Beetle

At 8:00a.m. today (15 Nov) 2 very likely Black Storks were circling over Tai Wai moving to Kowloon West / Mei Foo direction.

I didn't carry a pair of binoculars nor camera as i was hurrying to work, But the 2 blackish large birds with flying jizz very different from Egrets caught my eyes. It was circling, flapping wings a few times and glide, but the long legs hanging behind would eliminate any choice of raptors. The shape of their wings was a little bit different from cormorants, and were flapping wings slowly (more like eagles). Besides, I haven't seen cormorants circling like raptors - do they?

I believe these birds could appear anywhere over HK on their way of migration!

[ Last edited by Beetle at 15/11/2010 11:21 ]

Beetle

I really can't eliminate siberian crane as you said, but the two birds are more likely to be a species that is recorded at this time of the year over past few years.