About 40 joined the outing last Sunday, with more members taking the ferry on their own. Birds on Po Toi are quite interesting, including Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Blue and White Flycatcher and Dark-sided (Sooty) Flycatcher. One important things to note was that there were very few common birds. For example, there were no Crested Myna and few Bulbuls.
On the sea, it was quite rough and heavy rain at times. We record six species of Tern, including Greater Crested and Aleutian. However, Common Tern is a mis-id by me. These should be Roseate Terns. I apologise sincerely to participants.
Here is the bird list:
HKBWS outing: Po Toi and S waters, 18 Sept 2011, cloudy with shower, strong E wind 5, cool about 26 deg
No. Chinese Name Common Name
59 夜鷺 Black-crowned Night Heron Aberdeen only
61 池鷺 Chinese Pond Heron tick
67 小白鷺 Little Egret Aberdeen only
68 岩鷺 Pacific Reef Heron tick
83 黑鳶 Black Kite tick
85 白腹海鵰 White-bellied Sea Eagle over the sea
90 鳳頭鷹 Crested Goshawk tick
91 赤腹鷹 Chinese Sparrowhawk tick
104 燕隼 Eurasian Hobby over the sea
199 大鳳頭燕鷗 Greater Crested Tern over the sea
201 白腰燕鷗 Aleutian Tern over the sea
202 褐翅燕鷗 Bridled Tern over the sea
204 粉紅燕鷗 Roseate Tern over the sea
205 黑枕燕鷗 Black-naped Tern over the sea
207 鬚浮鷗 Whiskered Tern over the sea
217 珠頸斑鳩 Spotted Dove Aberdeen only
255 三寶鳥 Oriental Dollarbird tick
282 紅尾伯勞 Brown Shrike tick
286 黑枕黃鸝 Black-naped Oriole tick
287 黑卷尾 Black Drongo tick
291 壽帶 Asian Paradise-Flycatcher tick
301 大嘴烏鴉 Large-billed Crow Aberdeen only
310 紅耳鵯 Red-whiskered Bulbul tick
311 白頭鵯 Chinese Bulbul tick
318 家燕 Barn Swallow tick
335 黃眉柳鶯 Yellow-browed Warbler tick
337 極北柳鶯類 Arctic Warbler complex tick
366 黃腹鷦鶯 Yellow-bellied Prinia tick
388 八哥 Crested Myna Aberdeen only
395 灰背椋鳥 White-shouldered Starling tick
433 灰紋鶲 Grey-streaked Flycatcher tick
434 烏鶲 Dark-sided Flycatcher tick
435 北灰鶲 Asian Brown Flycatcher tick
446 白腹姬鶲 Blue-and-white Flycatcher tick
461 樹麻雀 Eurasian Tree Sparrow tick
469 灰鶺鴒 Grey Wagtail tick
HF Cheung