irsychan

Before yesterday, I thought D4s' battery and dual-cards were limitless, at least for a single-day birding trip.  Luckily I had spare battery and memory cards. It was firstly the kingfishers (all 4 species showed up at close range), then the ducks and gulls including of course Hong Kong's first record of Franklin's Gull, the raptors, the Great Bittern, and finally the Greater White-fronted Goose which walked closer and closer, flew away, came back again and walked closer and closer, flew away, came back, flew away, came back.  Birders in the same bird hide were busy in replacing batteries and memory cards.  With my camera running on spare battery pack and spare memory card and my right first finger was so tired in pressing the shutter button, I had prayed that the goose could spare me for the day...
At last, it was the sun that drew the curtain.  What a day!!!
These are some photos of the Greater White-fronted Goose picked from 9358 photos taken on the day 28 November 2015 at Mai Po - about one-third photos were on the goose.  Mai Po I love you!











Grey-headed lapwing became 'obstruction' on this particular day.  Some birders whispered 'lapwing go away!' hoping to get a clean shot of the goose.










[ Last edited by irsychan at 6/12/2015 23:41 ]

lexusjohn

Great shots

irsychan

Quote:

Original posted by lexusjohn at 30/11/2015 09:13
Great shots

Thank you!

irsychan

Some other photos taken on the same date at Mai Po (to be continued)

普通翠鳥 Common Kingfisher


斑魚狗 Pied Kingfisher




藍翡翠 Black-capped Kingfisher


白胸翡翠 White-throated Kingfisher


灰頭麥鷄 Grey-headed Lapwing


烏灰銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull (1st winter)


烏灰銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull


紅嘴鷗 Black-headed Gull


黑嘴鷗 (非繁殖羽) Saunder's Gull (non-breeding plumage)




針尾鴨(雄) Northern Pintail (male)


針尾鴨(雌) Northern Pintail (female)


赤頸鴨 Eurasian Wigeon


琵嘴鴨 Northern Shoveler


綠翅鴨 Common Teal


長嘴半蹼鷸 Long-billed Dowitcher


澤鷸 Marsh Sandpiper


青腳鷸 Common Greenshank


紅腳鷸 Common Redshank


環頸鴴 Kentish Plover


灰鴴 Grey Plover


普通鸕鶿 Great Cormorant


磯鷸 Common Sandpiper


中杓鷸 Whimbrel


白腰杓鷸 Eurasian Curlew


池鷺 Chinese Pond Heron


蒼鷺 Grey Heron


中白鷺 Intermediate Egret


小白鷺 Little Egret


白胸苦惡鳥 White-breasted Waterhen


黑翅長腳鷸 Black-winged Stilt


反嘴鷸 Pied Avocet


鵲鴝(雄) Oriental Magpie Robin (male)




黑喉石(即鳥)Stejneger's Stonechat




東黃鶺鴒 Eastern Yellow Wagtail


白鶺鴒 White Wagtail


棕背伯勞 Long-tailed Shrike




黑臉琵鷺 Black-faced Spoonbill




魚鷹 Osprey


純色山鷦鶯 Plain Prinia


白肩鵰(幼鳥) Imperial Eage (juvenile)


Imperial Eagle and its prey




Pull feathers time!  (Eagle pulled duck, Crow pulled Eagle)


Imperial Eagle, Black-eared Kite and Collared Crow


小鸊鷉 Little Grebe


鳳頭鸊鷉 Great Crested Grebe


大麻鳽 Great Bittern


費氏鷗 And finally, the Franklin's Gull (center of photo) which is Hong Kong's first record
(sorry for the poor quality as I only took one blast of shots and then rushed off to pond 16/17 for the white-fronted goose)


[ Last edited by irsychan at 29/12/2015 17:40 ]

irsychan

Mainland border patrol boat was seen that morning - first time ever for my numerous visits to the same boardwalk bird hide in past several years.
I heard from some birders that HK Police also visited the bird hide recently and several birders without the closed area permit were caught.  
This reminds me that it is again time to renew the permit.


[ Last edited by irsychan at 7/12/2015 21:21 ]

irsychan

More Greater White-fronted Goose photos taken on same day and same place









Photos taken before sunset













[ Last edited by irsychan at 7/12/2015 23:52 ]

kc3018

great shots.
thx for sharing.

wksf

This is awesome!

Thanks for sharing.

irsychan

Thank you for your compliments, kc3018 and wksf.

I have now strengthened my accessories and should now be fully equipped for shooting from dawn to dusk.

Come on, goose!
彈藥加強！白額雁，即管放馬過來！哼！

[ Last edited by irsychan at 23/12/2015 18:50 ]