查看完整版本: Fujian, Fuzhou.

Fujian, Fuzhou.

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chinese-C-Tern1-8June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chinese-C-Ternx21-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternx25-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternx24a-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternfly1c-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternfly1-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternfly5a-7June08.jpg[/img]]

[[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Chine-C-Ternfly2-7June08.jpg[/img]]

Chinese Crested Tern.
7th-9th June, 2008
Tech Stuff: Canon 1d2n, 600mm with 1.4x.

Thanks for viewing

PWMK

[[i] Last edited by wleepoin at 19-6-2008 21:32 [/i]]

Thanks Peter and Michelle for your great shots and prompt processing the photos.

So wanna see my dream bird soon!!!!

Chinese Crested Terns

Great birds, great photos !
John and Jemi

Dear Christina, John & Jemi,

Thank you all for your kind words.

All I can say about the trip is "No pain no gain"! But when we saw our goal, it was worth it.

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Group-in-Mud1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/PW-walk-to-SEA1-7jUNE08.jpg[/img]

continue...

Greater Crested Tern

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/GreaterCTern-x22-8June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Greater-C-Tern-2-7June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/Greater-C-Tern-1a-7June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/GreaterCTernfly1-7June08.jpg[/img]

Oriental Skylark

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/OrientalSkylark3-8June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/OrientalSkylark14-8June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/OrientalSkylark1a-8June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/OrientalSkylark7-8June08.jpg[/img]

Whiskered Tern

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiskeredTern1-9Jun08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiskeredTern4-9Jun08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiskeredTern3a-9Jun08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiskeredTern2-9Jun08.jpg[/img]

A great series!! The Chinese Crested Terns are great!!:) Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks Mathew!

Here are the last of the series..

Little Tern

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/LittleTern-fly-fish1-9June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/LittleTernfly-im1-9June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/L-Ternfly-fish1-9June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/L-Tern-fly1a-9June08.jpg[/img]

Kentish Plover

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/KentishPlover1-7June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/KenPloverpretend1-7June08.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/KenPloverpretend5-7June08.jpg[/img]

Black winged Kite

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/BlackWingedKite1a-8June08.jpg[/img]

Barn Swallow

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/BarnSwallowim1-9June08.jpg[/img]

The End..

Fantastic pictures!

What is the current status of those rare terns now, are breeding grounds protected?  Does anyone know please?

Thanks,
Ken

Ken,
Thanks!
Hope these links might give you some idea of their current status:

[url]http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/09/chinese_crested_tern.html[/url]

[url]http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/02/17/2003401653[/url]

cheers
PWMK

[[i] Last edited by wleepoin at 23/06/2008 22:54 [/i]]

Recently Peter Kennerley contacted us after seeing our post on BBS about the Kentish Plovers that we have recorded during the Fuzhou trip.
He noticed that the pics of the plovers showed pale pink legs – a feature which associate with White-faced Plover.

So, we sent additional images for his viewing, here are the pictures which he made comments on :

MALE

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiteFacedPloverm1a-8Jun08.jpg[/img]


FEMALE

[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/pwmk_photos/WhiteFacedPloverf1-8June08.jpg[/img]


“Features pointing to the identification are broad white collar with scarcely any intrusion of brown from the crown, leg length and pale color,
bill shape and pattern - including pale base relatively little brown below eye and on the lower ear coverts....”

“These pictures show a male and a female, and on both you can see the key features of WFP, i.e. pale legs and pale base to the bill,
pale sandy upperparts, large and heavy bill structure, and in the male, a worn cap with orange restricted to the sides...”

Wow! A probable W-F Plover, interesting stuff!

PWMK