Subject: Lam Tsuen, Spring 2011 [Print This Page] Author: subbuteo Time: 4/04/2011 09:55 Subject: Lam Tsuen, Spring 2011
I flushed a crake out of a shallow ditch beside the path in the lower area of Pak Tin Kong. The centre of the map here is where I flushed it from. I've been back down several times with no luck to look for it but there is so much vegetation and very little open water to stake out.
I had just flushed a White-breasted Waterhen and about ten metres on flushed a much smaller crake. I mainly saw it in flight- my overall impression was of a overall brown crake, heavily streaked back- lots of white flecks on the back- flecked/streaked rather than barred. It lifted from the drain and dropped into vegetation about five metres away so I didn't get long to look at it. The best fit I could find was Baillon's Crake.
I'm off the next couple of days so will continue to look for it.
Dylan
[ Last edited by subbuteo at 4/04/2011 09:58 ] Author: subbuteo Time: 2/05/2011 12:24
I have a feeling Lam Tsuen is rather under watched this Spring. I'm just back from a the UK and I think Mike is still away. Just been out for a late morning walk and there is a Dollarbird at Lung A Pai.
Dylan Author: subbuteo Time: 3/05/2011 02:09
Thanks to jet-lag, I can report a Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo calling at 2am. Really looking forward to work tomorrow.
Dylan Author: subbuteo Time: 3/05/2011 17:42
A male Hainan Blue Flycatcher was singing in the woods behind Tin Liu Ha this evening.
