Tour
China Photo Tour (hide-based)
Outside protected areasby Tropical Birding
Seventeen-day bird photography tour from Shanghai to Chengdu in which about 90 percent of shooting is from hides or at fruit feeders. Named hides target Elliot's pheasant, Cabot's tragopan, pied falconet and Reeves's pheasant, finishing at Wuzhi Mountain for Sichuan specialities.
Details
- Animals are fed
- Baiting not stated
- No captive animals
- Route
- Shanghai to Chengdu
- Visits
- Sanming, Li Mountain, Wuyuan, Dongzhai National Nature Reserve, Quanshui Wan and Wuzhi Mountain
- Length
- 17 days
- Group size
- Up to 6 people
- Language
- English
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, open
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
May
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Shanghai time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 06:56– | 16:37– | 10h 21m10 h 21 min | 38° |
| Feb | 06:38– | 17:07– | 11h 5m11 h 5 min | 46° |
| Mar | 06:07– | 17:29– | 11h 57m11 h 57 min | 57° |
| Apr | 05:29– | 17:48– | 12h 56m12 h 56 min | 69° |
| MayIn season | 05:02– | 18:07– | 13h 44m13 h 44 min | 78° |
| Jun | 04:53– | 18:23– | 14h 10m14 h 10 min | 82° |
| Jul | 05:03– | 18:23– | 13h 59m13 h 59 min | 80° |
| Aug | 05:22– | 18:03– | 13h 18m13 h 18 min | 73° |
| Sep | 05:41– | 17:27– | 12h 22m12 h 22 min | 62° |
| Oct | 05:59– | 16:49– | 11h 26m11 h 26 min | 50° |
| Nov | 06:24– | 16:20– | 10h 35m10 h 35 min | 40° |
| Dec | 06:48– | 16:15– | 10h 9m10 h 9 min | 36° |