The car park at the end of the mountain road is at 2560m above sea level and a good place to see high mountain birds,
And yet, we found a Mikado pheasant (mikado-kijiミカドキジ) foraging quietly under the trees just behind the sign.
Suddenly, noisy calls came from the fog - a flock of White-whiskered laughingthrushes (Taiwan-kimbane-gabichoタイワンキンバネガビチョウ) appeared from nowhere.
A little shadow on the edge of the car park.
a male Collared bush robin! (Alisan-hitakiアリサンヒタキ)
A flock of Black-throated tits (Zuaka-enagaズアカエナガ) flew into a nearby tree👍
Another Mikado pheasant was on the mountain path.
A juvenile Collared bush robin popped out and quickly back again.
Another male Collared bush robin
a Ferruginous flycatcher (miyama-hitakiミヤマヒタキ) perched on a cable but I failed to capture his whole body! argh!
Photo-taking was almost impossible in the fog but we had a great morning birding walk in and around the car park.
It was a three-night birding trip with Ko-san and although the number of species we recorded during this trip is smaller than the previous visit in 2015 but we had a wonderful time with Ko-san and we'd like to come back in a different season to see different birds.
The posts of our 2015 trip are here ↓
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