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Author: subbuteo    Time: 20/09/2013 21:08     Subject: Tai Po Waterfront Park

After hearing of Richard's success at the waterfront park earlier in the week I went down to see if I could pick up any Daurian Starlings.  I was surprised that a significant number of black-necked starlings were already at roost by 5.30pm but did manage to pickup two Daurian Starlings.  Ruy Barretto found the first one which flew and was then joined by a second.  The tower is an excellent spot to watch from (if a little unstable!).  The numbers of birds for the other species below are estimates, the swifts were hard to count and I wasn't watching the egrets consistently as they streamed in.

Tai Po Waterfront Park, HK-
20-Sep-2013 17:15 - 18:15
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     30C; sunny; Birding from the tower at the waterfront park; starling roost in the banyans nearby.
16 species

Great Egret (Ardea alba)  30+    heading to roost by the HKJC in town.
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)  10+
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)  8
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)  4
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)  1
House Swift (Apus nipalensis)  50+
Common Magpie (Pica pica)  4
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)  10+
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)  10+
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)  6
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)  1
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)  4
Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)  100+
Daurian Starling (Sturnia sturnina)  2
White/Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)  1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)  10

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