Qingcheng back mountain birding

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When : June 2024 Weather: Cool 20C

NikonP900, Leica M11/35mm F1.4 summilux

Qingcheng mountain is the home of Taoism and is famed for being a peaceful natural place, the basis of Tao. We opted to visit the back mountain in the morning and after about half an hour, we arrived at the cable car station intending to cable car up to the top…..alas it was closed for maintenance. We found a nearby trail which followed a little stream uphill and so off we went….

arriving at the little settlement on Back Mountain, this is where the cable car station is…
the trail led us by tea houses which straddled the stream…..
charming trail
first bird of the morning was the black throated tit or xiao ding dang
black throated tit
black throated tit
crystal clear stream
we settled at one of the tea houses to sample the local tea….and the collared finchbill welcomed us
Apiaries on the cliff side
A stunning male plumbeous redstart then entertained us whilst we sipped our tea
he sang lustily
plumbeous water redstsart
a nearby waterfall at the teahouse
and then the female redstart appeared…this palm tree was where they nested
she also posed for us
female plumbeous water redstart
a brown dipper hopped into view
brown dipper
a quiet trail on the back of back mountain
we ended the morning by visiting the ‘Back of Back mountain’ where we had a simple lunch and explored a trail which was generally out of bounds… we found an interesting nest of 3 baby birds..likely to be Chinese magpies(thanks to KC for ID)
whre the streams were clear
so the back mountain outing was a great morning’s activity..

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