HFCheung

An excelent day to walk.  A full-house outing with 50 participants.  Tides are a bit low at board walk, but the Mai Po education center offer an excellent chance for participants to see two species of Spoonbill, two Pintails with satellite transmitter, a Macaw, and Egrets at close distance.  Recently there seems to be an oil spilt in the Deep Bay area, we found one Black-headed Gull with heavy old stain from the boardwalk.

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I forgot to thank peter and Fai for help to lead the outing.  Thank you very much, both of you.

HKBWS Mai Po outing: 1 Feb 2009, cloudy, cool (16 deg), light wind, dry                       
002        Little Grebe        小鸊鷉        Tick
003        Great Crested Grebe        鳳頭鸊鷉        Tick
014        Grey Heron        蒼鷺        Tick
015        Purple Heron        草鷺        Tick
016        Great Egret        大白鷺        Tick
017        Intermediate Egret        中白鷺        Tick
018        Little Egret        小白鷺        Tick
022        Chinese Pond Heron        池鷺        Tick
024        Black-crowned Night Heron        夜鷺        Tick
035        Eurasian Spoonbill        白琵鷺        Tick
036        Black-faced Spoonbill        黑臉琵鷺        Tick
040        Common Shelduck        翹鼻麻鴨        Tick
043        Eurasian Wigeon        赤頸鴨        Tick
051        Northern Pintail        針尾鴨        Tick
053        Northern Shoveler        琵嘴鴨        Tick
057        Tufted Duck        鳳頭潛鴨        Tick
063        Osprey        鶚        Tick
067        Black Kite        黑鳶        Tick
074        Eastern Marsh Harrier        白腹鷂        Tick
075        Crested Goshawk        鳳頭鷹        Tick
080        Common Buzzard        普通鵟        Tick
081        Greater Spotted Eagle        烏雕        Tick
101        White-breasted Waterhen        白胸苦惡鳥        Tick
103        Common Moorhen        黑水雞        Tick
104        Eurasian Coot        骨頂雞        Tick
108        Pied Avocet        反嘴鷸        Tick
112        Pacific Golden Plover        金斑鴴        Tick
113        Grey Plover        灰斑鴴        Tick
116        Little Ringed Plover        金眶鴴        Tick
125        Eurasian Curlew        白腰杓鷸        Tick
127        Spotted Redshank        鶴鷸        Tick
128        Common Redshank        紅腳鷸        Tick
129        Marsh Sandpiper        澤鷸        Tick
130        Common Greenshank        青腳鷸        Tick
136        Common Sandpiper        磯鷸        Tick
152        Temminck's Stint        青腳濱鷸        Tick
165        Heuglin's Gull        灰林銀鷗        Tick
166        Yellow-legged Gull        黃腳銀鷗        Tick
173        Black-headed Gull        紅嘴鷗        Tick
176        Saunders's Gull        黑嘴鷗        Tick
181        Caspian Tern        紅嘴巨鷗        Tick
192        Oriental Turtle Dove        山斑鳩        Tick
194        Spotted Dove        珠頸斑鳩        Tick
208        Common Koel        噪鵑        Tick
209        Greater Coucal        褐翅鴉鵑        Tick
228        Pied Kingfisher        斑魚狗        Tick
229        Common Kingfisher        普通翠鳥        Tick
230        White-throated Kingfisher        白胸翡翠        Tick
231        Black-capped Kingfisher        藍翡翠        Tick
238        Eurasian Wryneck        蟻        Tick
255        Yellow Wagtail        黃鶺鴒        Tick
258        White Wagtail        白鶺鴒        Tick
270        Red-whiskered Bulbul        紅耳鵯        Tick
271        Chinese Bulbul        白頭鵯        Tick
279        Long-tailed Shrike        棕背伯勞        Tick
287        Oriental Magpie Robin        鵲鴝        Tick
292        Common Stonechat        黑喉石鵖        Tick
312        Masked Laughingthrush        黑臉噪鶥        Tick
345        Yellow-bellied Prinia        黃腹鷦鶯        Tick
346        Plain Prinia        純色鷦鶯        Tick
347        Common Tailorbird        長尾縫葉鶯        Tick
349        Dusky Warbler        褐柳鶯        Tick
354        Yellow-browed Warbler        黃眉柳鶯        Tick
389        Great Tit        大山雀        Tick
397        Japanese White-eye        暗綠繡眼鳥        Tick
424        Eurasian Tree Sparrow        樹麻雀        Tick
427        Red-billed Starling        絲光椋鳥        Tick
432        White-cheeked Starling        灰椋鳥        Tick
433        Black-collared Starling        黑領椋鳥        Tick
435        Common Myna        家八哥        Tick
436        Crested Myna        八哥        Tick
444        Common Magpie        喜鵲        Tick
447        Large-billed Crow        大嘴烏鴉        Tick
448        Collared Crow        白頸鴉        Tick
708.5        Eurasian Collared Dove        灰斑鳩        Tick
800        Azure-winged Magpie        灰喜鵲        Tick
??        Scarlet Macaw        (赤紅？)金鋼鸚鵡        Tick
Total 77 species

HF Cheung

sken

Thanks for the comprehensive list!

also, please add:
White-shouldered Starling x10 - near the entry parking lot
Peregrine Falcon x1 - at the mud flats right when we arrived

a GREAT day; the clearest I have seen it!

HFCheung

Lost and find:

1. A participant has lost a binocular bag.  If anyone found it or saw it left somewhere, please contact HKBWS.

2. A lens cap for Canon AF were found.  The owner please contact HKBWS to get it back.

HF Cheung

pitarhk

Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺(右邊係黑臉琵鷺,左邊係白琵鷺)


Black Kite 黑鳶


Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂(浮橋九里遠)


Caspian Tern 紅嘴巨鷗(又係九里遠)


Chinese Pond Heron 池鷺


Black-capped Kingfisher 藍翡翠


Black-headed Gull 紅嘴鷗(油浸版)


Scarlet Macaw 金鋼鸚鵡


Eurasian Wigeon 赤頸鴨


Northern Pintail 針尾鴨


[ Last edited by pitarhk at 1/02/2009 22:20 ]

mchristine

We also saw that Scarlet Macaw 金鋼鸚鵡 standing on the tall tree opposite to the Visitor Centre on 28 January.  Is it an escaped bird???

HKBWS Bonnie

Yes. It is said to be an escape bird. You may want to have a look at our previous post: http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... &extra=page%3D1

ajohn

Note that this is a Red and Green Macaw. Scarlet Macaw would have yellow in the wings.
It is definitely an escape (native to South America but, unfortunately, commonly traded) and has been in the area for several months.

mchristine

Thank you very much for the advice

lsinyin

I feel lucky having joined the Mai Po outing with my friends. It was the first time for some of them being there. They like it very much and are going to join the next one. I would like to share some photos captured on that day. Please correct me if the identification is wrong.

白琵鷺 Eurasian Spoonbill


黑臉琵鷺 Black-faced Spoonbill


黑鳶 Black Kite


池鷺 Chinese Pond Heron


小白鷺 Little Egret


澤鷸 Marsh Sandpiper


休氏銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull (1st year winter)


休氏銀鷗 Heuglin's Gull, 紅嘴鷗 Black-headed Gull


紅嘴鷗 Black-headed Gull


反咀鷸 Pied Avocet


灰斑鴴Grey Plover


白腰杓鷸 Eurasian Curlew


紅嘴巨鷗 Caspian Tern


藍翡翠 Black-capped Kingfisher


灰胸秧雞 Slaty-breasted Rail


黑水雞 Common Moorhen


小鷿鶞Little Grebe


紅綠金剛鸚鵡 Red and Green Macaw


中白鷺 Intermediate Egret


Thanks for watching.   

njimmy

Hi,

As seen from the JPGs, are the Eurasian Wigeon and Northern Pintail both tag on their back with radio tracking devices? Are they tag in Hongkong or ??

Interested to know a bit more on tracking projects going now in HK ( or ASIA ).

Cheers from Jimmy Ng

isaac_chan

Jimmy, you missed this post....
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... &extra=page%3D1