Reports from my BIG YEAR in China

I've seen 860 species of birds in China over a span of 24 years. And photographed more than 500 species.

In my "Big Year", my objective was to find and photograph 365 species.

This was achieved on June 11th (just in time to watch the football World Cup of that year).

Here's how it was done (the photos of all of the 365 species are within the reports).

Click on the dates:

1 January Sichuan, Emei Shan

12 January Beijing, Botanical Gardens

20 January Beijing, Botanical Gardens

21 January Beijing, Wenyu River (Chaoyang/Shunyi)

23 January Beijing, Machang Cun, Jingliang Chao

27 January Hainan, Jianfengling

28 January Hainan, Jianfengling

29 January Hainan, Jianfengling

30 January Hainan, Jianfengling ..

7 February Hebei, Beidaihe

8 February Hebei, Beidaihe

9 February Hebei, Beidaihe

12 February Sichuan, Chengdu

13 February Yunnan, Gaoligongshan

14 February Yunnan, Gaoligongshan

15 February Yunnan, Gaoligongshan

16 February Yunnan, Gaoligongshan to the Burma border

17 February Yunnan, Burma border

18 February Yunnan, Burma border

19 February Yunnan, Burma border

20 February Yunnan, Burma border

25 February Guangdong, Shenzhen

4 March Beijing, Wenyu River

6 March Beijing, Wenyu River

10 March Beijing, Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

19 March Beijing, Summer Palaces (Yiheyuan and Yuanmingyuan)

21 March Beijing, Chaoyang

25 March Beijing, Huairou

28 March Hebei, Beidaihe

29 March Hebei, Beidaihe and area

30 March Hebei, Beidiahe and area

3-8 April Hebei, Beidaihe and area

13-30 April Shanghai and Beijing

1-3 May Hebei, Beidaihe

9-13 May Hebei, Beidaihe and Happy Island

22-23 May Hebei, Beidaihe

5 June Gansu, Xinglong Mountains

9-11 June Sichuan and Henan

, Jianfengling and Sanya

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