SCYTS-24: SICHUAN QINGHAI,TIBET BIRDWATCHING
   
July 21 (Sun):  Fly Beijing/Chengdu

July 22: Leave Chengdu for Wolong at 8 am (165km).

July 23:Wolong: Birding the Mountain in Shawan behind the hotel for Golden Pheasants£¬Snow cock,Snow Pigeon,Alpine Accentor ,Grandula and other birds.

July 24:Birding Wuyipeng Areas.

July 25: Birding Balangshan (the Wood Snipe areas and Snowcock areas).

July 26:Drive back to Chengdu in the afternoon.Fly Chengdu/Xining. Birding Beishan Daduling in the afternoon.

July 27:Birding Eastern End Marsh areas of Qinghai Lake. Then drive to Gonghe in the afternoon.Birding  Black-necke Crame,  Isabelline Wheatear,  Lesser Sand Plover,  Green Shunk, Red Crested Pochard, Black necked Crane, Mute Swan, ,Tufted Duck, Furrugrmous Duck, Coots,  Short Toed Lark, Little Owl.

July 28: Gonghe/Maduo. Birding all the way. (276km) Himalayan Griffon, Lammergyer, Saker Falcon, Upland Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Bar-headed Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Brown-headed Gull, Red Shunk, Sand Plover,Blandford's Snowfinch, Rufous-collared Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch,Tibetan Rosefinch, Rufous-breasted Rosefinch, Eastern Great Rosefinch, Great Rosefinch, Azure-winged Magpie, Hoopoe, Gould's Redstart, White-winged Redstart, Black Redstart, Tibet Lark, White Wagtail, Hume's Ground Jay, Kestrel, Mongolie Trumpet Finch, Citring Wagtail,Pied Wagtail, Earasian Swift, Blue Hill Pigeon, Rock Sparrow, Brown Accentor,Isabellin Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Mogolian Lark,, Brandt's Mountain Finch,Tibeten Lark,Horned Lark,Golden Start,Rufous-necked Snow Finch,little Owl,  White-winged Snowfinch.
July 29: Maduo Xiewu,Tibeten Gazelle,Robin Accentor,Alpine Accentor, Streeted Rose Finch, Blue Sheep,Pallas' Cat,Brown-head Gull,Ruddy Shelduchk,

July 30: Early birding to Leiba Valley,then drive to Yushu in the afternoon. (341km)Great Crested Grebe, Bar-headed Goose, Black-necked Crane, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Goosanda, Wiskelled Tern, Arctic Tern, Brown-headed Gull, Ibiss Bill, Upland Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Raven, Kessler's Thrush, Brown Shrike, Hoopoe, White-rumped Snowfinch, Citring Wagtail, Lammergyer, Hoopoe,Lesser Kestrel,
Hill Pigeon,Kite,Danrion Red Start,Red-billed Chough,Chinese Grey Shrike,
Common Stone Chat,White-throated Dipper,Elliot’s Laughing thrush,Grey-backed Shrike,Tibeten Partridge.

July 31: Drive to Nangqian (174km).Birding Kanda Shan on the way. Overnight at Nangqian Traffic Guesthouse (simple conditions, primeval public toilet and difficult to have shower.) Goosanda, Ibiss Bill, Himalayan Griffon, Lammergyer, Golden Eagle, Great-spotted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Sparrow Hawk, Saker Falcon, Tibetan Snow Cock, Tibetan Partridge, Chough, Ground Jay, Tibetan Magpie, Giant Lauthingthrush, Pier David's Laughingthrush, Elliot's Laughingthrush, Koslow's Babax, Hoopoe, Common Cuckoo, White-throated Deeper, Horned Lark, Wall Creeper, Brown Shrike, Red Shrike,Grey-backed Shrike, Robin Accentor, Rock Sparrow, Crag Martin, Asian House Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Rosefinch, Przvalskii Rosefinch, Pink-rumped Rosefinch, White-browed Tit, Servertsov's Tit-Warbler, Black Redstart, Koslow's Bunting, Godlewski's Bunting, Citring Wagtail, Black Red Start,Large –billed Crow,Red-billed Crow, Upland Buzzard,Koslow’s Bunting,Oriental Sky Lark,Horned Lark,Tibeten Lark,Streaked Rosefinch,Robin Accentor,Lammergyer,Cucoo,Blandford’s Rosefinch.

Aug 1: Full day birding to Beizha Forest Farm areas (112 km.) Overnight at Baizha Monastery (sleep in the big hall of the monastery or in the classroom of the monastery school, use your own sleeping bags and mats. Very difficult conditions. Have cold food and mineral water only.) White-eared Pheasant, Lammergyer, Booted Eagle, Large-billed Crow, Daurian Jackdaw, Tibetan Magpie, Koslow's Bunting, Snow Pegion, Black-throated Thrush, Giant Laughingthrush, Elliot's Laughingthrush, Tibetan Babax, Red Crossbill, Wren, White-browed Tit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Crested Tit-Warbler, Godlewski's
Bunting, Citring Wagtail, Dark-sided Flycatcher, Slaty-backed Flycatcher, Arctic Warbler, Large-billed Leaf Warbler, White-capped Redstart, Hodson's Redstart, White-browed Rosefinch,Red-billed Chough,Kessler’s Thrsh,Beautiful Rosefinch,White-throated Redstart,Blue Sheep,Koslow’s Babax,Blood Pheasant,Willow Warbler,

Aug 2: Birding Baizha Forest areas in the morning. Drive back to Nangqian in the afternoon. (112km.) Overnight at Nangqian Jiaotong Guesthouse (simple conditions, primeval public toilet and difficult to have shower.)Elliont’s Laughingthrush,Blach Woodpecher,Red Crosbill,Three-banded Rosefinch,Grey-faced Woodpecker,Tibetan Babax,Giant Laughingthrush.

Aug 3: Nangqian/Rioche. Overnight at a Guesthouse (simple conditions, primeval public toilet and difficult to have shower.)Oriental Sky Lark,Hume’s short-toed Lark,Black R    edstart,White-browed Tit Tit-Warbler,Black Redstart,Robin Accentor,Godlewski’s Bunting,White-eared Pheasant,Lammergyer,Snow Pigeon,Wall Creeper,Plain Laughingthrush,Hume’s Leat Warbler,Black-crested Tit,White-capped River Chat,Elliot’s Laughingthrush,Tibetan Partridge,Pink-rumped Bunting,Golden Eagle,Ruddy Shelduck.

Aug 4: Rioche/Bache(375km). Overnight at County Town Guesthouse (simple conditions, primeval public toilet and difficult to have shower.)Plain-Backed Snow Finch, Rufous-necked Snow Finch,White-browed Tit,Brown Accentor,Robin Accentor,Pallas’s Fishing Eagle.

Aug 5: Bachen/Damshung(420km)     Overnight at Damshung Heaven Lake Hotel (simple conditions, primeval public toilet and difficult to have shower.) This day local guide and driver from Tibet will be waiting for the group in Damxung Heaven Lake Hotel. From next day on, use Tibet local vehicle and local.

Aug 6: (Leave very early) Transfer via Lunzhub to Reting Gompa for over
night at the Monastery guesthouse (159km, conditions not good at all. Better
use your sleeping bags and mats. Have cold food and mineral
water.)Lammergyer, Giant Babax, Tibetan Partridge, Prince Hennry's
Laughingthrush.Hume's Short-toed Lark, Olive-backed Pipit,Tibetan Lark,Black-necked Crane,Red Shunk, Godlewski's Bunting, Eastern Great Rosefinch,Wall Creeper,,Asian House Martin,Hume’s Ground Pecher.
Aug 7: Brding Reting Monastery areas in the morning (Tibetan-eared Pheasant,
Giant Babax, Prince Hennry's Lauthingthrush,) drive to Damxung in the
afternoon. Overnight at Damxung Heaven Lake Hotel (no private toilet or shower.)
Tibet-eared Pheasant, Prince Hennry's Laughingthrush, Black-necked Crane,
Ruddy Shelduck, Red Shunk, Asian Short-toed Lark, Citring Wagtail, Robin
Accentor, White-winged Grossbeak, White-throated Redstart, Hodson's
Redstart, Russet Sparrow, White-browed Tit-Warbler,White-browed Rosefinch,Great Black-headed Gull,Wall Creeper.

Aug 8: Transfer via Lunzhub to Lhasa for overnight at newly built New
Century Hotel (3 star,or the same standard. Tel: 86891 6334895,6334722.
Fax: 86891 6333354.)Returning to Yangbajin,we saw Ibiss Bill,Great Rosefinch,Hawk.

Aug 9: Fly to Chengdu by SZ 4402 (0945/1130) . Overnight at Chengdu Lhasa Grand Hotel.