What is your favorite bird species?
Reeve’s Pheasant
What is your name, and where do you live?
Steven An, I live in Nanjing City.
What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide?
The whole of China
How long have you been a bird guide?
15 years
How did you get into bird guiding?
I used to live in Nanchang near Poyang Lake, a famous wintering place for Siberian Cranes. Many birders go there in winter. I started as a local bird guide there but after many years of guiding I cover all of China now.
Siberian Crane
What are the aspects of being a bird guide that you like best? Which aspects do you dislike most?
I have the chance to go in the wild every day. I do not like too crazy birding tours.
What are the top 5-10 birds in your region that you think are the most interesting for visiting birders?
Cabot’ Tragopan, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Siberian Crane, Pied Falconet, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush
Cabot’s Tragopan
Can you outline at least one typical birdwatching trip in your area? Please briefly describe the locations, the key birds, and the approximate duration of such a trip
Poyang Lake winter birding, the location is in the north of Jiangxi province, key species include Siberian Crane, White-naped Crane, Hooded Crane, Swan Goose, Oriental Stork, and Baer’s Pochard.
What other suggestions can you give to birders interested in your area?
Bring warm clothes for winter, gloves, hiking shoes, and a telescope.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is interested in birding with you, how can they best contact you?
Email: [email protected]
Find more Tours: www.chinabirdingtours.com
If there is anything else you would like to share with the readers of 10,000 Birds, feel free to write it down as well.
China is a big country, more than 1500 species are found here, many species are uniquely found in China and very interesting, welcome to China for birding.
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