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Topic: surprise birds on fishponds 榮基村魚塘有驚喜 (Read 559 times) |
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Mike Kilburn
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surprise birds on fishponds 榮基村魚塘有驚喜
« on: Jul 29th, 2004, 2:39pm » |
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On Tuesday a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo flew over fishponds at Wing Kei Tsuen and a nest of Chinese Starling was found there.
On Wednesday four Chinese Grosbeaks were found at Mai Po Sun Tsuen. They have also been seen a few days before on the other side of the village. They were not seen closely, but it is suspected that this is a family party.
Anyone birding in this area is requested to check if any of the birds are juveniles, which may have bred nearby.
Also several juvenile Azure-winged Magpies were seen in the same area.
Cheers
Mike
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John Allcock
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Re: surprise birds on fishponds
« Reply #1 on: Jul 30th, 2004, 9:56am » |
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It seems very possible that the Grosbeaks have been breeding locally. This year, there have been 2-3 pairs in the Sha Po/Kam Tin area (at least 1 raised chicks) and a family group seen at Lok Ma Chau. It seems they are colonising Hong Kong.
I will keep my eyes open for the birds at Mai Po.
John
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