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Re: Po Toi 蒲台島 2006 Spring 春 Chinese Song Thru
« Reply #30 on: May 12th, 2006, 7:01pm » |
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Update for the week ending 12 May.
A very quiet week on Po Toi this week, with SW winds until Thursday, only an Oriental Turtle Dove seen early in the week. But the land birds have started to increase today with the change to N wind. Chinese Goshawk (2), Sparrowhawk sp (1), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (1), Arctic Warbler (5+) and Brown Shrike (10+) so the weekend should be better, and next week if the storm comes as scheduled.
A small tern movement early this morning, 140 in 3 hours mostly White-winged Black with some Black-naped (see photo) and Bridled and 2 Little. No other sea birds seen.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台島 2006 Spring 春 Chinese Song Thru
« Reply #31 on: May 13th, 2006, 2:15pm » |
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on May 12th, 2006, 7:01pm, geoff_welch wrote:A very quiet week on Po Toi this week, with SW winds until Thursday, only an Oriental Turtle Dove seen early in the week. But the land birds have started to increase today with the change to N wind. Chinese Goshawk (2), Sparrowhawk sp (1), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (1), Arctic Warbler (5+) and Brown Shrike (10+) so the weekend should be better, and next week if the storm comes as scheduled.
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Hi Geoff,
It will not be a small storm next week.
As forecasted by various weather agencies, Typhoon Chanchu will land near Hong Kong on coming Wednesday and Thursday. Chanchu will bring very strong gust wind and heavy rain. Be careful and take care of yourself if you are staying in or travelling to the island.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台島 2006 Spring 春 Chinese Song Thru
« Reply #32 on: May 19th, 2006, 3:15pm » |
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Thanks for the thought Lynx, I was careful and I managed to return safely.
Anyone interested in reading my account of the passing of Typhoon Chanchu at Po Toi can access it on www.geocities.com/geoffwelch46/Chanchu.doc
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台島 2006 Spring 春 Chinese Song Thru
« Reply #33 on: May 27th, 2006, 5:54pm » |
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A very quiet week on Po Toi after the excitement of last week. No migrants at all seen today.
I attach my records for May, which for me brings to an end Spring 2006 on Po Toi.
Visited 17 days, of which 11 overnight.
Cold fronts on 2 and 13, typhoon on 17, heavy rain on 21 - 23.
Land Birds
Chinese Pond Heron. 28 migrants on 3, after this date only the resident pair and 1 imm.
Striated Heron. Adult on 23 and 24.
Little Egret. 1 on 24.
Cattle Egret. 7+ of migrants now resident, mostly imm birds.
Great Egret. 1 from 4 to 9.
Yellow Bittern. 1 in off sea on 17, 3 on 18, 2 on 25.
Chinese Goshawk. 1 on 4 and 5, 2 on 12 were the last seen.
Besra. Possible summer resident pair.
Peregrine. 1 on 3.
Ruddy Turnstone. 1 on 5.
Common Snipe. 1 on 5.
Common Sandpiper. At least 1 bird most of the month.
Oriental Turtle Dove. 1 from 9 to 11.
Red Collared Dove. Fem on 18.
Large Hawk Cuckoo. 1 on 16.
Indian Cuckoo. 3+ calling all month.
Dollarbird. 1 on 18.
Brown Hawk Owl. 1 over sea on 16.
Savannah Nightjar. 1 on 2.
Kingfisher sp. Profile of medium size Kingfisher seen on lower canopy branch on 9. Possible Ruddy, but very wary and could not be seen sufficiently well to be certain.
Ruddy Kingfisher. Probable seen on evening of 17 (seen later by others who had better views than me), a different bird to the one on 9 I think, but again very difficult to see well.
Pacific Swift. Regular pair often seen, max 20+ on 24.
House Swift. Max 4 on 24.
Tree Sparrow. Present in numbers before typhoon, max 43+ in 4 groups on 15, then very few after typhoon, e.g. only 5 on 25.
Pipit sp. 1 on 4, 2 on 17, probably all Pechora.
Pechora Pipit. 1 on 17.
Yellow Wagtail. Common migrant through month up to 25.
Ashy Minivet. 1 on 3 and 4, seemed to have lost itself from a group.
Grey Bushchat. Male on 16, along with several other late migrants on 15 and 16 just before typhoon. Moved through very quickly.
Siberian Rubythroat. Fem on 16.
Eye-browed Thrush. 1 on 3.
Oriental Reed Warbler. Single bird resident from 3 to 23, another on 14.
Dusky Warbler. Last seen on 4.
Arctic Warbler. First seen on 28/4, then through early May with max 20+ on 16, not seen from 23. 2 probable xanthodryas on 14. Arctic Warblers seem to move through very quickly, none in early morning then 10+ by afternoon, then none early next morning. Sometimes seen arriving at SE point.
Grey-streaked Flycatcher. First seen on 25/4, seen through May with max 3+ on 3, last were 3 on 25. Unlike previous species, individual birds can stay several days.
Asian Brown Flycatcher. 1 on 3 and 4, last seen on 14.
Mugimaki Flycatcher. Fem on 15.
Brown Shrike. Present throughout May to 25, largest 20+ on 16, none on 27.
Long-tailed Shrike. 1 again on SE peninsular, previous last sighting in early March.
Black Drongo. Summer resident, at least 6 pairs.
Large-billed Crow. Resident pair.
Purple-backed Starling. 1 on 4.
White-shouldered Starling. Pair on 23, 24.
Yellow-fronted Canary. 1 from 14, 2 together on 25.
Black-faced Bunting. Fem from 14 to 18.
Scaly-breasted Munia. Several pairs apparently resident.
White-rumped Munia. As for the above.
Sea Birds from SE point
Tern movements on most days between 4 and 18, lower numbers after 18. Mixed flocks, mostly White-winged Black and Common with some Whiskered, Bridled and Black-naped and a few Great Crested, Gull-billed, Little and Aleutian. Main movements were
5. 6.15am – 9.15am. 960 Terns, 5 Short-tailed Shearwaters, 3 Streaked Shearwaters, 1 Arctic Skua. Another Short-tailed Shearwater in afternoon.
17, Typhoon Chanchu. 10.15am to 17.00pm. Not a movement as such, large numbers of seabirds assembled around Po Toi feeding off tide lines created by typhoon winds. 1 dark-rumped Storm Petrel (Swinhoe’s?), 80+ Streaked Shearwaters, 300+ Terns, 2 Brown Noddy.
Smaller movements of Terns on 4, 12, 15, 16 and 18. 6 Whiskered on 24, 7 Tern sp including at least 1 Common on 25. Local Bridled and Black-naped from 11.
Other seabird species were
Lesser Frigatebird. 1st stage imm on 3, first seen from SE point but stayed on island for over 5 hours, mostly around main harbour.
Short-tailed Shearwater. 1 on 3, 1 on 17 and 1 on 25.
Ancient Murrelet. 1 on 4.
Pomarine Skua. 1 on 4 with large spoons.
Great Crested Tern. 4 on 3.
Red-necked Phalarope. Seen all month.
Other waders. 10 small, 40+ medium (Knot sp?), 1 Whimbrel on 2. 1 medium size on 4.
Other birds seen migrating over sea or coming in were
Egrets. 100+ on 3, 1 on 10, 12 (Cattle Egret) on 16, 4 (Little and Cattle) on 17 and 10 on 18.
Striated Heron. Adult on 4.
Yellow Bittern. 1 on 17.
Brown Hawk Owl. 1 on 16 low over sea from Dangan, then circled very high on approach to land.
Yellow Wagtail. 1 on 4, 17, 25.
Pipit sp/Pechora Pipit. 3 on 17.
Arctic Warbler. 1 on 11, 2 on 17.
Black Drongo. Pair flying SE towards Dangan on 25.
Large-billed Crow. Pair flying SE towards Dangan on 25, pursued by resident male.
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