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Subject: [Sandpipers] Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Mai Po [Print This Page]

Author: John Holmes Time: 5/02/2010 21:01 Subject: Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Mai Po

2010-Feb-05
ID MKIV + 800mm + 1.4x

(Thanks to Richard Lewthwaite, who found this.)

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Author: Beetle Time: 5/02/2010 21:34

some more photos...
Nikon D90 + 300/4 + 1.4x
05 Feb 2010 Mai Po

two of them...??!

Author: handrew Time: 6/02/2010 08:56

This is particularly good news in view of the article in Birding Asia (Dec 2009) entitled "Last chance to save". This makes very depressing reading, particularly the contribution of habitat destruction to the inexorable decline in the Spoon-billed sandpiper. Birding Asia comes with membership of the Oriental Bird Club and to plagiarize Bill Oddie, if you are not a member you should have your binoculars confiscated. This issue of BA contains wonderful images by John & Jemi and Michelle and Peter. Visit www.orientalbirdclub.org if you haven't done so before!

Andrew

Author: yyattung Time: 6/02/2010 13:10

It is a good winter record for this drastically declining species.

It also indicates that small number of Spoon-billed Sandpiper could winter along south China coast. Recent observations from me and Ho-fai at Minjiang River estuary area shows that 5-6 birds also stayed there in winter.

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