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Thick-billed Green Pigeon 厚嘴綠鳩

Thick-billed Green Pigeon 厚嘴綠鳩

2013-04-14 1545h
Shatin, near Che Kung Temple MTR Station
by Canon EOS7D, EF300mm f/4L IS + 1.4x II









[ Last edited by wsimon at 16/04/2013 13:21 ]

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Amazing record and the first for a few years.

They have a habit of staying in the tree until the fruit is gone. Hope this one does the same!

Cheers
Mike
Mike KilburnVice Chairman, HKBWSChairman, Conservation Committee

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The bird was still there today (15Apr) around 5:45pm.
Manson Tsang
雀鳥科

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A short film added on the original post above.

Simon

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I saw the Thick-billed Green Pigeon today - about 4.30. It was preening and from below it was pretty obvious that it is missing some of the long tail feathers on the left side of the tail, and one of the shorter ones was quite ragged on its edges. And the under belly feathers seemed quite dirty and worn as well. All of which suggests having been in a cage recently. I ticked it not!

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