kmatthew

7/2/2015
It's been a long time since I last visited, really should visit a bit more! Early morning was not crowded like Tai Po Kau.

Speckled Piculet x1 seen very briefly, but enough for positive identification, good to know they are still here.
Scarlet Minivet
Chestnut Bulbul
Mountain Bulbul x6
Emerald Dove x2
Daurian Redstart x1 at the cherry tree plantation.
Rufous-tailed Robin x1
Japanese Thrush
Grey-backed Thrush
Chinese Blackbird
Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler x1 heard
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Yellow-broweed Warbler
Goodson's Leaf Warbler
Mountain Tailorbird
Silver-eared Mesia in huge numbers here
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler x2 heard
Black-throated Laughingthrush
Hwamei heard
Rufous-capped Babbler
Blue-winged Minla
Pygmy Wren-Babbler
Striated Yuhina x40+ encountered two flocks
Yellow-cheeked Tit
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Fork-tailed Sunbird
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Tristram's Bunting

[ Last edited by kmatthew at 7/02/2015 16:04 ]

John Holmes

Looks like a successful day out, nice pics on the blog BTW.

kmatthew

Thank you John, this was the first time I seen the Ng Tung Chai Speckled Piculet, remember going there dozens of times in the past and came back empty!

kmatthew

28/9/2015

Good day for raptors. An Oriental Honey Buzzard drifted past at around 10 O'clock. Besra flew by twice and a pair of Crested Goshawk patrolled the sky constantly. At least 4 Dollarbirds in the valley.

Oriental Honey Buzzard


Crested Goshawk

JohnC

Hi Matthew, I saw the Honey Buzzard (most likely same one) along Shek Kong Catchwater the day before.  

It was your blog that made me check my photos which otherwise may have gone unnoticed for a while.  Thanks for that!

kmatthew

You're welcome! I initially thought it was a Crested Serpent Eagle too, but just looked wrong after a second look.

lchunfai

Quote:

Original posted by kmatthew at 30/09/2015 22:35
28/9/2015

Good day for raptors. An Oriental Honey Buzzard drifted past at around 10 O'clock. Besra flew by twice and a pair of Crested Goshawk patrolled the sky constantly. At least 4 Dollarbirds in  ...

Matthew, it still looks like a serpent eagle to me..

kmatthew

2 more photographs if it's of any help, however the shape and in flight wing shape still feels wrong to me especially when I was out on the field. The head also seems smaller for CSE. Any thoughts?

kmatthew

After more comparison, I would agree this is indeed a CSE. My mistake, and sorry for anyone who were with me that day if I did in fact misled you.