About 45 participated in the outing in a rainy day. But the rain do not affect us walking to and back from pond 16/17, which is the only major site of watching for the day. This was an excellent day to study birds in the rain. Also excellent was the chance to observe Black-winged Stilt's breeding behavior. We saw Black-winged drove away Besra and Great Egrets, and both parent provide body rain shelter for their babys. Painted Snipe also shows very well on pond 16/17.
Thanks to Wendy for help leading the outing. We saw 74 species. (We forget to add Besra and Asian Dowitcher in Mai Po.)
Mai Po outing, 22 May 2011, cloudy with isolated rain, S wind grade 4, cool (28 deg)
No. 中文名稱 English Name Tick
23 綠翅鴨 Eurasian Teal x
41 小鸊鷉 Little Grebe x
51 黑臉琵鷺 Black-faced Spoonbill 25
53 黃葦鳽 Yellow Bittern x
59 夜鷺 Black-crowned Night Heron x
60 綠鷺 Striated Heron x
61 池鷺 Chinese Pond Heron x
62 牛背鷺 Eastern Cattle Egret x
63 蒼鷺 Grey Heron x
65 大白鷺 Eastern Great Egret x
66 中白鷺 Intermediate Egret x
67 小白鷺 Little Egret x
79 鶚 Western Osprey x
83 黑鳶 Black Kite x
93 松雀鷹 Besra x
111 白胸苦惡鳥 White-breasted Waterhen x
117 黑水雞 Common Moorhen x
125 黑翅長腳鷸 Black-winged Stilt about 20 juveniles
126 反嘴鷸 Pied Avocet x
129 太平洋金斑鴴 Pacific Golden Plover x
130 灰斑鴴 Grey Plover x
133 金眶鴴 Little Ringed Plover x
134 環頸鴴 Kentish Plover x
135 蒙古沙鴴 Lesser Sand Plover x
136 鐵嘴沙鴴 Greater Sand Plover x
138 彩鷸 Greater Painted-Snipe x
145 半蹼鷸 Asian Dowitcher about 10
146 黑尾塍鷸 Black-tailed Godwit x
147 斑尾塍鷸 Bar-tailed Godwit x
149 中杓鷸 Whimbrel x
150 白腰杓鷸 Eurasian Curlew x
153 紅腳鷸 Common Redshank x
154 澤鷸 Marsh Sandpiper x
155 青腳鷸 Common Greenshank x
156 小青腳鷸 Nordmann's Greenshank 3
161 翹嘴鷸 Terek Sandpiper x
162 磯鷸 Common Sandpiper x
164 大濱鷸 Great Knot x
165 紅腹濱鷸 Red Knot x
167 紅頸濱鷸 Red-necked Stint x
168 小濱鷸 Little Stint x
170 長趾濱鷸 Long-toed Stint x
172 尖尾濱鷸 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper x
173 彎嘴濱鷸 Curlew Sandpiper x
176 闊嘴鷸 Broad-billed Sandpiper x
178 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 Red-necked Phalarope x
180 普通燕鴴 Oriental Pratincole x
217 珠頸斑鳩 Spotted Dove x
225 褐翅鴉鵑 Greater Coucal x
228 噪鵑 Asian Koel x
235 四聲杜鵑 Indian Cuckoo x
254 小白腰雨燕 House Swift x
260 普通翠鳥 Common Kingfisher x
262 斑魚狗 Pied Kingfisher x
284 棕背伯勞 Long-tailed Shrike x
287 黑卷尾 Black Drongo x
296.5 灰喜鵲 Azure-winged Magpie x
298 家鴉 House Crow 1 at Tai Po
304 大山雀 Great Tit x
310 紅耳鵯 Red-whiskered Bulbul x
311 白頭鵯 Chinese Bulbul x
318 家燕 Barn Swallow x
366 黃腹鷦鶯 Yellow-bellied Prinia x
367 純色鷦鶯 Plain Prinia x
368 長尾縫葉鶯 Common Tailorbird x
374 黑臉噪鶥 Masked Laughingthrush x
386 暗綠繡眼鳥 Japanese White-eye x
388 八哥 Crested Myna x
392 黑領椋鳥 Black-collared Starling x
395 灰背椋鳥 White-shouldered Starling x
420 鵲鴝 Oriental Magpie Robin x
461 樹麻雀 Eurasian Tree Sparrow x
464 斑文鳥 Scaly-breasted Munia x
470 白鶺鴒 White Wagtail x
HF Cheung
