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Location Malbun Ski Area
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Owner 10,000 Birds Collaborative

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  8
  • Distance:  0.75 km

Checklist Comments

Certainly an unexpected highlight was our visit to the Malbun Ski area. While we only had about 45 minutes here in the afternoon, we were able to find several nice high elevation species including Alpine Accentor, a high flyover Yellow-billed Chough, and some redpolls. Oddly, the only Blackbird we saw in the country was at this high alpine site.

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Totals

8
Species Observed
+1 other taxa, 20 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Eurasian Magpie

    Number observed:  1

  2. Yellow-billed Chough

    Number observed:  1

  3. Carrion Crow

    Number observed:  2

  4. Common Raven

    Number observed:  1

  5. Eurasian Blackbird

    Number observed:  1

  6. Alpine Accentor

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Probably the highlight of birding here 5 different Alpine Accentors. We first heard two individuals singing soft subsongs, which were ventriloquial and difficult to locate. After a couple minutes, we finally found one bird singing the deck, and found another a few minutes later on the roof of the same building. As we walked around the ski area, we found three more all loosely in the same area near a small feeding station (but not at feeders).


    Alpine Accentor from Christopher Wood on Vimeo.

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  7. Common Chaffinch

    Number observed:  2

  8. Redpoll (Lesser)

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Two seen in flight. Brownish overall.

  9. finch sp.

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Probably redpolls; poorly seen.

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