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ID help, Thanks!
« on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:29am »
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Mai Po Natural Reserve  
31/7/2004
EOS 10D  
 
#1 Chinese Greenfinch ?

 
#2 Non breeding Greater Sandplover?  
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 8:40am »
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#1 is a chinese greenfinch.
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 9:48am »
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Greater Sandplover - pale legs and huge bill.
Were there a lot of waders in Maipo?
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #3 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:13pm »
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Yes, there are about 1400 waders in Mai Po now. But diversity is quite low, i.e. ~1000 Common Redshanks and ~300 Common Greenshanks!
 
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 7:12pm »
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 9:48am, Koel_Ko wrote:
Greater Sandplover - pale legs and huge bill.
Were there a lot of waders in Maipo?

 
I only saw one....at Pond 16/17 on that particular afternoon  
 
 
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #5 on: Aug 3rd, 2004, 3:56pm »
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 8:40am, carmen wrote:
#1 is a chinese greenfinch.

 
 
Carmen, thanks!  
 
Do you think this is a escaped bird?
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