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Po Toi November 2015

Po Toi November 2015

01-11-2015

Tristram's Bunting 白眉鵐 x2


Brambling 燕雀(F) x2


Olive-backed Pipit 樹鷚 x5
Black Kite 黑鳶
Hair-crested Drongo 髮冠卷尾
Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲
Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥
Chinese Pond Heron 池鷺
Dusky Warbler 褐柳鶯
Greater Coucal 褐翅鴉鵑
Blue Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇

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03 Nov 2015 and 05 Nov 2015

Although Tuesday is a quiet day, a Plain-tailed warbler was found that prompt me to visit the island again on Thursday. This is totally a different day, birds sounds are everywhere on the island and some other good birds are found, 3 hours are really not enough...


Daurian Redstart (Thu)


Plain-tailed warbler (Tue & Thu)


Oriental Turtle Dove x2 (Tue)


Asian Stubtail warbler (Tue)


Possible Red-breasted flycatcher (Tue & Thu)


Lovely Grey-headed flycatcher x2 (Thu)


Blue and White flycatcher (Thu)


Brambling (Tue & Tur)

Some other birds are

Tristram's bunting x2
Asian Brown flycatcher
Artic warbler
Crested Goshawk
Some black Drongo and Hair-crested Drongo

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Thanks Peter, a good day. I am sure from your other photo (not shown) that this is a Red-breasted Flycatcher.

I've mentioned before how in autumn it sometimes takes three or four days after the cold front passes through before the birds arrive - see these graphs comparing Spring (when birds arrive immediately after the cold front) and Autumn (when it can take a few more days). This is all due to the different migration routes in spring and autumn, across the sea in spring and over land/around the coast in autumn.



The cold front passed through on Sunday, the Alstrom's (Plain-tailed) Warbler arrived soon after but the others took longer.

I understand a Hume's Leaf Warbler was also seen on Thursday near to the Alstom's, photos taken and voice recordings made. But they are not mine.

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 7/11/2015 13:48 ]

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5 Nov
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Arctic Warbler
Alstrom's Warbler
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Osprey
Brambling
Daurian Redsatart
Bunting sp.

7 Nov
Arctic Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Alstrom's Warbler
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Red-turtle Dove
Daurian Redsatart
Pale Thrush
Taiga Flycatcher

I didnt visit the school or helipad, so should be more migrants.

[ Last edited by lchunfai at 7/11/2015 20:34 ]
I am just an inexperienced birder/ birdwatcher/ twitcher/ photographer with no long lens.

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Adding on the 7th list
Brambling x3
Chinese Blackbirds

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Sorry for the late reply.

For the Red-Breasted Flycatcher on 3 and 5 of Nov. I wonder whether it is a Red-throated Flycatcher or a Red-Breasted Flycatcher. Attached is another photo I took on 3 Nov with Peter together. My bible "The BIRDS of HONG KONG and SOUTH CHINA" do not have description on Red-Breasted Flycatcher and so I am not sure how to distinguish the two. Thanks

Attached pls find the photo of the same bird on that day.

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This one looks like Red-throated KK - are you sure it's the same bird?

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I think I took the photo together with Peter at that day.

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29-11-2015


Vivid Niltava (female) 棕腹藍仙鶲 (雌性)



Yellow-throated Bunting     黃喉鵐 x2



Verditer Flycatcher           銅藍鶲
Red-flanked Bluetail          紅脇藍尾鴝 M + F
Daurian Redstart            北紅尾鴝   M + F
Japanese Thrush           烏灰鶇
Pale Thrush                    白腹鶇
Chinese Blackbird           中國烏鶇
Red-billed Starling            絲光椋鳥
Oriental Turtle Dove        山斑鳩
Chestnut Bulbul              栗背短腳鵯
Greater Coucal               褐翅鴉鵑
Hair-crested Drongo         髮冠卷尾
Reef Heron                      岩鹭
Asian Stubtail                    鱗頭樹鶯












[ Last edited by leo2012 at 8/04/2016 22:18 ]

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Good records Leo. Particularly interested in the Flycatcher.

The second thrush photo above looks like Brown-headed or possibly Eyebrowed to me - grateful for other opinions.

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Thanks wgeoff.
There are more photos on other post for identify the flycatcher.

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?tid=24192&goto=lastpost#lastpost

I am sorry, I only have this thrush photo .

[ Last edited by leo2012 at 30/11/2015 12:01 ]

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I think it's a Brown-headed. Great set of records for Po Toi!
As The Crow Flies- a Hong Kong Birding Blog
http://www.matthewkwanbirding.blogspot.hk

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Niltava still here,
And a Marten's Warbler near the school.

Other:
Pale Thrush
Japanese Thrush
Brown-headed Thrush
Grey-backed Thrush
Chinese Blackbird
Daurian Redstart
Red-flanked Bluetail
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler

Bunting sp.

Saw photos of Chestnut Bunting and Eyebrowed Thrush from other.
I am just an inexperienced birder/ birdwatcher/ twitcher/ photographer with no long lens.

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Seems like a good season for Seicercus warblers all around. Plain-tailed, White Specs and Marten's!
As The Crow Flies- a Hong Kong Birding Blog
http://www.matthewkwanbirding.blogspot.hk

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Chestnut Bunting on 2015-12-01

Record photo

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