Friday 22 November 2013

22nd November 2013 Dasyueshan Amnashan

We successfully drove to Km23.5 seeing a single male Swinhoe's Pheasant but were then rewarded with views of a group of eight more that included another male and an immature male. The nearby fruiting trees failed to produce the hoped-for Island Thrush although did host some Vivid Niltavas. We continued downhill to Km12 where a bridge crosses a river in an agricultural area with remnants of secondary growth. This area produced our first pair of Taiwan Scimitar-Babblers and our only pair of Black-naped Monarchs. We tried the bamboo trail at the summit but to no avail. On driving past Km47 at dusk we again saw the pair of Mikado Pheasants.

Swinhoe's Pheasant 9 3 male, 6 female ex.
Mikado Pheasant 2 pair
Ashy Woodpigeon 1
Taiwan Barbet 3
Black-naped Monarch 2
Jay 4
Grey Treepie 20
Green-backed Tit 2
Yellow Tit 1
Black-throated Tit 20
Collared Finchbill 15
Himalayan Black Bulbul 2
Rufous-faced Warbler 1
TAIWAN SCIMITAR BABBLER 2 ex.
White-whiskered Laughingthrush 1
Steere's Liocichla 6
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 10
Taiwan Sibia 5
Taiwan Yuhina 6
Japanese White-eye 15
Taiwan Whistling Thrush 1
White's Thrush 4
Eye-browed Thrush 4
Brown-headed Thrush 1
Collared Bush Robin 1 male 1 female
White-tailed Robin 2 male
Vivid Niltava 2 male 1 female
White-rumped Munia 6

Female Swinhoe's Pheasant at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
Immature male Swinhoe's Pheasant at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)


 
 
 
 
 
 
Male Swinhoe's Pheasant at Dasyueshan Amnashan (lower three JFC)
 
Pallas's Squirrel at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
 
 
Male White-tailed Robin at Dasyueshan Amnashan (lower JFC)
 

Male Vivid Niltava at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
Taiwan Yuhina at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
 


Black-throated Tit at Dasyueshan Amnashan (upper JFC)
 
Green-backed Tit at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
 



Yellow Tit at Dasyueshan Amnashan (upper JFC)
 
White-rumped Munia at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
Dasyueshan Amnashan
 
White's Thrush at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male Mikado Pheasant at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)