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China Solar Eclipse: 7/12/2009 - 7/26/2009 (Center on Map)

China Solar Eclipse

 Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) - Baby Feeding



Unidentified Spider Unidentified Butterflies Golden Whip Stream Golden Whip Stream Trail Unidentified Dragonfly Wulingyuan Scenery
Wulingyuan Rocky Outcrop Cool Spider Baofeng Hu Baofeng Hu Baofeng Hu Singer Fenghuang Fruit Cart
Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge Fenghuang - Street Scene Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge Fenghuang - Hong Qiao Bridge Fenghuang - River Scene Southern Great Wall - From the Road
Southern Great Wall Praying Mantis Tea Plantantion Amid Bamboo Unidentified Frog (Rana ssp.) Unidentified Butterfly Solar Eclipse Viewing Site
Partial Phase of Solar Eclipse Over Sinopec Station Total Solar Eclipse Over Gas Station Solar Eclipse After 3rd Contact Dragon Boat Westlake Squirrel - Uneaten! Leifeng Pagoda
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) - Baby Feeding Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) - Bewicks Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) - Bewicks
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Paradoxornis webbianus) Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii) Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) Blue-spotted Mudskipper (boleophthalmus pectinirostris) Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes  versicolor) Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata) - Female Grey-faced Woodpecker (Picus canus) Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)
Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus) Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus) - Juvenile Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) - Female Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus)

This trip started with a 13 hour long flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. We explored Hong Kong and the New Territories for a few days before taking the train to China's Hunan province in order to visit Zhangjiajie (Wulingyuan Scenic Area) and Fenghuang. We finally flew to the Shanghai area to view a total solar eclipse on July 22, 2009.

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Species Recorded (77)


Birds ( 67 )

Herons ( Ardeidae )
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
Chinese Pond-Heron - Ardeola bacchus
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron - Butorides striata
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax

Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Falcated Duck - Anas falcata
Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus

Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Black Kite - Milvus migrans
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

Stilts and Avocets ( Recurvirostridae )
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana

Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

Swifts ( Apodidae )
Pacific Swift - Apus pacificus

Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
Gray-capped Woodpecker - Dendrocopos canicapillus
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
Gray-faced Woodpecker - Picus canus

Drongos ( Dicruridae )
Hair-crested Drongo - Dicrurus hottentottus

Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia

Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Black Bulbul - Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Sooty-headed Bulbul - Pycnonotus aurigaster
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus
Light-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus sinensis
Collared Finchbill - Spizixos semitorques

White-eyes ( Zosteropidae )
Japanese White-eye - Zosterops japonicus

Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Blue Magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Chickadees and Titmice ( Paridae )
Great Tit - Parus major
Green-backed Tit - Parus monticolus

Bushtits ( Aegithalidae )
Black-throated Tit - Aegithalos concinnus

Dippers ( Cinclidae )
Brown Dipper - Cinclus pallasii

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Silver-eared Mesia - Leiothrix argentauris
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius
Vinous-throated Parrotbill - Paradoxornis webbianus
Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler - Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Golden-spectacled Warbler - Seicercus burkii
Striated Yuhina - Yuhina castaniceps

Laughingthrushes ( Timaliidae )
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta - Alcippe morrisonia
Chinese Hwamei - Garrulax canorus
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush - Garrulax pectoralis
Masked Laughingthrush - Garrulax perspicillatus
White-browed Laughingthrush - Garrulax sannio

Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis
White-crowned Forktail - Enicurus leschenaulti
Slaty-backed Forktail - Enicurus schistaceus
Blue Whistling-Thrush - Myophonus caeruleus
Plumbeous Redstart - Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula

Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

Shrikes ( Laniidae )
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Crested Myna - Acridotheres cristatellus
Black-collared Starling - Gracupica nigricollis

Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Meadow Bunting - Emberiza cioides

Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
Oriental Greenfinch - Chloris sinica

Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
Nutmeg Mannikin - Lonchura punctulata
White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus

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