🦅4.6 Raptor Station: Chengdu Longmen Mountain Raptor Monitoring Report 3 (spring)
The Common Buzzard continues to dominate the scene this week, while the frequent appearance of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle has drawn widespread attention. Below is a brief summary:
Weekly Data Summary:
From March 31 to April 6, a total of 18 species of raptors were identified at Dutongyan Mountain in Chongzhou, amounting to 874 individual birds.
At Yunhua Mountain in Dujiangyan, there was one record with a total of 74 raptors, including 4 identified species.
Raptor Identification Class 2 by Falkon - Understanding the Temperament of Raptors:
A recording of the class on Tencent Meetings is available at the following link:
https://meeting.tencent.com/v2/cloud-record/share?id=fa83b44e-c207-4f54-aa37-99ae10cec8cb&from=3
Monitoring Report:
This week, the stationed volunteers moved into a temporary residence. Although a naming contest was held, no valid suggestions had been received by the time of this report. The cabin has just been put to use, supported by Mr. Chen, who wished to remain anonymous. Some furniture has been set up, but there have been transportation issues. Improvements will be made, and it is hoped that future volunteers will be able to move in smoothly.
Temporary residence
Based on observations of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle this week, I have tentatively named the cabin “Hawk-Eagle Cabin.” On Monday morning, while the temperature was still low, the volunteers sent in a video that made all those busy at work envious.
After careful observation, it was concluded that the Mountain Hawk-Eagle is likely a resident bird (or temporarily residing). This reminded everyone of a documentary produced by the Taiwan Raptor Research Group titled Forest Phantom - Mountain Hawk-Eagle. The documentary can be viewed here:
https://raptor.org.tw/education/wildlife-film-of-raptors/2014-08-07-06-35-49.html (or you can search for it on Bilibili for viewing).