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irsychan 29/11/2015 11:44

彈藥用盡! Surrender to goose!

Before yesterday, I thought D4s' battery and dual-cards were limitless, at least for a single-day birding trip.  Luckily I had spare battery and memory cards. It was firstly the kingfishers (all 4 species showed up at close range), then the ducks and gulls including of course Hong Kong's first record of Franklin's Gull, the raptors, the Great Bittern, and finally the Greater White-fronted Goose which walked closer and closer, flew away, came back again and walked closer and closer, flew away, came back, flew away, came back.  Birders in the same bird hide were busy in replacing batteries and memory cards.  With my camera running on spare battery pack and spare memory card and my right first finger was so tired in pressing the shutter button, I had prayed that the goose could spare me for the day...
At last, it was the sun that drew the curtain.  What a day!!!
These are some photos of the Greater White-fronted Goose picked from 9358 photos taken on the day 28 November 2015 at Mai Po - about one-third photos were on the goose.  Mai Po I love you!

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Grey-headed lapwing became 'obstruction' on this particular day.  Some birders whispered 'lapwing go away!' hoping to get a clean shot of the goose.
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[[i] Last edited by irsychan at 6/12/2015 23:41 [/i]]

lexusjohn 30/11/2015 09:13

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irsychan 2/12/2015 08:16

[quote]Original posted by [i]lexusjohn[/i] at 30/11/2015 09:13 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=72962&ptid=24180][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
Great shots 3551face87445 3551face87445 3551004445 3551004445 [/quote]
Thank you!

irsychan 2/12/2015 08:33

Some other photos taken on the same date at Mai Po (to be continued)

普通翠鳥 Common Kingfisher
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斑魚狗 Pied Kingfisher
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藍翡翠 Black-capped Kingfisher
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白胸翡翠 White-throated Kingfisher
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灰頭麥鷄 Grey-headed Lapwing
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烏灰銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull (1st winter)
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烏灰銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull
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紅嘴鷗 Black-headed Gull
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黑嘴鷗 (非繁殖羽) Saunder's Gull (non-breeding plumage)
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針尾鴨(雄) Northern Pintail (male)
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針尾鴨(雌) Northern Pintail (female)
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赤頸鴨 Eurasian Wigeon
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琵嘴鴨 Northern Shoveler
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綠翅鴨 Common Teal
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長嘴半蹼鷸 Long-billed Dowitcher
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澤鷸 Marsh Sandpiper
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青腳鷸 Common Greenshank
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紅腳鷸 Common Redshank
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環頸鴴 Kentish Plover
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灰鴴 Grey Plover
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普通鸕鶿 Great Cormorant
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磯鷸 Common Sandpiper
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中杓鷸 Whimbrel
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白腰杓鷸 Eurasian Curlew
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池鷺 Chinese Pond Heron
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蒼鷺 Grey Heron
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中白鷺 Intermediate Egret
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小白鷺 Little Egret
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白胸苦惡鳥 White-breasted Waterhen
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黑翅長腳鷸 Black-winged Stilt
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反嘴鷸 Pied Avocet
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鵲鴝(雄) Oriental Magpie Robin (male)
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黑喉石(即鳥)Stejneger's Stonechat
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東黃鶺鴒 Eastern Yellow Wagtail
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白鶺鴒 White Wagtail
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棕背伯勞 Long-tailed Shrike
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黑臉琵鷺 Black-faced Spoonbill
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魚鷹 Osprey
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純色山鷦鶯 Plain Prinia
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白肩鵰(幼鳥) Imperial Eage (juvenile)
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Imperial Eagle and its prey
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Pull feathers time!  (Eagle pulled duck, Crow pulled Eagle)
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Imperial Eagle, Black-eared Kite and Collared Crow
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小鸊鷉 Little Grebe
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鳳頭鸊鷉 Great Crested Grebe
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大麻鳽 Great Bittern
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費氏鷗 And finally, the Franklin's Gull (center of photo) which is Hong Kong's first record
(sorry for the poor quality as I only took one blast of shots and then rushed off to pond 16/17 for the white-fronted goose)
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irsychan 3/12/2015 13:37

Mainland border patrol boat was seen that morning - first time ever for my numerous visits to the same boardwalk bird hide in past several years.
I heard from some birders that HK Police also visited the bird hide recently and several birders without the closed area permit were caught.  
This reminds me that it is again time to renew the permit.
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irsychan 7/12/2015 23:46

More Greater White-fronted Goose photos taken on same day and same place

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Photos taken before sunset

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kc3018 22/12/2015 16:54

great shots.
thx for sharing.

wksf 22/12/2015 18:39

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This is awesome!

Thanks for sharing.

irsychan 23/12/2015 18:45

Thank you for your compliments, kc3018 and wksf.

I have now strengthened my accessories and should now be fully equipped for shooting from dawn to dusk.

[size=5][color=RoyalBlue]Come on, goose!
彈藥加強!白額雁,即管放馬過來!哼![/color][/size]

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