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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Chinese Bulbul 白頭鵯
        
(Message started by: BERNARD on Dec 16^th, 2002, 12:04am)

Title: Chinese Bulbul 白頭鵯
Post by BERNARD on Dec 16^th, 2002, 12:04am

271 Chinese Bulbul 白頭鵯
Tai Po Kau 大埔滘
15/12/2002
PHOTOGRAPHED IN TAI PO KAU 大埔滘 IN 15DEC.
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/bernade/bernadegbushchat.JPG

Title: Re: GREY BUSHCHAT (MALE)
Post by chan on Dec 16^th, 2002, 7:47pm

Cannot see your image. Please fix it.

Title: Re: GREY BUSHCHAT (MALE)
Post by bfspoonbill on Dec 16^th, 2002, 10:23pm

This is a long lasting problem which is somehow related to linkage to Geocities web sites by another web server. This is to be resolved by webmaster or temporarily by moderator. The only for-sure way to solve it is to use some other less troublesome web servers for photo storage.

But you can click the right button when the mouse pointer is over the missing picture. Then, you should copy and paste the image URL and drop it to "Address" bar. After pressing <enter>, you can see the missing image. It's nice.

Title: Re: GREY BUSHCHAT (MALE)
Post by pk on Dec 16^th, 2002, 10:39pm

It looks like a chinese bulbul to me.

Title: Re: GREY BUSHCHAT (MALE) 灰林即鳥 ?
Post by non-birder on Dec 18^th, 2002, 12:14am

Mmmm.....

It is a difficult one, it look like a Chinese bulbul.

Title: Re: GREY BUSHCHAT (MALE) 灰林即鳥 ?
Post by BERNARD on Dec 18^th, 2002, 11:34am

DEAR ALL,

I CHECKED IT CAREFULLY WITH MY FIELD GUIDES & PHOTO GUIDES AND CONCLUDE THAT IT IS A CHINESE BULBUL. THE SHAPE OF BODY, TAIL AND MANY OTHER FEATURES DON'T LOOK LIKE A GREY BUSHCHAT.

I DIDN'T CHECK THE ID OF THIS BIRD AND WAS TOO HURRIED TO PRESS THE SHUTTER. IT STAYED ON BRANCH FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN IT FLIED AWAY.

THE PROBLEM IN TAI PO KAU IS THAT SOMETIMES A BIRD WAVE HAS TOO MANY RESTLESS BIRDS IN SUCH A DARK FOREST. I AM NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE BIRD WITH MY BINOCULARS. SO I BLINDLY PRESS THE SHUTTER WHENEVER I SEE A BIRD.

FROM NOW ON I WILL TAKE MORE TIME ON IDENTIFYING BIRDS BEFORE TAKING PICTURES. I THINK THIS IS A BETTER WAY. IF A BIRD WAVE OF JAPANESE WHITE EYES CONTAIN A FEW CHESNUT FLANK WHITE EYES THEN IT IS FAR BETTER TO CHECK THEIR ID'S WITH BINOCULARS BEFORE USING THE CAMERA.

SORRY FOR MISLEADING EVERYBODY WITH THIS PICTURE.

BERNARD.