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Original message posted by: carmen on 30/9/2006 at 2:31pm

412 Pallas's Reed Bunting 葦(巫鳥)
Lok Ma Chau 落馬洲
30/9/2006
10D+300mm+1.4x

Thanks Mike for arranging the trip.

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Original message posted by: miket on 30/9/2006 at 7:21pm

Good record shot Carmen - I thought it looked good when I saw it on your camera screen today, I think.

This bird is a juvenile, of course.

According to Lewington et al (Field Guide to Rare Birds of Britain and Europe) they are, as one might expect, supposed to moult to 1st winter before migrating, but interestingly the second for Britain at Fair Isle off northern Scotland on 17-18 September 1981 was a juvenile.

Mike Turnbull

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Original message posted by: Owlet-nightjar on 30/9/2006 at 8:47pm

A few more record shots of the same bird.







412 Pallas's Reed Bunting 葦(巫鳥)
Lok Ma Chau 落馬洲
30/9/2006
1DII+400mm+1.4x

Thanks again to Mike Leven for the arrangement.