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Jianfengling, Hainan

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BIRDING in CHINA
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Saturday, 30th January 2010, 7.10am to 9.30pm

After two hours of constant bird-activity the best early-morning birding of the trip I reluctantly got into the car that would drive me to Sanya airport.
  Remarkably, within 50 yards of my accommodation, I had found two of the sub-species endemics that had eluded me for three days: Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Hainan is the only place in China this species can be found) and the Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker.  In fact, I saw all of the birds listed below (except the last three) within 100 yards from my chalet.
  The drive from Jianfengling to the airport is always good for a Black-shouldered Kite or two; and sure enough I was able to spot one flying parallel with the fast expressway.  The driver kindly pulled over to the hard-shoulder and I was able to get out to get an okay shot.
   I arrived at the airport at 11.30, two hours after leaving Jianfengling.  My flight back to Beijing was not until 1.10pm, so I decided that I could spend half and hour looking for Olive-backed Sunbirds, one of Hainan's specialities (I haven't seen it anywhere else in China).  I headed towards the flowering trees, just opposite the air terminal the same type of tree that I had seen the sunbird feeding on during my last visit to Hainan.  Sure enough, as I approached them, I could hear the distinctive call of the o-b sunbird.  The shots (one of which captures the bird in mid song-flight) show a male in full breeding plumage (looking far better than the blotchy males I photographed five weeks ago).  As I was watching the sunbirds, a Two-barred Greenish Warbler popped into view.  A nice end to a very pleasant trip to the wonderful island of Hainan.
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Fork-tailed Sunbird, nominate endemic subspecies christinae, 2 
*Chestnut Bulbul (photo), ssp castanonotus (same as n. Vietnam), 2
*Yellow-billed Nuthatch (photo), endemic ssp chienfengensis, 2
*Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (photo), endemic ssp swinhoei
Grey-chinned Minivet, 2 
Hainan Barbet, aka Black-browed Barbet, oorti faber, c15
White-bellied Yuhina, c30
Mountain Bulbul (photo), few
Hainan Leaf Warbler (photo), endemic species, sev
Puff-throated Bulbul, endemic nominate ssp pallidus, c30
Scarlet Minivet, endemic ssp fraterculus, few
*Black-shouldered Kite (photo), ssp vociferus, 1
*Olive-backed Sunbird (2 photos), ssp rhizophorae (s. China), 4 (2m, 2f)
*Two-barred Greenish Warbler (photo), 1
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*Indicates first time seen on this trip
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9 photos published today of 8 species
(5 species not photographed before in 2010)
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2010 = 67 species photographed

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