wgeoff 2/10/2009 05:45
Needletail sp?
On Tuesday at around noon, I was seawatching on Po Toi when a Needletail flew in off the sea. The wind was around Force 6 just after the passage of Typhoon Ketsana. Here are 4 photos plus enlargements
[img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSP90.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSPL90.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSP91.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSPL91.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSP92.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSPL92.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSP93.jpg[/img][img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/NTAILSPL93.jpg[/img]
This bird did not have the pale silvery back which I have seen on previous Silver-backed and White-throated Needletail, the back was more brown although slightly paler than the rest of the body.
It's clearly not a White-throated - is it Silver-backed?
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HFCheung 2/10/2009 20:13
Yes, I think so.
HF Cheung