I was asked some time back to put up a record of birds seen/photographed by me for the winter period, & have been working on a format that would be useful to others, beyond just naming sightings
The format allows me to keep a rough track of when the birds were sighted at my pond & in what weather conditions together with a photo from that day
I hope this is useful
The highlighted bird name (yellow) refers to the bird pic.... other out of the ordinary bird visits (if any) will be highlighted in a different colour
29th January 2016
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
[ Last edited by mguy at 18/04/2016 07:06 ] Author: mguy Time: 30/01/2016 19:26
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
30th January 2016
(Slight change of format.... migrants are in yellow lettering) Author: mguy Time: 31/01/2016 18:03
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
31st January 2016 Author: mguy Time: 1/02/2016 18:08
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
1st February 2016 [/url] Author: mguy Time: 2/02/2016 19:22
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
2nd February 2016 Author: mguy Time: 3/02/2016 17:14
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
3rd February 2016 [/url] Author: mguy Time: 4/02/2016 19:27
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
4th February 2016 Author: mguy Time: 5/02/2016 19:45
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
5th February 2016 Author: mguy Time: 27/02/2016 20:09
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
27th February 2016 Author: mguy Time: 29/02/2016 23:16
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
29th February 2016
Despite the bright sunlight our expectations were not realised... was a very slow day whereby there were 2 hours passed without a single bird being seen near or at the pond... livened up as usual as dusk fell... with a fair amount of activity but still not what we had anticipated Author: mguy Time: 5/03/2016 03:33
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
4th March 2016
A reasonably bright day.
Followed the same trend as the last couple of days..... inundated with Chinese & Red-whiskered Bulbuls & a steady stream of various thrushes, albeit not in great numbers.
Saw the return of a small group of Red-billed Starling, although nowhere near the numbers seen a couple of months ago.
Still nothing new... just the usual species
TAI PENG
Common Buzzard (& a group of 5 a few days ago)
Brown Shrike
[ Last edited by mguy at 5/03/2016 03:40 ] Author: wgeoff Time: 5/03/2016 07:01
Guy
Japanese Thrush - do you mean 5 male and 4 female?
These are good numbers, also of Grey-backed Thrush.
Also five buzzards together is unusual and possibly indicated migrants. What date was this? Author: mguy Time: 5/03/2016 18:47
Hi Geoff......
Apologies yes... 5 male... typing & eyesight not always in sync... are generally more males than females... will post todays details for a 2.5hr afternoon period later
Thrush numbers are still very slow..... around Xmas had about 200 Thrush visits in one day.
Buzzard group was about 6 days ago I think... was reported by Geoff Smith... he got a pic of one yesterday also
(FYI... on the pics... the rectangular areas represent the periods in which those particular birds arrived) Author: mguy Time: 5/03/2016 19:05
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong KJong
5th March 2016
Spent 2.5 hrs at the pond this afternoon... very overcast & dull light... steady stream of birds... except absolutely zero between 16:00-16:30.... which is becoming a very familiar pattern Author: mguy Time: 12/03/2016 12:58
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island Author: wgeoff Time: 13/03/2016 10:24
A total of 17 Grey-backed Thrush and 21 Japanese Thrush (Guy has confirmed these were all different birds) in one location on one day is a high number.
But it may be representative of many other locations in Hong Kong - not many people sit in one location all day watching the birds like Guy does.
Geoff Author: mguy Time: 31/03/2016 21:31
Hi Geoff... sorry, just noticed your comment..... was 38 in one hour (between 16:30 & 17L30)
Best total this year was about 200 in one day
Best one day total was several years ago... over 420... I stopped counting at 17:00 & let them get on with it.... although on those occasions am sure there were return visits
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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island
31st March 2016
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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island
5th March 2016 Author: mguy Time: 9/04/2016 19:23
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
9th April 2016 Author: mguy Time: 12/04/2016 21:49
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
12th April 2016 Author: mguy Time: 13/04/2016 20:56
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
13th April 2016 [/url] Author: mguy Time: 14/04/2016 20:29
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
14th April 2016 Author: mguy Time: 15/04/2016 22:09
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island Hong Kong
15th April 2016 Author: mguy Time: 18/04/2016 06:55
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
16th April 2016
17th April 2016 Author: mguy Time: 18/04/2016 19:55
TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
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