A good look around the accommodation area failed to produce any sign of any White-throated Laughingthrushes so we headed up to the bamboo trail in the hope that Golden Parrotbills might be more active at that time. No Parrotbills but at least three Silver-backed Needletails put on a fine display zooming around the clear blue skies - no wind turbines here thankfully! JFC's upset stomach necessitated a return to our old wooden cottage that was well-timed as it coincided with a large party of Rusty Laughingthrushes moving through the area - our only encounter with this endemic. We again searched the area in vain for White-throated Laughingthrush before trying the nearby tree nursery for the same species. Still no second Laughingthrush but a Taiwan Wren-Babbler put on a fine show hopping alongside us on a vegetated bank of the track albeit too dark for photographs to be obtained.
Crested Goshawk 1
SILVER-BACKED NEEDLETAIL 3 ex.
House Swift 30
Jay 1
Grey Treepie 10
Nutcracker 6
Green-backed Tit 2
Asian House Martin 15
Black-throated Tit 15
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler 1
Taiwan Wren Babbler 1 ex.
RUSTY LAUGHINGTHRUSH 19 ex.
White-whiskered Laughingthrush 6
Steere's Liocichla 8
Taiwan Barwing 2
Taiwan Yuhina 8
White's Thrush 2
Eye-browed Thrush 4
Brown-headed Thrush 1
Collared Bush Robin 1 male
Dasyueshan Amnashan (lower two JFC)
Taiwan Yuhina at Dasyueshan Amnashan
Rusty Laughingthrush at Dasyueshan Amnashan (lower two JFC)
JFC checking his images at our old wooden cottage
Muntjac Deer at Dasyueshan Amnashan (JFC)
