irsychan

All photographs were taken on 20th September 2015 at Mai Po
所有照片均於2015年9月20日在米埔拍攝

Black-naped oriole (juvenile)
黑枕黃鸝（幼鳥）





Yellow-breasted Bunting
黃胸鵐，（學名：Emberiza aureola），又名禾花雀





Asian Koel (female) 噪鵑（雌）





Asian Koel (male) 噪鵑（雄）





Peregrine Falcon 游隼



Common Kingfisher (male) 普通翠鳥（雄）



Plain Prinia 純色山鷦鶯





Yellow Bittern 黃斑葦鳽



Oriental Reed Warbler 東方大葦鶯



Striated Heron 綠鷺



Black-collared Starling 黑領椋鳥



Masked Laughingthrush 黑臉噪鶥



Crested Myna 八哥





Chinese Bulbul 白頭鵯



Spotted Dove 珠頸斑鳩



Oriental Magpie Robin (juvenile) 鵲鴝（幼鳥）



Oriental Magpie Robin (female) 鵲鴝（雌鳥）



White-breasted Waterhen 白胸苦惡鳥



Red-whiskered Bulbul 紅耳鵯



Japanese White-Eye 暗綠繡眼鳥



Black-eared Kite 黑鳶



Eastern Marsh Harrier (juvenile) 白腹鷂(幼鳥)



Black-winged Kite 黑翅鳶



Little Grebe 小鷿鷈



Common Greenshank 青腳鷸



Chinese Pond Heron 池鷺



ID help please? [Oriental Reed Warbler as advised by John Yu]




[ Last edited by irsychan at 7/10/2015 08:37 ]

irsychan

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Original posted by lexusjohn at 21/09/2015 07:51
Great series !

Thank you for your compliments, John Yu.
I have to thank another birder who gave me his corner seat in the bird hide.  Otherwise I could not have the chance to take photos of so many birds, particularly the Black-naped Oriole. (I also visited Mai Po on 19 Sept afternoon and heard about the Black-naped Oriole and had waited at the corner seat for the whole afternoon without luck and so I went back again on 20 Sept early morning but there were already three birders in the bird hide and I was a bit sad that I missed the chance again, until the birder gave me his seat as he wanted to visit other bird hides)
The birder told me that he saw the Oriole before 7am that morning but did not care to take photos as it was common bird elsewhere and he had taken too many Oriole photos already.  I think this is just like Red-necked Stint and Little Stint.  In HK we have plenty of Red-necked and we try hard to look for Little Stint whereas in other parts of the world, it is the opposite.

[ Last edited by irsychan at 22/09/2015 13:30 ]

irsychan

Several more bird photos, taken at same date and place, have been added.  Need ID help on the bottom one.

irsychan

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Original posted by ((華仔)) at 21/09/2015 10:28
好好收穫..!

多謝華仔大師讚賞！在鳥攝方面還要跟大師多多學習！

irsychan

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Original posted by John Holmes at 22/09/2015 18:50
Nice series - a fine "Mai Po" variety of birds !

Thank you for your compliments, John.  I was amazed that one fruit tree could attract so many species of birds.

irsychan

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Original posted by atbohemia at 22/09/2015 18:01
wonderful series of photos!!

Thank you for your compliments, atbohemia and 多謝小肥讚賞！

[ Last edited by irsychan at 24/09/2015 21:39 ]

irsychan

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Original posted by lexusjohn at 24/09/2015 08:05
The last one looks like Oriental Reed Warbler.

Thank you for your advice, John Yu.  Yes, I also thought it might be an Oriental Reed Warbler.  But then some bird guide books and wikipedia say that Oriental Reed Warbler has white underpart which appears to be missing for this bird?  

Extract from Wikipedia: "..... The plumage is brown above with a paler rump and whitish tips to the tail feathers. The underparts are whitish below, browner on the flanks and undertail-coverts. There are narrow greyish streaks on the throat and breast. ....."

Nevertheless, there are other birders who share our view that this is Oriental Reed Warbler.  Hence ORW it is.

[ Last edited by irsychan at 3/10/2015 01:46 ]

irsychan

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Original posted by kc3018 at 25/09/2015 12:09
great shots.
may i know which bird hide you stationed that day?

Thank you for your compliments.
P.M. you already.

[ Last edited by irsychan at 25/09/2015 18:02 ]

irsychan

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Original posted by JohnC at 25/09/2015 14:12
Chinese Bulbul is a great photo.

Thank you, JohnC.