kmatthew

TPK 26/10/2006
7:45am-10:00am

A good short morning walk in TPK today with plenty of Flycatchers.

Little Egret x1
Scarlet Minivet
Grey-Throated Minivet (TPK was full of both species Minivets today)
Chesnut Bubul
Artic Warbler x2
Yellow-Browed Warbler x3
Mountain Tailorbird x1
Dark-Sided Flycatcher x3
Asian Brown Flycatcher ? (not seen very clearly, too far away with the sun from behind)
Japenese Paradise Flycatcher x1
Grey-Headed Flycatcher x2
Black-Naped Monarch x3 (all female)
Silver-Eared Mesia
Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
Rofous-capped Babbler
Pygmy Wren Babbler x1 Heard
Blue-Winged Minla (again full of them today in TPK)
Yellow-Cheeked Tit x1
Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
Ashy Drongo
+ all the common local species of birds.

kmatthew

I only walked from the bottom (car park) to the first Picnic area (where there are those wooden figures for children) and cross the river where you go into the red from the blue. Then I just walk up to the second Picnic Area and turned back. This normally take about 1:30-2:00 hr if walking slowly and stopping for birds, and that day was really "birdy" so i stopped a lot along the way. This is a very good short walk with plenty of birds normally, especially at the bottom part of the walk when there are a few bird waves passing by.

kmatthew

Tai Po Kau
31/10/2006
8:00am - 12:00pm

A longer walk this morning with very good birds yet again. There was a lot of warblers and a few flycatchers in bird waves.

Scarlet and Grey-Throated Minivets
Black-Winged Cuckoo-Shrike
Yellow-Browed Warblers
Sulphur-Breasted Warblers (at least 2, one fully yellow and one more pale. There might be more then 2 as we saw them in diffrerent areas)
Mountain Tailorbird x2
Asian Brown Flycatcher x1
Sooty Flycatcher x1
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher x1
Grey-Headed Flycatcher x3
Rufous-Necked Scimitar Babbler x1 (heard)
Rufous-Capped Babbler
Blue-Winged Minla
Pygmy Wren-Babbler x2
Yellow-Cheeked Tit
Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker

record shots of the Sulphur-Breasted Warbler.