kscheng

Finally we came to the last outing of the Crested Bulbul Elementary Bird Watching course.  On the Sunday March 4th we went to Maipo.  Sitting comfortably in the coach on the driveway to the reception office, we saw flocks of barn swallows house swifts flying in the air.  Not too far off stood a number of Cattle Egrets.  Suddenly a White-breasted Waterhen walked swiftly across the coach.  Getting off at the car park we saw Asian Azure-winged Magpies playing behind the branches.  On the way in to the bird hides, we saw species and species of birds.  

Three weeks ago in the Kowloon Park I was astonished to see a flock of twenty-odd black-crowned night herons resting on the trees.  In Maipo outside the Education Centre I saw trees and trees of herons cormorants egrets.  And it is a regular day in the Ramsar Wet land.

Maipo, finale to the Crested Bulbul course, offers a prelude to a new journey.

雀躍薈觀鳥基礎班的戶外學習觀鳥終於來到最後一課，在三月四日的星期天我們到了米埔，在駛進接待辦公室的小徑、舒適地坐在旅遊巴士上，已看到漫天的家燕和小白腰雨燕飛舞，在不遠處站立了幾隻牛背鷺，更有一隻白胸苦惡鳥在車輪邊走過，下車後在樹枝群裡找到灰喜鵲，在走進觀鳥屋的路上，我們看到不同種類的雀鳥。

三星期前在九龍公園裡我看到樹上站立了一群約二十來隻夜鷺感到震撼，在米埔教育中心外我看到一株樹連著一株樹上站滿了鸕鷀和各式各樣的鷺鳥，可這在米埔是很平常啊。

雀躍薈帶領我們到米埔作為課程的終結篇，卻讓我們開啟了一個新旅程。