kpokuen

sept 8, 9 morning

-hainan blue flycatcher
-asian paradise flycatcher


-eastern crowned warbler
-arctic warbler


-bay woodpecker

Ronaldo

fantastic Bay Woodpecker...
A yellow-rumped flycatcher was also seen near picnic area 3.
Also saw a cuckoo this morning and heard a plaintive cuckoo later. May be the same bird.
Saw also what I can only assume being an orange-headed thrush, crossing the road, while I was in the bus going from Fo Tan to TPK, early morning.

fatchun

11/9/2012 Started from 14:30

Asian paradise flycatchers x2
Crested goshawk juv was enjoying meal on the ground
Eurasian Hobby chased little swifts
Easten crowned warbler
Arctic warbler

tsheunglai

Dear Fatchun

See a hobby hunting in the air - the sight must have been fantastic!

Cheers

S L Tai

subbuteo

A quick walk this morning 6.10 to 7.30

Asian Brown Flycatcher on the access road
Hainan Blue Flycatcher, single male along the main path
Grey Wagtail

Dylan

subbuteo

I was at the top of Lai Ning Road (above Old Tai Po Road) this afternoon and was lucky to see a Grey Treepie flying along the hillside above the canopy.

Dylan

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tsheunglai

18 Sep 2012 (Tue)

A lot of birds were on the opposite side of the carpark on Tai Po Road including an Asian Brown Flycatcher around 7:10 am

The reserve proper was quite quiet. I missed a Yellow-rumped Flycatcher -possibly a juv/female - which I just managed to see a flash of its small bright yellow rump before it flew away following
some babblers and nuthatches.

Near the iron-rail on Red/Blue Walk circuit there was a Dark-sided Flycatcher feeding on top of the stream.

Elsewhere there were warblers, Eastern-crowned and Arctic, just as usual.

Cheers

S L Tai

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subbuteo

A quick walk this evening between 4.30 and 5.30pm produced only an Asian Brown Flycatcher and two Mountain Bulbuls.  Great Barbet was calling but there was little else to see.

Dylan

kpokuen

sept 29, morning

-ashy drongo
-black winged cuckoo-shrike


-asian brown flycatcher
-dark sided flycatcher
-asian paradise flycatcher


-japanese paradise flycatcher


-arctic warbler
-pale legged leaf warbler
-eastern crowned warbler


-golden spectacled warbler complex (possible Alstrom's warbler)
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cgeoff

Suggest White-spec for the Seicercus. Fairly prominent wing bar, and the orbital ring appears to be absent above the eye (though I admit the angle is not great).

GeoffC

kpokuen

oct 1 n 2 morning

-besra
-crested goshawk
-ashy drongo (hopwoodi)
-eastern crowned warbler
-pale legged leaf warbler
-asian brown flycatcher


-dark sided flycatcher


-japanese paradise flycatcher


-lesser shortwing

kpokuen

Oct 20, 21 morning

-japanese paradise flycatcher
-asian brown flycatcher
-dark sided flycatcher
-mugimaki flycatcher
-verditer flycatcher


-grey headed flycatcher


-eastern crowned warbler
-dusky warbler
-yellow browed warbler
-arctic warbler


-asian stubtail


-bay woodpecker
-speckled piculet


-black throated tit

brendank

23 October 2012

1 Ashy Minivet
3 Two-barred Greenish Warbler
1 Asian Stubtial
1 Grey-headed Flycatcher
1 Dark-sided Flycatcher

brendank

5 November 2012 - am

2 Dark-sided Flycatcher (both adults)
1 Verditer Flycatcher
1 Grey-headed Flycatcher
1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
1 Black-winged Cuckooshrike

kpokuen

Nov 3 n 4, morning

-grey headed flycatcher
-dark sided flycatcher
-verditer flycatcher
-chestnut bunting
-forest wagtail


-two barred warbler
-yellow browed warbler
-pallas's leaf warbler


-hartert's leaf warbler


-besra


-crested serpent eagle

NelsonChung

28 Oct 2012 NOON
- Grey-throated Minivet

kpokuen

Nov 16, 17 morning

-grey headed flycatcher
-asian brown flycatcher
-dark sided flycatcher
-red breasted flycatcher
-black naped monarch
-bay wooodpecker


-chestnut bunting
-grey backed thrush
-japanese thrush
-yellow browed warbler
-pallas's leaf warbler
-asian stubtail
-hartert's leaf warbler
-dusky warbler
-raddes warbler


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kpokuen

Nov 23, 24 morning

-blue n white flycatcher
-grey headed flycatcher
-verditer flycatcher
-dark sided flycatcher
-asian brown flycatcher
-black naped monarch
-yellow browed warbler
-pallas's leaf warbler
-dusky warbler
-radde's warbler
-asian stubtail
-white spectacled warbler)
-greenish warbler


-japanese thrush
-red flanked bluetail
-rufous tailed robin
-striated yuhina
-siskin


-bay woodpecker (picture taken nov21)


-osprey


-cockatoo

kpokuen

Dec 2 n 3, morning

-yellow browed warbler
-pallas's leaf warbler
-hartert's warbler
-dusky warbler
-red flank bluetail
-rufous tailed robin
-grey backed thrush
-japanese thrush
-grey headed flycatcher
-dark sideded flycatcher


-mugimaki flycatcher


-greater necklaced laughingthrush


-bay woodpecker
-ashy drongo


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brendank

12 December 2012

1 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (male)
2 Grey-headed Flycatcher
5 Goodson's Leaf Warbler (2 rather whitish below, 2 intermediate and 1 very yellow appearing almost like a Sulphur-breasted Warbler)
1 Greenish Warbler
20 Striated Yuhina
1 Japanese Thrush
2 Grey-backed Thrush

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kpokuen

Dec 13, 15 morning

-mugimaki flycatcher
-grey headed flycatcher
-verditer flycatcher


-greenish warbler
-blyth's leaf warbler
-pallas' leaf warbler
-radde's warbler
-yellow browed warbler
-rufous tailed robin
-red flanked bluetail


-striated yuhina


-bay woodpecker

chima

24 Dec pm, 25 Dec am

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher 1
Pale Thrush 2
Grey-backed Thrush (f) 1
Red-flanked Bluetail (f) 1
Eurasian Siskin
Chestnut-collared Yuhina 1x
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Black-throated Laughingthrush
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (m)
Mandarin Duck (f) 1

kpokuen

Dec 28, 30 morning

-pallas's leaf warbler
-goodson's leaf warbler


-sulphur breasted warbler
-asian stubtail
-pale thrush
-scaly thrush


-grey backed thrush


-grey headed flycatcher
-daurian redstart
-red flanked bluetail
-striated yuhina
-blue magpie


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kpokuen

Dec 31, Jan 1 morning

-grey backed thrush
-japanese thrush
-scaly thrush
-pallas's leaf warbler
-yellow browed warbler
-goodson's leaf warbler
-sulphur breasted warbler
-asian stubtail
-red flanked bluetail
-rufous tailed robin
-japanese robin

Beetle

On 1 Jan there were also a pair of Fujian Niltava and a Verditer Flycatcher.




The Female appears a little bit strange with no white patch between the throat/breast; but the size was distinctively large.

brendank

I think the orangish wash to the throat and the lack of a blue half collar would suggest the female is a Vivid Niltava.

Some photographers today also reported a possible male Vivid Niltava. Hopefully we will see some more photos of that.

Do you have any more photos of the male?

Beetle

It appears that the male has bright shiny forehead, barely seen in the poor quality photo.

Not sure if this is useful



The blue collar is present in the female.



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brendank

The orangish wash to the face and throat of the female would make it Vivid for me. See

http://orientalbirdimages.org/bi ... amp;Bird_Family_ID=

Beetle

Given the rather white vent of the male I would tend to believe it is a Fujian Niltava.
Any idea about the blue collar of the female(though not very apparent but could still be seen in the photo)?

Beetle

On 3/1/2013 (pm) there was a Chestnut-crowned Warbler, mixed in a bird wave.

fatchun

4/1/13 Very cold morning.

Sulphur-breasted warbler x1
Japanese robin x1
Brown bush warbler x1
Mountain bulbul
Orange-bellied leafbird x3 (1x female, 2x male)
Goodson's leaf warbler
Grey-headed flycather x1
Chestnut bulbul
Grey-backed thrush
White's thrush
Pale thrush
Long-tailed shrike
Pallas's leaf warbler
Yellow-browed warbler
Rufous-tailed robin
Asian subtail
Red-flanked bluetail
Pygmy Wren-babbler
Fork-tailed sunbird

brendank

5 January 2013

1 Chestnut-crowned Warbler
20 Chestnut-collared Yuhina
2 Goodson's Leaf Warbler
1 Japanese Robin (male)
1 Grey-headed Flycatcher

Ronaldo

06 January morning

Bay Woodpecker (by the access road before 9am)
Japanese Robin (red walk around 9am)
Striated Yuhinas x10

I think someone may have seen a slaty-backed forktail, from this post:
http://www.hkwildlife.net/redirect.php?tid=78675&goto=newpost

fatchun

6/1/2013 PM

Striated Yuhina x 10+
Grey-backed thrush
Bay woodpecker called
Brown wood owl called
Red-flanked bluetail
Asian subtail
Rufous-tailed robin
Crested Serpent Eagle Flew and called

Chun

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kmatthew

7/1/2013 Afternoon

Besra
Crested Goshawk x2
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike x1
Orange-bellied Leafbird x2
Mountain Bulbul
Rufous-tailed Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
Durian Redstart x1
Pale Thrush
Scaly Thrush x1
Grey-backed Thrush
Japanese Thrush
Greenish Warbler x1
Asian Stubtail
Fujian Niltava x2 (male and female)

brendank

Do you have photos of either of the Niltavas especially the female?

kmatthew

Unfortunately I couldn't get a shot of either birds, the male I saw clearly the bright contrasting head patch. The female I ID as a Fujian due to the more washed out under belly, but seeing the recent photographs, I guess I can't rule out the possibility that I saw the same bird, as I surely didnt have as great a view as that!

thinfor

A very nice birding day in TPK on 8Jan.  Though I could not see the Japanese robin, the bird wave occurred when I started leaving blue and red trail looked as if the birds were following me to leave TPK.  So birdy that I should say this was the best birding ever for my birding records in TPK (well, I don't go to TPK so frequently so it might be exaggerating).

Birding time 觀鳥時間: 0800-1430
Weather 天氣: Cool with sunlight and breeze
Humidity 濕度: Fine, not dry nor humid

White Wagtail x1
Grey Wagtail x1
Chestnut Bulbul x2
Mountain Bulbul x2
Great Tit
Yellow-cheeked Tit
Scarlet Minivet
Grey-throated Minivet
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike x1
Orange-bellied Leafbird x2+ (F & M)
Black-throated Laughingthrush x1
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush x2+
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler x1
Rufous-capped Babbler
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta
Blue-winged Minla
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Mountain Tailorbird (heard)
Striated Yuhina x10+
Yellow-bellied Yuhina x1
Grey-headed Flycatcher x1
Verditer Flycatcher x2
Tristram’s Bunting x3 (not seen by me)
Grey-backed Thrush x2
Asian Stubtail Warbler x2
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Goodson's Leaf Warbler x2+
Hartert’s Leaf Warbler x2+
Chestnut-crowned Warbler x1
Pygmy Wren-babbler (heard)
Fork-tailed sunbird (not seen by me)
Red-flanked Bluetail x2+ (F & M)
Rufous-tailed Robin x1
Japanese Robin x1 (not seen by me)
Speckled Piculet x1 (M)

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wgeoff

This is how I would like to see bird lists on the website - English name at the start of each line, followed by number and/or comment.
I can then automatically pick up the details for the Annual Records.

The only issue here is the use of Goodson's/Hartert's as names. I would prefer you used

Goodson's Leaf Warbler - goodsoni - for the yellow ones and
Goodson's Leaf Warbler - fokiensis - for the white ones.

Thanks
Geoff Welch
Secretary, Records Committee

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 10/01/2013 06:46 ]

cgeoff

Better still would be for all birders to submit their records at the end of the year in the Excel file provided on the website. This means that all records will be kept and be available for analysis now or in the future, rather than the more interesting species that GeoffW picks out.

We don't have the resources to collect all records posted here, and so many will disappear.

GeoffC

thinfor

Thanks.  I will do my best to follow what you suggested.  

kpokuen

Dec 12, 13

-goodson's leaf warbler 3X
-pallas's leaf warbler
-asian stubtail 3X
-yellow browed warbler
-bay woodpecker
-red flanked bluetail 5X
-grey backed thrush 5X


-pale thrush


-striated yuhina 20X
-rufous tailed robin 5X
-japanese robin


-tristram's bunting

Ronaldo

In addition, a female Fujian Niltava and a Verditer flycatcher (not seen by me) today.

thinfor

Many thanks for your sharing, kpokuen.  You give me a hope that I may try again to see this gorgeous male Japanese Robin!  

kpokuen

Jan 17, 18 morning

-pale thrush 2X


-grey back thrush 5X
-red flanked bluetail 5X
-grey headed flycatcher 2X
-verditer flycathcer


-white tailed robin female
-yellow browed warbler
-pallas's leaf warbler
-goodson's leaf warbler, 3X (yellow and white underpart)
-chestnut crowned warbler


-bay woodpecker
-speckled piculet

wgeoff

Kwan, could you leave off the '-' at the start of the species name please?
So

pale thrush 2X is OK (starting at the beginning of the line, no blanks before the word pale)

I can then process your records directly from these lists without making any changes
Thanks
Geoff Welch

brendank

23 January 2013

Chestnut-crowned Warbler
Fujian Niltava
Bay Woodpecker (heard)
Speckled Piculet (not seen by me)
Goodson's Leaf Warbler 3X

james10

Would you mind revealing the location for the chestnut-crowned warbler? Please PM if needed. Thank you.

brendank

The Chestnut-crowned Warbler is the bird wave generally seen around the big rock between the Picnic Area 1 & 2.

tsheunglai

23rd Jan 2013

I missed all those that were found by others for taking a different route though recording 39 species.

Twenty-five Eurasian siskins had taken their morning foraging ground above the Study Centre and while I was waiting at the bus-stop I saw an Osprey flying in from Tolo Harbour, bill holding nest-building materials.

It's urged birders keep on observing if Ospreys do succeed in breeding youngs at Tai Po Kau woodlands and  at least report here for I think it'd be record breaking news.

S L Tai