Sichuan, China Birding – February 2018

Bird Watching in China

For my bird watching in China, Chengdu was a little bit of a challenge. Everywhere I went there were groups of little birds snatching snacks off the ground in parks and a few scattered here and there along the river. There are even a couple of man-made wetlands built specifically for migrating birds in the area. However, as mentioned in my Bad Ideas Blog, I was not able to make it to the wetlands, so my birding was limited to the city proper.

My favorite bird of the month was the Light Vented Bulbul. I spotted it while at the Panda Research Base. It was eating the red panda’s food. It was very pretty and I liked the little tuft of white feathers on its head.

Unfortunately, I did not spot many birds this month, but I’m still pretty happy to be adding three new birds to my life list. Hopefully next month I will be celebrating my 100th unique bird!

Birding Update – February 2018

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Identified: 5

New: 3

Life List: 98

February Bird Watching List

• Crested Myna
• Light-vented Bulbul
• Little Egret
• Mallard
• Oriental Magpie-robin