Day 19 - 15 June, 2016

Our first pre breakfast view of an endangered mammal - Takin

Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, home of life, established in 1978, is famed as “Home of Life”, and it is upgraded to National Reserve in 1986. This excellent reserve focuses on main protection of giant pandas with their habitats and forests and other wildlife, covering an area of 40,000hectares. Located in Qingchuan County of Guangyuan, it is adjacent to the northwest of LongmengMountains of MinshanMountianRange, neiboring Biashuijiang Nature Reserve to the north, Dongyanggou Reserve to the east, and MianyangCity to the east.

With an elevation of from 1150 meters to 3837 meters and rich in biological resources ,Tangjiahe Reserve boasts of 430 kinds of vertebrate animals in which 72 species are state-protected, around 60 wild pandas, 1000 golden monkeys and more than 1200 takins. In this area, there are 2433 kinds of plants , in which 12 species are in state protection. The reserve is one of main habitats for giant pandas in Minshan Mountain Range. Designated as “A-level Nature Reserve” by the World Nature Fund, it is one of hot areas for protection of world’s biodiversity .Also, this reserve is famous for its Old Yinpin Road in era of Three Kingdoms, ruins of Red Army’s Long March and other remarkable natural views. It derserves its honor of “Natural Gene House” , Home of Life and Green Pearl of Minshan Mountain Range.

Reeve's Muntjac or Barking Deer

Reeve's Muntjac - a common specie within the park

Forest walk way - trees have right of way

waterfall view

Inscribed Rocks at waterfall base.

Black-chinned Yuhina

an agreeably common specie - the Red-billed Blue Magpie

Crossing the river into the forest walk

again an unknown Butterfly specie?

Rocky stream in our National Park

Brown Dipper

Long distant view of Crested Kingfisher

Very smelly stinky photo of a beautiful bird - Golden Pheasant

Bird of the Day - Golden Pheasant