irsychan

All photographs were taken on 2nd May 2015 at Mai Po

Ruddy Turnstone 翻石鷸

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6/05/2015 20:09

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13/05/2015 00:44

Black-headed Gull 紅嘴鷗

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6/05/2015 20:09

Now you know, although my head is brown, human beings called me black-headed because I don't have pale iris and I don't have white patches near wing tips of my primaries.
Don't land on my head, you brown headed black-headed!

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7/05/2015 21:20

Eurasian Curlew 白腰杓鷸

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6/05/2015 20:10

Oriental Pratincole 普通燕鴴

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6/05/2015 20:10

Grey-tailed Tattler 灰尾漂鷸

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6/05/2015 20:11

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ajohn

The gull is a Black-headed. The name is a bit inappropriate, because this species has a brown head in breeding plumage!

I think it's a great photo of Grey-tailed Tattler.

irsychan

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Original posted by ajohn at 7/05/2015 10:11
The gull is a Black-headed. The name is a bit inappropriate, because this species has a brown head in breeding plumage!

I think it's a great photo of Grey-tailed Tattler.

Thank you very much, ajohn, for your comments.  'Brown-headed Gull' has been rectified to 'Black-headed Gull' as advised.

irsychan

More photos taken at same place and same date.

Curlew Sandpiper 彎嘴濱鷸

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7/05/2015 21:28

Red Knot 紅腹濱鷸

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7/05/2015 21:28

Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺

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7/05/2015 21:28

Whimbrel 中杓鷸

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8/05/2015 21:28

Terek Sandpiper 翹嘴鷸

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8/05/2015 21:30

Chinese Egret 中華白鷺

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8/05/2015 21:32

Red-necked Stint 紅頸濱鷸

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8/05/2015 21:27

Gull-billed Tern 鷗嘴噪鷗

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8/05/2015 21:34

Spotted Redshank 鶴鷸

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9/05/2015 23:23

Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺

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9/05/2015 23:24

Common Redshank 紅腳鷸

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10/05/2015 15:32

Common Greenshank 青腳鷸

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10/05/2015 15:31

Grey Plover 灰鴴

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10/05/2015 15:32

Pacific Golden Plover 金鴴

Common Sandpiper 磯鷸

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11/05/2015 23:02

Pied Avocet 反嘴鷸

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13/05/2015 00:24

Barn Swallow 家燕

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12/05/2015 00:11

Northern Shoveler (male) 琵嘴鴨(雄) - This was probably the last one that had not left yet.

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11/05/2015 23:03

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 尖尾濱鷸

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13/05/2015 00:26

Marsh Sandpiper 澤鷸

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13/05/2015 00:25

White-winged Tern 白翅浮鷗

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13/05/2015 00:25

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irsychan

And one more photo - a plover with a very white face and relatively long legs (at centre of photo).  Could this be a white-faced plover?

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11/05/2015 23:14

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ajohn

The plover in the last photo is a non-breeding Greater Sand Plover. They can be fairly pale-faced at times.

irsychan

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Original posted by ajohn at 12/05/2015 10:21
The plover in the last photo is a non-breeding Greater Sand Plover. They can be fairly pale-faced at times.

Thank you for your comment, ajohn. But I thought non-breeding Greater Sand Plover typically has a brown line between bill base and the eye, which is lacking on this bird?

ajohn

It's true that the do have a dark line on the lores (between the eye and bill). But this can fade slightly over the winter, and may not be as obvious at certain angles (especially it seems when seen from the front as this bird). Notice that the bird slightly behind and to the left also seems to have a rather white face (although perhaps not as much).

Besides the white lores, there are a number of features that fit with this being a Greater Sand Plover and not White-faced e.g. large size, heavy bill, leg colour (dark olive, not pinkish), size of dark patches on the breast sides.

irsychan

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Original posted by ajohn at 12/05/2015 23:33
It's true that the do have a dark line on the lores (between the eye and bill). But this can fade slightly over the winter, and may not be as obvious at certain angles (especially it seems when seen f ...

Thank you for your further elaborations, ajohn.  I am still not convinced that this is non breeding Greater Sand Plover, as there is literature saying that Greater (and Lesser) Sand Plover does not have the white band extending to the back neck, which is seen on this bird.  
As for the leg colour of White-Faced Plover, the pinkish colour could only be seen under strong direct sunlight, which is absent in the photo.  In fact, many photos of White-Faced Plover in Oriental Bird Club Image Database do not show pinkish legs.

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