Another longer and highly productive visit to the Continuation and Blue Gates Trail although not without its frustration as the cable between minidisk and speaker all but snapped rendering it useless - partially bodged with Elastoplast in the evening! At least we had obtained views of a responsive male Taiwan Shortwing prior to the failure. Prolonged views of a male White-backed Woodpecker accompanying a large mixed flock of species comprising many superb Taiwan Barwings and Sibias made up for utv's at Mi-ike in Japan. Another roving mixed flock encountered on our return along the trail held both endemic Rufous-faced Warbler and Yellow Tit. An evening visit to Chun Yang Farm produced a good number of Collared Finchbills.
Chinese Bamboo Partridge h
Ashy Woodpigeon 1
Oriental Turtle Dove 2
House Swift 1
Taiwan Barbet 1
WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER 1 male ex.
Grey Treepie 2
Green-backed Tit 3
YELLOW TIT 2 ex.
Pacific Swallow 30
Asian House Martin 40
Black-throated Tit 15
COLLARED FINCHBILL 14 ex.
Chinese Bulbul 10
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler 3
RUFOUS-FACED WARBLER 2 ex.
Taiwan Scimitar Babbler h
Taiwan Wren Babbler h
RUFOUS-CAPPED BABBLER 1
Steere's Liocichla 12
TAIWAN BARWING 25
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 40
Taiwan Sibia 16
Taiwan Yuhina 12
Eye-browed Thrush 2
TAIWAN SHORTWING 2
Daurian Redstart 1 female
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker 2
Brown Bullfinch 5
View from the Blue Gates Trail (JFC)
It had something of the feel of a Himalayan foothill feel
Taiwan Yuhina along the Blue Gates Trail (JFC)
Taiwan White-eared Sibia along the Blue Gates Trail
Taiwan White-eared Sibias at the Chun Yang Farm, Wushe
Chinese Bulbul at Chun Yang Farm, Wushe
Collared Finchbill at the Chun Yang Farm, Wushe
