Dear Geoff
The discussion about spring flycatchers as migrants interests me also. The Phillipines is detoriating
as regards natural habitat is unquestionable. Whehter the flycatchers go further down to Borneo, paticular Sabah is another question. This October I saw a male B and W flycatcher at Mt. Kinobalu HQ, Sabah
and birds do go through the Phillipines to North Borneo which is quite well preserved in big pocket sizes of land as Nat. Rs, partoicularly Sabah.
It is hoped birds can sustain several hundred kilos more to reach N. Borneo for winter.
In general, we birders of Tai Po Kau started to find HK forests not so attractive in spring as regards flycathcers, well back to ten years or more when we did BBR of WWFHK.
S L Tai
