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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #30 on: Dec 24th, 2005, 12:11pm » |
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24th December 2005, 9.15-11.30am warm, sunny & calm 
If anyone goes to the woods at Ho Chung today or in the near future just below the house under renevation on the right hand sde going up there was a very interesting Flycatcher. I believe it is a Blue-throated but I've never seen the species before and it didn't hang around. I waited for 20 minutes and again 15 minutes on the way back but couldn't relocate it. The Avifauna cautions that the origin of all blue and orange flycatchers in HK is suspect but Ho Chung does have a previous record back in the early 90s.
Otherwise, Grey-backed thrush, Stubtail warbler and 9 Greater necklaced laughing-thrushes were the best birds. Lots of phylloscs in the canopies and I am reasonably confident I got a fleeting glimpse of a Pallas's but mostly they were just high and silhouetted.
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Ho Chung 27th Dec 4:00pm to 6:pm
« Reply #31 on: Dec 28th, 2005, 8:47am » |
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Black-winged Cuckoo-Shirke x 1
Little Egret x 1
Olive-Backed Pipit x 2
Little Bunting x 12 (in the burn field)
Grey Wagtail x 2
Crested Bulbul (many)
Chinese Bulbul (many)
Siberian Stonechat (female) x1
Black Bird x 3
Hair Crested Drongo x 4
Blue Magpie x 4
Great Tit x 2
Black-Faced Laughing-Thrush x 3
Spotted Munia x 17
Swift (too far away to identify) x 20
Grey Treepie x 3 (standing on the wire)
Crested Goshawk x 1 (catach a small bird and hide in the woodland)
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29th Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #32 on: Dec 29th, 2005, 12:02pm » |
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29th Ho Chung 蠔涌 8:00am to 10:00am
Rufous-Necked Scimitar Babbler x 2 (entrance of the Wilson Trail)
Crested Serpent Eagle x1
Black Kite x 1
Rufous-Becked Shrike x 1
Great Tit x 8
Hair-Crested Drongo x 2
Little Bunting x 6
Spotted Munia x 13
Chinese Bulbul
Crested Bulbul
Grey Wagtail x 2
Dpotted Dove x 6
Daurian Redstart x 1
Black-Throated Laughing Thursh (hear voice)
Fork-Tailed Sunbird x 2
Jungle Crow x 2
Magpie Robin x 7
Yellow-Bellied Prina x1
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31 Dec Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #33 on: Dec 31st, 2005, 8:40pm » |
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31 Dec 2005 Ho Chung 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Rufous-Backed Shrike x 2
Grey Wagtail x 2
White Wagtail x 2
Black Kite x 1
Crested Serpent Eagle x 1
Spotted Dove
Lesser Coucal x 1
Crested Bulbul
Chinese Bulbul
Chestnut Bulbul x 4
Siberian Stonechat 1M 1F
Red-Flanked Bluetail x 1F
Black Bird x 4
Yellow-Bellied Prina x 3
Yellow-Browed Warbler x 3
Great Tit x 2
Japanese White-Eye
Black-Necked Starling x4
Crested Myna x 16
Little Bunting x 4
Spotted Munia x 8
Hair-Crested Drongo x 32
White-Breasted Waterhen x 1
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #34 on: Dec 31st, 2005, 8:42pm » |
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Where did you seen the Rufous-back strike??
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #35 on: Jan 2nd, 2006, 9:38am » |
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棕背伯勞 Rufous Backed Shrike.
I found it on the the cultivated area.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #36 on: Jan 2nd, 2006, 11:32am » |
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I spent 2 hours at Ho Chung this morning - not much to see to be honest. I was however disturbed to note that the netting used by the locals to prevent their flowers from birds had trapped and killed a Crested mynah and a bat. I know nothing about bats - this was about the size of a tennis ball and had a horn-like protruberance on the front of its face. It was so entangled it was hard to see much more.
The local work very hard to produce their flower 'crops' and I see the bulbuls attacking them all the time (the flowers not the people!). I guess it is not much different from using fruit cages to protect raspberries or the like so I don't condemn the farmers. Nevertheless, it is was not good to see either of this morning's victims.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #37 on: Jan 2nd, 2006, 1:28pm » |
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I can see the use of nets as acceptable- however it is the type of net used commonly here that is the problem. It is netting designed to catch and hold birds- this is unnecessary. I regularly see nets used in this way in the Lam Tsuen valley. I have cut several birds out in the past week, luckily all were capable of flying free when I was finished. What is even more annoying is seeing red-billed starlings, crested bulbuls, tree sparrows and occasionally other species tethered up above the crops as a supposed deterent.
There is no reason for these nets to be used other than to persecute the birds- almost revenge. Slightly thicker netting would prevent the birds from reaching the crops and they would not become entangled.
I know some of the farmers bear no ill will toward the birds as they come and ask me to remove them- it is simply a matter of educating them as to alternatives- though they may cost more.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #38 on: Jan 2nd, 2006, 3:41pm » |
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Nets which catch and kill birds are illegal under the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap 170), as is using dead birds as a deterrant. However it must be said that bulbuls in particular will happily destroy a crop of carnations or chrysanthemums if they can.
The worst kind are mist nets made of dark thread with a "shelf" (a tight horizontal cord across the net). The birds hit the net and get stuck in a pocket which hangs over the shelf. Removing the shelf makes the nets far less lethal, but they can and do still kill birds and bats.
There are alternative types of net - even simple fishing nets are better as it is much harder for birds to get entangled and die.
I have persuaded one flower farmer in Lam Tsuen to give up using mist nets and switch to other nets which do not kill birds. This year he is using a combination of other nets and I have not found any trapped or dead birds so far this winter.
If you find nets such as these you should report them to Mr Wong Che Lok at AFCD (cl_wong@afcd.gov.hk). Ideally you should provide a map and photos so that the site can be accurately identified.
While it is illegal to use these mist nets, it is not illegal to sell them - the same nets are legally used by qualified ringers, but only under licence from AFCD.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #40 on: Jan 2nd, 2006, 5:19pm » |
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This was the bat caught
Very sad
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #42 on: Jan 3rd, 2006, 4:36pm » |
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Mist Nets in Ho Chung 3rd January 2006
I have email the location map of Ho Chung to Mr. Wong AFCD. He just call me to confrim he have received my message and will follow the issue.
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CK
PS: Andrew, I hope you don't mind that I have also email your bat photo to AFCD for their reference.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #43 on: Jan 3rd, 2006, 4:58pm » |
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No problem - hope they manage to resolve this amicably.
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Re: Ho Chung 蠔涌 2005 Winter 冬
« Reply #44 on: Jan 4th, 2006, 9:21am » |
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I received the message from Mr. Wong AFCD this morning.
Dear Mr. Chan,
Thank you for your information. We also received the same complaint from staff of KFBG today. Please be informed that our Nature Wardens have seized 7 pieces of mist net each of 20m to 30m in length. One bird was released. No one claimed to be responsible on site and our Nature Warden provided advice to people nearby on how to protect their agricultural products, which would not harm wild birds and bats. We also advised them to use nets with thicker strings and put them horizontally in order to protect crops.
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C. L. Wong
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