本松雀鷹

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4^# A A A Post at 6/10/2014 22:28 Show all

Eurasian Sparrowhawk 雀鷹

Eurasian Hobby 燕隼

Amur Falcon 阿穆爾隼

(to be cont'd)

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5^# A A A Post at 8/10/2014 21:09 Show all

Paul, thank you for your correction.

Part of the flock of Crested Honey Buzzards 鳳頭蜂鷹 in the sky.

With variable plumage :

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7^# A A A Post at 8/10/2014 21:43 Show all

Other than raptors, there were also many bird species passing through Laotieshan.
Yellow-bellied Tit 黃腹山雀

Chestnut-flanked White-eye 紅脇繡眼鳥

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Black-naped Oriole 黑枕黃鸝

Ashy Minivet 灰山椒鳥

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9^# A A A Post at 9/10/2014 23:16 Show all

AjaA, thank you for your comments.
I was misled by the raptor's large open fan tail & its well-developed breast to ID it as Northern Goshawk !
BTW, the raptor in the 4th photo was a different one from the first 3 photos.

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10^# A A A Post at 10/10/2014 22:07 Show all

John, thanks.

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