Beetle

16 Dec, afternoon 2:50~5:30pm
I Think it is appropriate to open a new thread for Tai Po Kau on this cold day.

Seems that birds are sluggish and remained sluggish in the low temperature, they tend to remain in small groups of there own species rather than moving in bird-waves. These were observed for white-eyes, Grey-cheeked Fulvettas, Chestnut Bulbuls. This make a very quiet day in terms of number of birds.

Highlights of migrants:

Scaly Thrush x1
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike x3
Asian Stubtail Warbler x1
Grey-headed Flycatchers
Pallas's Leaf Warblers


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kpokuen

Dec 17 n 18, morning

Asian brown flycatcher
Rufous tailed robin
Red flanked bluetail (2male, 5female)
Grey backed thrush

White's thrush


Fujian niltava

kpokuen

1 Jan, morning

Crested serpent eagle
Crested goshawk
Common Buzzard
Red flanked bluetail
Asian brown flycatcher
Japanese thrush
Chestnut crowned warbler

Siskin

fatchun

1-1-2011
Afternoon

Grey-headed flycatcher x1
Grey-backed thrush mature male x1
Red-flanked bluetail male x1 and female x1
Lesser necklaced laughingthrush x1 (bath together with a group of 8-10 Greater necklaced laughingthrush)

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fatchun

2-1-2010 Early morning

Chestnut-crowned warbler x1
Chestnut-flanked white-eye x2
Striated Yuhina x ~15
Grey-headed flycatcher x1


A red-flanked bluetail male was in the garden of TPK Forest Office. But unfortunately, 10-15 "narutal photographers" have set up woods to build a scene for their own interest again. All I have observed cannot stop me to think of baiting of birds.

fatchun

3-1-2011 Afternoon

Highlight:
Eurasian siskin x 7 (because of the strong light behind, I cannot well identify their sex)
At 15:00, they were stayed at the entrance of the TPK, even before the house. Seems they would like to find food on the trees of Liquidambar formosana.

Lesser necklaced laughingthrush x1 again!!
It was again moved with a group of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes. But it is too dark to take a photo of it!
I hope somebody could try to find it and take some photos of it......Thanks so much!

Other birds:
Orange-bellied leafbird  1 male and 1 female
Red-flanked bluetail 2 female
Rufous-tailed robin x 2
Asian subtail warbler x 3

and 20+ macaques..........so scary.


Eurasian siskin (sorry for poor photos):




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Ronaldo

Saw on the 2nd a large group of Scimitar Babblers (may be 10+) partying with an even larger group of much smaller birds, possibly other babblers. Could not identify them as not an expert and it was quite dark (over 5pm)  but very noisy and active in undergrowth...
Male + Female bluethroat in Garden, 2x Asian Stub Warbler along the red walk.

Beetle

Quote:

Original posted by Ronaldo at 3/01/2011 20:54
Saw on the 2nd a large group of Scimitar Babblers (may be 10+) partying with an even larger group of much smaller birds, possibly other babblers. Could not identify them as not an expert and it was qu ...

Interesting to find bluethroats there...Do you mean red-flanked bluetail or really bluethroat?

Ronaldo

sorry... meant bluetail... saw the bluethroat in long valley and got confused...

fatchun

7-1-2011 Morning very cold day...but not so many birds

Chestnut-crowned warbler x 1
Rufous-tailed robin x 2
Red-flanked bluetail  male x 2, imm. male x 1, female x 2
Scaly (White's) thrush x 1
Ashy drongo x 1
Black-winged cuckoo-shrike x 1
Orange-bellied leafbird male x 1, female x 2
Grey-backed thrush x 1

A good day to meet an expert and many thanks for him. =]

kpokuen

Jan 8 n 9, morning

Verditer flycatcher
Grey headed flycatcher
Grey-backed thrush
Red flanked bluetail (2m, 2f)
Lesser necklaced laughingthrush
Pallas's leaf warbler
Yellow browed warbler
Greenish warbler
Eastern crowned warbler
Asian stubtail
Chestnut crowned warbler
Sulphur breasted warbler

Goodsoni leaf warbler


White spectacled warbler

ypakwai

Thank you! Kwan

brendank

Nice White-spectacled! The Eastern-crowned Warbler would seem unprecedented in winter. Are there any previous winter records?

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twallace

Lovely Bird!!
Congratulations~~余Sir

hgeorge

Quote:

Original posted by brendank at 9/01/2011 22:26
Nice White-spectacled! The Eastern-crowned Warbler would seem unprecedented in winter. Are there any previous winter records?

Yes, this species was sometimes found in winter.
I even found one on July in TPK several years ago.

kyshum

16 Jan 2011, morning:
畫眉 Hwamei
銀耳相思鳥 Silver-Eared Mesia
藍翅希鶥 Blue-Winged Minla‎
灰背鶇 Grey-Backed Thrush
虎斑地鶇 Scaly Thrush
紅脇藍尾鴝 Red-Flanked Bluetail
叉尾太陽鳥 Fork-tailed Sunbird
暗綠繡眼鳥 Japanese White eye
大山雀 Great Tit
絨額鳾 Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
栗背短腳鵯 Chestnut Bulbul
長尾縫葉鶯 Common Tailorbird
黃眉柳鶯 Yellow-browed Warbler
樹鷚 Olive-backed Pipit

tsheunglai

Birds seen today:

1. Asian Barred Owlet (my TPK first seen in daytime)
2. Fujian Niltava (male, well seen)
3. Japanese Thrush (female, my 2011 first)
4. Pale (corrected from Gray) Thrush (1st winter female with white on tertial tips and white-dotted wing covert bar)
5. Gray-backed Thrush (male)

Quite a satisfactory day given that I have to concentrate waiting and finding the Niltava.

S L Tai

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kmike

Sounds like a pretty good day to me!

Although you have set a pretty high standard for yourself withe the forktail and other good birds you're finding in Shing Mun.

Cheers
Mike K

tsheunglai

Dear Mike

Thanks a lot for your encouraging comment. I may add that the nomadic hordes of photographers have recently invaded into Shing Mun. One either have to go birding early (meaning before 8 am in recent weather) or after 2 pm to have the birds not scared away or possibly appear again (like the forktail).

Cheers

S L Tai

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ctakming

31.1.2011
Great Barbet
Black Bulbul
Red-flanked Bluetail (M & F)
Rufous-tailed Robin
Grey-backed Thursh (M & F)
Japanese Thrush (M & F)
Asian Stubtail Warbler
Grey-headed Flycatcher
Fujian Niltava (F)
Ashy Drongo (leucogenis)
Striated Yuhina
Pygmy Wren Babbler (with record photo below)

kpokuen

2 Feb, morning

Red flanked bluetail, 1m 2f
Grey backed thrush

Pale thrush


Fujian niltava


Striated yuhina


Honey buzzard

fatchun

2-2-2011 Afternoon

Highlight of today:

Greenish warbler
Striated Yuhina x 8
Grey-headed flycatcher
Mountain tailorbird
Grey-backed thrushes
Japanese thrush
Rufous-tailed robin
Hwamei
Red-flanked bluetail female only today
Asian subtail warbler
A bunting's call

and a Barking Deer! =]!

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fatchun

Quote:

Original posted by kpokuen at 2/02/2011 15:37
2 Feb, morning


Fujian niltava
http://img.photobucket.com/album ... ianniltava10202.jpg ...

Thanks for posting nice photos.
But I am curious about the Fujian niltava.
It seems having intense orange color at the belly and some light blue color at the shoulder.
Could I say that is a orange-bellied niltava? If yes, that would be another great find!
Hope to know more about the identification between these two niltavas.
Any comment is appreciated and thank you so much!

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Beetle

3 Feb 2010 morning

Pale Thrush
Japanese Thrush
White's Thrush
Lesser Shortwing x2 Heard
Great Barbet x2 Seen
Niltava sp. (male) x1 (belly not observed, more likely to be small niltava)
Goodson's Leaf warbler x4+

kpokuen

Feb 12, morning

Pale thrush
Japanese thrush
Grey-backed thrush
Red flanked bluetail
Striated yuhina
Black bulbul


Tristram's bunting

kpokuen

19 n 20 Feb, morning

Pale thrush
Grey backed thrush
White's thrush
Japanese thrush
Ashy drongo
Striated yuhina
Red flanked bluetail
Black bulbul
Grey headed flycatcher
Small niltava


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kpokuen

Mar 12, morning

Grey backed thrush
Grey headed flycatcher
Black bulbul 15X

Greater necklaced laughingthrush


Lesser necklaced laughingthrush 3X


Goodson's leaf warbler

Beetle

13 March 2011 Morning

Japanese Thrush
Pale Thrush
Grey-backed Thrush
Grey-headed Flycatcher
Black Bulbuls

Jonathmartinez

24 march, morning
in addition to the possible Short-billed Minivet (see other post), the following species have been seen.

Spotted Dove
Grey-chinned Minivet (more than 15)
Scarlet Minivet
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Chestnut Bulbul (many birds)
Black Bulbul ( a group of 16 birds)
Oriental Magpie Robin
Lesser Shortwing 1
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Mountain Tailorbird (2 birds singing, seen a nd heard)
Common Tailorbird
Blue-and-white Flycatcher ( 1 nice adulte male)
Silver-eared Leiothrix
Rufous-capped Babbler
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta
Blue-winged Minla
Pygmy Wren-Babbler ( 2)
Great Tit
Yellow-cheeked Tit
Fork-tailed Sunbird ( at least 7 birds)
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker ( probably over 15 differents birds)
Japanese White-eye
Ashy Drongo 1
Large-billed Crow