船程小記
1月26日早上8時，一行27位鳥友由西貢碼頭出發，尋找黃咀潛鳥。早上天有密雲，無雨，天氣寒冷。西貢內海較風平浪靜，有數十隻鸕鷀及數隻白腹海鵰，包括一隻在海面練習捉魚的幼鳥。
經過一小時的船程，當船隻準備由晨曦島與企頭角頂之間的鎖匙門穿過之時，黃咀潛鳥就在船前一百米出現，一隻體形似鸕鷀的水鳥，背部深灰色，咀奇大，突出的額頭有起角的感覺。我們慢慢接近，牠似乎已察覺我們的船隻，並潛入水中。不久，牠又在四十米外冒出水面，而我們就跟隨。經過短暫的捉迷藏遊戲，牠潛到較遠的水域，而我們亦減慢速度，等待牠游近......
玩了一個多小時後，牠似乎不會再游近，我們開始離開。回程的船上，大家都抱著興奮的心情，熱熱鬧鬧地討論黃咀潛鳥的故事。
A short report of the boat trip
26th January, 08, a ground of 27 birdwatcher started off from Sai Kung Pier to search for Yellow-billed Loon. It was a chilly overcast day but fortunately no rain. The inner sea of Sai Kung was claim with a few dozens of Cormorant and a few White-bellied Sea Eagle – including a juvenile practicing fish-catching.
After a few of boat trip, when our boat begin to pass through the sea channel Sor See Mun between Town Island and Kei Tau Kok Teng, a Yellow-billed Loon appeared 100 m ahead of our boat. Its size is similar to Great Cormorant with dark grey back, super large bill and a flat head top. When we slowly approached, it dived into the sea, and suddenly reappeared – at 40m apart. After a short hide-and-seek game, it dived into a further distance and we slow down our ship, hoping that it would come to a closer distance......
After more than hour of enjoyable bird watching and photo taking, we began to go back Sai Kung. On the return trip, everyone was excited about the bird and hotly talked about the story of Yellow-billed Loon.
