kyshum

鳳頭鵐 Crested Bunting
Please correct the id if I'm wrong.
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[ Last edited by kyshum at 14/03/2010 19:00 ]

kmike

Dear KY

This s a fine set of pix of an immature male Crested Bunting - Congratulations! - its now a very rare bird in Hong Kong!

Please could you let us know where you saw this bird.

Many thanks

Mike

kyshum

Location is Tai po

subbuteo

Dear KY,

Congratulations indeed!  This is a bird I have long wanted to see.

Dylan

[ Last edited by subbuteo at 14/03/2010 22:18 ]

cgeoff

It's actually a bird that not many of us have seen for a long time in HK.

Further, its location may be significant in terms of the continued presence of the species in HK. It would be useful to see the habitat.

Please could you provide more specific details regarding the site?

GeoffC

[ Last edited by cgeoff at 15/03/2010 09:00 ]

thinfor

I really hope that is not an escape.  So long to see this wild bird in HK territory!

sdavid

Are there any moer clues as to where this bird was seen?  It's one I'd love to see.

sdavid

Has this bird been seen again?

Can anyone provide additional details as to the location where this bird was seen previously?

Tai Po as a site description seems a bit vague - I'm assuming it wasn't seen in Tai Po Kau or Tai Po Market - somewhere in the Lam Tsuen Valley perhaps?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

ajohn

Hi sdavid

I tried contacting the photographer (kyshum) directly by PM. He replied that he is releasing the information but only to people he knows. I don't know whether the bird is somehow inaccessible (maybe private land or a difficult to reach location) or is particularly prone to disturbance from observers.

Like you, I would guess that Lam Tsuen Valley is a likely location. It is possible that the species still occurs in small numbers at Tai Mo Shan or Tai To Yan and descends to lower altitude in winter. If so, it must be very close to extinction in HK, as I am not aware of any sightings in recent years. Unfortunately, for many of us it seems that this will remain another "bird that got away".

John