irsychan

All photographs were taken on 24 September 2016 at Mai Po.
Due to the close distance of the bird from bird hide, light reflection from the exposed surface of a lens without hood may scare away the bird. Suggest putting lens hood on.
所有照片均於2016年9月24日在米埔拍攝.
由於該鳥位置接近觀鳥屋, 沒加遮光罩的鏡面反光可能會嚇走該鳥. 建議鏡頭裝上遮光罩.






















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lexusjohn

Good find !

((華仔))

難得一見

ajohn

That's quite a stunning bird. Congratulations for getting photos. I will be sure to look out for it next time I am at Mai Po.

jsk_ppp

Excellent shots

irsychan

Some other photographs taken on the same date and same bird hide in Mai Po:

Common Koel (female)




Japanese White-Eye




The bird caught a worm:


And caught another worm:

And ate it:


This pair served each other:






Plain Prinia




Scaly-breasted Munia (juvenile)


Spotted Dove


Little Grebe


Black-collared Starling (juvenile)


??? [Artic Warbler.  Many thanks to ajohn for the identification]




Great Egret


Grey Heron


Red-whiskered Bulbul


Chinese Bulbul


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irsychan

Quote:

Original posted by lexusjohn at 25/09/2016 20:35
Good find !

Thank you for your compliments, lexusjohn.

irsychan

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Original posted by ((華仔)) at 25/09/2016 20:36
難得一見

謝謝華仔! 我也是第一次見到! 這白變噪鵑會不會是今年才在米埔出世?

irsychan

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Original posted by ajohn at 26/09/2016 14:58
That's quite a stunning bird. Congratulations for getting photos. I will be sure to look out for it next time I am at Mai Po.

Thank you, John, for your compliments.  It is attractive indeed.  
I haven't seen it in my previous visits to Mai Po.  Would it be possible that this bird was born in Mai Po earlier this year?

irsychan

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Original posted by jsk_ppp at 27/09/2016 21:31
Excellent shots

Thank you for your compliments, jsk_ppp.  Your photographs of the same bird are stunning (as always)! Probably because it came closer to the bird hide on Sunday?
On 24 Sept Saturday morning, there were other birders in the same bird hide and while most were quiet, there were a few birders on upper floor of the bird hide who made quite a lot of noises.  Probably because of the noises (and lens glare), the birds including the 'normal' Common Koels and this Leucistic Common Koel stayed behind thick cover of leaves on the trees most of the time.

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ajohn

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Original posted by irsychan at 30/09/2016 16:20
I haven't seen it in my previous visits to Mai Po.  Would it be possible that this bird was born in Mai Po earlier this year?

The fact that the iris is not red perhaps suggests that it is a first-year bird, although it's difficult to know whether this may also have been affected by the colour mutation. I'm not sure how else to age it based on the photos.
There is clearly passage of koels through Mai Po at the moment, with good numbers throughout the reserve. I don't think it's possible to say whether it was hatched at Mai Po or is a migrant from elsewhere.

By the way, the warbler labelled ??? in post #6 is an Arctic Warbler.

[ Last edited by ajohn at 1/10/2016 08:07 ]

irsychan

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Original posted by ajohn at 1/10/2016 08:05


The fact that the iris is not red perhaps suggests that it is a first-year bird, although it's difficult to know whether this may also have been affected by the colour mutation. I'm not sure how els ...

Dear John,
Thank you for your reply and thank you for your identification of the warbler.