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Mai Po 米埔 Winter 2011 冬

3 March 2012 - Boardwalk

1 Slaty-breasted Rail (adult, seen poking its head out of the mangroves)
2 Kamchatka Gull
8 Black-tailed Gull
34 Lesser Sandplover
6 Greater Sandplover
14 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper
18 Great Knot
4 Red Knot
171 Pacific Golden Plover
7 Common Shelduck

[ Last edited by brendank at 3/03/2012 19:15 ]

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Additional records from Mai Po from today, Saturday 3 March:

Mallard, 1 male in pond 12
Baer's Pochard, still present
Eastern Marsh Harrier, 1 female
Imperial Eagle, 1 ad and 1 imm
Greater Spotted Eagle 1 1st winter
Long-billed Dowitcher 2 in pond 22
Oriental Pratincole 1, Access road.

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6 March 2012

Boardwalk:
1 Slaty-backed Gull
1 Kamchatka Gull
3 Black-tailed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
6 Terek's Sandpiper
1 Nordman's Greenshank
1 Red-necked Phalarope
1 Long-billed Dowitcher
1 Whimbrel
165 Kentish Plover

Flying over Pond 12
10 Oriental Pratincole

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9 March 2012

1 Red-crested Pochard (Pond #16/17)
7 Oriental Pratincole (Pond 21)
1 Asian House Martin (education center)

Boardwalk
1 Spoon-billed Sandpiper -thanks to Annika for finding this!
16 Red-necked Stint
1 Slaty-backed Gull
1 Kamchatka Gull
5 Black-tailed Gull

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Congratulations Brendan - the RCP is a great find!

Sounds like a pretty good day to get a Spoonie and all the other goodies as well

Cheers
Mike
Mike KilburnVice Chairman, HKBWSChairman, Conservation Committee

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper - 2012 record shots

9th March 2012   MPNR boardwalk

1D MK IV + 800mm + lots of cropping - same bird as

posted by Brendan

Probably the same bird as on the rising tide on the 8th March.

A couple of very distant photos to get the 2012 "SBS reporting season" started  ?

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