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Location 黑河杨树林 (Heihe River Poplar Forest)
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Owner Craig Brelsford

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Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  3.11 mi

Checklist Comments

Read about this day here: http://www.shanghaibirding.com/explorations/qinghai-2016/part3/

The highlight of our time in Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai, was finding forests of Small-leaf Poplar Populus simonii along the Heihe River and Babao River near Qilian Xiancheng. The best forest is across the Heihe River from Dipanzi Village at 38.212130, 100.160214. Among the trees, some of which are 300 years old, we found singing Gansu Leaf Warbler. This is probably a previously unknown breeding site of this little-known species.

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Babao River (Bābǎo Hé [八宝河]): tributary of Heihe River. Confluence at Qinghai-Gansu border in Qilian County.

Dipanzi Village (Dìpánzi Cūn [地盘子村]): settlement Qilian County, Haibei Prefecture. Riparian forest of Small-leaf Poplar is across Heihe River at 38.212130, 100.160214.

Heihe River (Hēi Hé [黑河]): river NW China rising on N side of Qilian Mountains in Gansu, flowing through Haibei Prefecture in Qinghai, & returning to Gansu, where it runs through Hexi Corridor before drying up in Gobi Desert in W Inner Mongolia. Length: 630 km (391 mi.). Lower reaches known as Ruo Shui (Ruò Shuǐ [弱水]).

Qilian Xiancheng (Qílián Xiànchéng [祁连县城]): informal & more commonly used name for Babao Zhen, administrative center of Qilian County in Haibei Prefecture. 38.176712, 100.247371.

Qinghai (Qīnghǎi Shěng [青海省]): province NW China. Area: 720,000 sq. km (278,000 sq. mi.). Area (comparative): three times larger than United Kingdom; slightly larger than Texas. Pop.: 5.6 million.

Totals

24
Species Observed
154 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Common Cuckoo

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    2750 m

  2. Salim Ali's Swift

    Number observed:  2

  3. Eurasian Goshawk

    Number observed:  2

  4. Eurasian Hoopoe (Eurasian)

    Number observed:  2

  5. Gray-backed Shrike

    Number observed:  1

  6. Azure-winged Magpie

    Number observed:  12

  7. Daurian Jackdaw

    Number observed:  10

  8. Willow Tit (Songar)

    Number observed:  8

  9. Asian House-Martin

    Number observed:  50

  10. Buff-barred Warbler

    Number observed:  4

  11. Gansu Leaf Warbler

    Number observed:  8

  12. Yellow-streaked Warbler

    Number observed:  2

  13. Tickell's Leaf Warbler (Alpine)

    Number observed:  1

  14. Greenish Warbler

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    2820 m

  15. Pere David's Laughingthrush

    Number observed:  1

  16. Snowy-browed Nuthatch

    Number observed:  2

  17. Eurasian Treecreeper

    Number observed:  4

  18. Chinese Thrush

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    calling

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  19. Hodgson's Redstart

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    2750 m

  20. White-throated Redstart

    Number observed:  7

  21. White Wagtail (Chinese)

    Number observed:  4

  22. Olive-backed Pipit

    Number observed:  4

  23. Oriental Greenfinch

    Number observed:  12

  24. Godlewski's Bunting

    Number observed:  1
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