tmichael

Just to add rather belatedly to Gary's post of observations on Po To on Sunday 5th (which I've just noticed):

Daurian Redstart - one male near the Southern Peninsula, in addition to the showy female (photo below) by the helicopter landing pad - both rather late
Pallas's Warbler - 1
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - 1
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1 female

Mike Turnbull

[ Last edited by tmichael at 11/04/2009 17:55 ]

tmichael

Today (Sat 11th) on Po Toi the following birds were noted between 9am and 11.15am:

Crested Goshawk 1 (open to correction there but that's what it looked like to me, and from photos!)
Grey-faced Buzzard 7+
Ashy Minivet 2
Yellow-browed Warbler several heard
Eastern Crowned Warbler 1
Narcissus Flycatcher 3
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher 1
Grey-capped Greenfinch 1


Also during a fairly rough boat trip in southern waters during the afternoon:

Oriental Pratincole 3
Far Eastern Curlew 10
Red-necked Phalarope c 20(?)
Streaked Shearwater 1
Arctic Skua 3 (subject to checking when we see the photos)
Greater Crested Tern 2
Aleutian Tern 4
Grey-faced Buzzard 1 (see Owen's photo below)

As I've said, looking forward to seeing others' photos and any additions to this.

Mike Turnbull

[ Last edited by tmichael at 11/04/2009 19:32 ]

tmichael

Can I add further to the duplication, once again, by re-iterating Richard's note of thanks to Andrew Hardacre, whose company junk we were able to use today.

tmichael

The skuas still look like Arctic to me, the Tern is Aleutian, again as we said at the time, and the "Brown Hawk Owl" must be a Grey-faced Buzzard.

Are any of the claims of Brown Hawk Owl over the sea totally reliable, I wonder.

Mike Turnbull