butter

1/ no photo - I've come across a lone bird at middle channel of Port Island in the past 2 days, it's about the size of a koel (maybe a bit smaller - comparing to the angler nearby). It looked all dark to me at first, but at the last look, I seemed to be able to get a glimpse of its greyish-blue upper body ... does anyone have an idea what this may be?
2/ there're many small fish carcasses at Lai Chi Chong on the same 2 days too - yet, the Black Kites flew by didn't seem interested. Were they fed up?

butter

it's not on the sea, instead, it's like the angler > standing on bare rocks by the shore, watching the sea. I wasn't quick enough to take any photos, sorry.
it didn't seem to have a long tail like the drongo, but I'm not very sure

butter

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yesterday at High Island Res., I saw another one like the 'chubby' version in this link. this time, it's near but I still don't have clear photos ... am waiting for my pals' to show you.
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... 6954&extra=page%3D6

so this is my own photo, not clear at all, hope it's identifiable http://a367.yahoofs.com/hkblog/2UM62RuCBRm6YbLu5EuATgkwSclmd9RqezU-_16/blog/20110201051224478.jpg?ib_____Do07tLRQf
yet, the one I saw at Port Island is less 'chubby' and didn't have an orange front.

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butter

here's the photo taken by my hiking pal, is this a Blue rock thrush?
http://picasaweb.google.com/slho.album/Bird?authkey=Gv1sRgCNW80Jnz4Y3nzQE&feat=directlink#5568898870860004898

butter

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Original posted by ajohn at 2/02/2011 13:28
Ancient Murrelet, Hair-crested Drongo, Blue Rock Thrush. It's not the most obvious set of confusion species really - all are completely different from each other!

It goes to show how important some  ...

tks everybody!
Hope I can view the same bird again tmw at Port Island (the only worry is that I won't have a binocular with me)