kmike

not a bad range of birds,  but it took 7 hours on-site to get all these! I walked aal the way to the top falls and then down the steep paththat comes out near the temple:

Woodcock - 1
Grey-chinned Minivet - 20
Olive-backed Pipit - 2

Mountain Bulbul - 2
Chestnut Bulbul - 20

Red-flanked Bluetail - 4
Lesser Shortwing - 1 singing
Grey-backed Thrush - 2

Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 10
Yellow-browed Warbler - 6
Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 1

Verditer - 1m (possibly 2)

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta - 1
Striated Yuhina - 30

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Not Ng Tung Chai today, but lower Lam Tsuen from Ping Long to Tin Liu Ha.

Highlights included

Common Buzzard

Scarlet and Grey-chinned Minivets

8 warbler species:
Common & Mountain Tailorbirds
Bright-capped (4) and Zitting Cisticolas ( new patch bird for me)
Russet Bush Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Yellow-bellied Prinia

Red-throated Flycatcher - 1

Chestnut Bunting - 2
Black-faced Bunting - 2

White-bellied Yuhina - 2 (not many records on the patch each year)

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher - Nice record George!

Today I birded in Tai Om, the valley to the North of Ng Tung Chai:

The highlight was Brown Bush Warbler - which showed for a couple of minutes in the middle of a lantana. This is a new species for Lam Tsuen and was one of 10 warbler species seen and heard today.

I also had a minimum of 15 Chestnut Buntings, my first Ashy Drongo of the winter and Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike and wonderful views of a Pygmy Wren babbler which showed well next to the tree-shrine below the abandoned village for more than five minutes - fantastic!

Still no Grey-headed Flycatcher!

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Nice pic of the Striated Yuhina Beetle!

Today I had a Large Grass Warbler on the hill between She Shan and Lin Au.

Other birds of interest in the Tin Liu Ha area  included:

Woodcock

Grey-backed Thrush - 2
Chinese Blackbird - 5

Chinese Bush Warbler - 2
Black Monarch - 2

Hair-crested Drongo - 2

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Great to get a photo - they usually disappear much too fast!

A late date for the first one of the year - it could be a migrant (They winter in Hainan) or it could have been here all winter and staying in hiding!

Cheers
Mike K