Some
Eastern Specialities and More - Tour 2011
Part 9: The Final Days
After our
return to Ulaanbaatar we spent a day, 12 June, at the UB-Ponds where
we found 3 singing Yellow-breasted Buntings. Apart from a
marauding stray-dog, which had 5 puppies to feed, we did not see
anything else noteworthy.
UB Ponds in
June 2011. © M. Putze
Marauding
dog, much to the dislike of the breeding waders,
UB Ponds, Jun
2011. © M. Putze
From 13 to 15
June we visited the south side of Bogd Khan Uul and put our tents at
the upper edge of the larch-forest above Manzshir Khiid where we had
the occasional rain-showers. Best bird was a Black-naped Oriole
which could not be digitally captured. We found two tree-nests of
Saker Falcons just 500 apart and saw some forest birds.
Forest patch
on the south-facing slope of
Bogd Khaan
Uul, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
Saker
Falcon, Manzhir Khiid, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
Female Pine
Bunting, Manzhir Khiid, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
Hybrid Hill
x Rock Pigeon, a very much Hill Pigeon-like bird...
Manzhir
Khiid, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
...which was
only obvious when the spread tail was seen
Manzhir
Khiid, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
Spotted
Nutcracker, Manzhir Khiid, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
The last thing
we tried was finding again Azure-winged Magpies below Songijno
Khairkhan Uul on 16 June. This time it was not easy to find them and
we only saw two, presumably a pair which behaved rather secretly
giving rise to our suspicion that they bred nearby.
Black
Stork below Songijno Khairkhan Uul, Jun 2011. © M. Putze
In summary this
trip was really successful and the number of lifers was 3, 14, 15, 55
and 97 respectively. To our surprise, we could not find some species
like Mandarin Duck, Oriental Pratincole, Mugimaki Flycatcher and
Rufous-tailed Robin in Mongolia’s Far East. [remark by Axel: I
haven't heard of anyone who has seen Rufous-tailed Robin in Mongolia.
If you have: Please email me!]
Eastern
Yellow Wagtail of the subspecies taivana,
Buir Nuur,
May 2011. © M. Putze
The group
seawatching at Buir Nuur, May 2011. © M. Lindemann
Texts parts
1–9: by Andreas Buchheim
A big THANK YOU
to Abu for the 9-part trip report including his outstanding photos,
and to him and his team for finding all the goddies. Special thanks
also to Matze for adding so many high-quality images! Axel
It was the wonderful trip!
ReplyDeleteAxel, as far as I know there were only two records of Rufous-tailed Robin in Mongolia during spring migrations. With the recent number increase of own and foreign ornithologists and birdwatchers, more new records are expected, indeed. IMHO it seems to be most probably seeked in the low-mountain taiga of northern Mongolia in latest May & early June.
Cheers,
Igor
It is a wonderful trip. Finding 3 new records for Mongolia at one trip is incredible. I liked the part in Ikh Tashgai most.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much to ABU for sharing us this wonderful trip information..
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