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Subject: Birds in thunderstorm 雷雨中的鳥 [Print This Page]
Author: irsychan    Time: 29/03/2017 21:28     Subject: Birds in thunderstorm 雷雨中的鳥

All photographs were taken on 19th March 2017 at Mai Po in bad weather with thunder, lightning and heavy rain, using Nikon D500 camera and Nikkor 800mm f5.6 VR lens with 1.25X teleconverter.

Dunlin
黑腹濱鷸










Curlew Sandpiper
彎嘴濱鷸








Greater Sand Plover
鐵嘴沙鴴




Kentish Plover
環頸鴴


Pacific Golden Plover
金鴴








Grey Plover
灰鴴




Red-necked Stint
紅頸濱鷸


Saunders's Gull
黑嘴鷗









Black-headed Gull
紅嘴鷗




Heuglin's Gull (? not sure)
烏灰銀鷗














Caspian Tern
紅嘴巨鷗




Black-capped Kingfisher
藍翡翠


Common Redshank
紅腳鷸




Common Greenshank
青腳鷸




Common Snipe
扇尾沙錐


Black-faced Spoonbill
黑臉琵鷺




Pied Avocet
反嘴鷸




Grey Heron
蒼鷺


[ Last edited by irsychan at 30/03/2017 20:57 ]
Author: lexusjohn    Time: 30/03/2017 08:30

Fabulous set !!!
Author: irsychan    Time: 30/03/2017 13:32

ID help please...
(Photo taken at same day and same place as above)


[ Last edited by irsychan at 30/03/2017 19:56 ]
Author: thebirdguy    Time: 30/03/2017 13:37

Looks like a shoveler hybrid with a mallard or wigeon
Author: John Holmes    Time: 30/03/2017 14:05     Subject: Thunderstorm birds

The waders, especially the Dunlin, look great with the raindrops !

The duck hybrid looks like the Shoveler/Garganey hybrid John Allcock saw at Mai Po on 16 March 2016.

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... &extra=page%3D4

Interesting that it has turned up again.
Author: ajohn    Time: 30/03/2017 16:37

Yes, I'm sure that's the same bird as I saw last year. I saw it twice last year, on 16th and 27th March, and it was also photographed on 19th by 華仔. The coincidence of timing this year is very interesting. I was hoping someone would see it again this year, but I haven't managed to see it so far.

It seems to be slightly more advance in plumage this year than last year, with long black and white scapulars fitting the pattern of a male Garganey.
This is a great picture. It seems to be quite a rarely seen hybrid.

Coincidentally, I saw another apparent hybrid duck at Mai Po last weekend (my fourth there in 3 years!). This one seemed to be a hybrid between Eurasian Teal and another species but it was very, very distant in Deep Bay and I didn't see many details to get a more positive identification.
Author: jsk_ppp    Time: 30/03/2017 19:43

Really beautiful !!!
Author: irsychan    Time: 6/04/2017 20:16

Quote:
Original posted by John Holmes at 30/03/2017 14:05
The waders, especially the Dunlin, look great with the raindrops !

The duck hybrid looks like the Shoveler/Garganey hybrid John Allcock saw at Mai Po on 16 March 2016.

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/vi ...
Thank you, John, for your compliments and the advice about the duck.
Author: irsychan    Time: 6/04/2017 20:17

Quote:
Original posted by ajohn at 30/03/2017 16:37
Yes, I'm sure that's the same bird as I saw last year. I saw it twice last year, on 16th and 27th March, and it was also photographed on 19th by 華仔. The coincidence of timing this year is very inter ...
Thank you, John, for the valuable information.
Author: irsychan    Time: 6/04/2017 20:18

Quote:
Original posted by lexusjohn at 30/03/2017 08:30
Fabulous set !!!
Thank you, John, for your compliment.
Author: irsychan    Time: 6/04/2017 20:18

Quote:
Original posted by jsk_ppp at 30/03/2017 19:43
Really beautiful !!!
Thank you, Jason, for your compliment.



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