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China Solar Eclipse: 7/12/2009 - 7/26/2009 (
Center on Map
)
Rhesus Monkey (
Macaca mulatta
) - Baby Feeding
Rhesus Monkey (
Macaca mulatta
) - Baby Feeding
Golden Whip Stream
Golden Whip Stream Trail
Unidentified Dragonfly
Wulingyuan Scenery
Wulingyuan Rocky Outcrop
Cool Spider
Baofeng Hu
Baofeng Hu
Baofeng Hu Singer
Fenghuang Fruit Cart
Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge
Fenghuang - Street Scene
Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge
Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge
Fenghuang - River Scene
Southern Great Wall - From the Road
Southern Great Wall
Praying Mantis
Tea Plantantion Amid Bamboo
Unidentified Frog (Rana ssp.)
Unidentified Butterfly
Solar Eclipse Viewing Site
Partial Phase of Solar Eclipse Over Sinopec Station
Total Solar Eclipse Over Gas Station
Solar Eclipse After 3rd Contact
Dragon Boat
Westlake Squirrel - Uneaten!
Leifeng Pagoda
Rhesus Monkey (
Macaca mulatta
) - Baby Feeding
Tundra Swan (
Cygnus columbianus
) - Bewick's
Blue-spotted Crow Butterfly (
Euploea midamus
)
Scaly-breasted Munia (
Lonchura punctulata
)
Common Tailorbird (
Orthotomus sutorius
)
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (
Ianthocincla pectoralis
)
Tundra Swan (
Cygnus columbianus
) - Bewick's
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (
Sinosuthora webbiana
)
Brown Dipper (
Cinclus pallasii
)
Red-billed Blue-Magpie (
Urocissa erythroryncha
)
Blue-spotted Mudskipper (
boleophthalmus pectinirostris
)
Oriental Garden Lizard (
Calotes versicolor
)
Light-vented Bulbul (
Pycnonotus sinensis
)
Oriental Magpie-Robin (
Copsychus saularis
)
Red-whiskered Bulbul (
Pycnonotus jocosus
)
Giant Golden Orb-weaving Spider (
Nephila pilipes
)
Chinese Blackbird (
Turdus mandarinus
)
Indochinese Yuhina (
Yuhina torqueola
)
Fiddler Crab (
Uca arcuata
) - Female
Grey-faced Woodpecker (
Picus canus
)
Striated Heron (
Butorides striatus
)
Black Bulbul (
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
)
Black Bulbul (
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
) - Juvenile
Swinhoe's White-eye (
Zosterops simplex
)
This trip started with a 13 hour flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. We explored Hong Kong and the New Territories for a few days before taking the train to China's Hunan province in order to visit Zhangjiajie (Wulingyuan Scenic Area) and Fenghuang then to the Shanghai area to view a total solar eclipse on July 22, 2009.
Sites Visited - Click on a link to read the blog!
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong and New Territories (7/13/2009)
Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong and New Territories (7/14/2009)
Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong and New Territories (7/15/2009)
Wulingyuan Scenic Reserve, China (7/16/2009)
Baofeng Hu, China (7/17/2009)
Fenghuang, China (7/18/2009)
Southern Great Wall, China (7/19/2009)
Moganshan, China (7/21/2009)
Wukang Sinopec Station, China (7/22/2009)
Hangzhou - Xi Hu, China (7/23/2009)
Species Recorded (81)
Birds ( 68 )
Old World Tree Warblers ( Phylloscopidae )
Golden-spectacled Warbler -
Phylloscopus burkii
Dusky Warbler -
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Parrotbill ( Paradoxornithidae )
Vinous-throated Parrotbill -
Suthora webbiana
Old World Flycatchers and Chats ( Muscicapidae )
White-crowned Forktail -
Enicurus leschenaulti
Slaty-backed Forktail -
Enicurus schistaceus
Herons ( Ardeidae )
Great Egret -
Ardea alba
Gray Heron -
Ardea cinerea
Eastern Cattle Egret -
Ardea coromanda
Chinese Pond-Heron -
Ardeola bacchus
Striated Heron -
Butorides striata
Little Egret -
Egretta garzetta
Black-crowned Night-Heron -
Nycticorax nycticorax
Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Tundra Swan -
Cygnus columbianus
Falcated Duck -
Mareca falcata
Eurasian Wigeon -
Mareca penelope
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Black Kite -
Milvus migrans
Osprey -
Pandion haliaetus
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
White-breasted Waterhen -
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Little Ringed Plover -
Thinornis dubius
Stilts and Avocets ( Recurvirostridae )
Black-winged Stilt -
Himantopus himantopus
Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Common Sandpiper -
Actitis hypoleucos
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Black-naped Tern -
Sterna sumatrana
Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Rock Pigeon -
Columba livia
Spotted Dove -
Spilopelia chinensis
Swifts ( Apodidae )
Pacific Swift -
Apus pacificus
Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Common Kingfisher -
Alcedo atthis
White-throated Kingfisher -
Halcyon smyrnensis
Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
Great Spotted Woodpecker -
Dendrocopos major
Gray-faced Woodpecker -
Picus canus
Gray-capped Woodpecker -
Yungipicus canicapillus
Drongos ( Dicruridae )
Hair-crested Drongo -
Dicrurus hottentottus
Black Drongo -
Dicrurus macrocercus
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow -
Cecropis daurica
Barn Swallow -
Hirundo rustica
Bank Swallow -
Riparia riparia
Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Black Bulbul -
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Sooty-headed Bulbul -
Pycnonotus aurigaster
Red-whiskered Bulbul -
Pycnonotus jocosus
Light-vented Bulbul -
Pycnonotus sinensis
Collared Finchbill -
Spizixos semitorques
White-eyes ( Zosteropidae )
Swinhoe's White-eye -
Zosterops simplex
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Red-billed Blue-Magpie -
Urocissa erythroryncha
Chickadees and Titmice ( Paridae )
Asian Tit -
Parus cinereus
Green-backed Tit -
Parus monticolus
Bushtits ( Aegithalidae )
Black-throated Tit -
Aegithalos concinnus
Dippers ( Cinclidae )
Brown Dipper -
Cinclus pallasii
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Silver-eared Mesia -
Leiothrix argentauris
Common Tailorbird -
Orthotomus sutorius
Indochinese Yuhina -
Staphida torqueola
Laughingthrushes ( Timaliidae )
David's Fulvetta -
Alcippe davidi
Chinese Hwamei -
Garrulax canorus
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler -
Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush -
Pterorhinus pectoralis
Masked Laughingthrush -
Pterorhinus perspicillatus
White-browed Laughingthrush -
Pterorhinus sannio
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Oriental Magpie-Robin -
Copsychus saularis
Blue Whistling-Thrush -
Myophonus caeruleus
Plumbeous Redstart -
Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Chinese Blackbird -
Turdus mandarinus
Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
White Wagtail -
Motacilla alba
Shrikes ( Laniidae )
Long-tailed Shrike -
Lanius schach
Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Crested Myna -
Acridotheres cristatellus
Black-collared Starling -
Gracupica nigricollis
Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Meadow Bunting -
Emberiza cioides
Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
Oriental Greenfinch -
Chloris sinica
Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
Scaly-breasted Munia -
Lonchura punctulata
White-rumped Munia -
Lonchura striata
Eurasian Tree Sparrow -
Passer montanus
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