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(Message started by: Mike Kilburn on Apr 7th, 2005, 6:27pm)

Title: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 7th, 2005, 6:27pm
Today at Ng Tung Chai the following birds were seen between the village and the lower falls from 0700 to 0840

Rufous-tailed Robin - 1 seen + 2 heard singing
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher - 1 male
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 2 h

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckooo - 1 h

Mountain Tailorbird - 2 h

Cheers
Mike K

Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 14th, 2005, 9:41am
This morning at Ng Tung Chai the following birds were seen between the village and the lower falls:

Lesser Shortwing - 2 singing
Mountain Tailorbird - 2 displaying, 1 more seen, 2 more heard
Ferruginous Flycatcher - 1
Little Bunting - 19

Also a Hodgson'sHawk Cuckoo was heard on 12th April

Cheers

Mike K

Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 16th, 2005, 2:16pm
This morning at Ng Tung Chai:

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - 3 just above the village
Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo - 1 singing between lower and middle falls

Great Barbet - 1 seen low down
White-throated Kingfisher - 1 migrant

Lesser Shortwing -1 singing
Siberian Thrush - male and female 500m before lower falls

Mountain Tailorbird - 7 new high count

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - 2:  1 male high falls, 1 male lower falls
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 male nr temple.

Little Bunting - 6 in field nr carpark

Cheers
Mike K

Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 18th, 2005, 10:55am
Sunday 17th and Monday 18th  April the following birds were seen in the morning betweent the Lower Falls and the village.

Crested Serpent Eagle -1
Oriental Honey Buzzard - 1 migrating N
Crested Goshawk - 1

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - 2
Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo - 1
Plaintaive Cuckoo -1h
Large Hawk Cuckoo - 1h

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1h
Lesser Shortwing -1  singing

Mountain Tailorbird - 3

Ferruginous Flycatcher - 1
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 2 (1 seen nr Temple)
Narcissus Flycatcher - 1 (not see by me)
Mugiamki Flycatcher 1 f (not seen by me)
Blue and white Flycatcher - 1f (not see by me)

Little Bunting - 25

Cheers
Mike K




Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by kwan on Apr 18th, 2005, 11:22am
one more to Mike's list on April 17.

- Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (male)


Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 19th, 2005, 9:29am
This morning a quieter morning at NTC, but still some interesting birds

Great Barbet - calling low down

White-throated Kingfisher - 1 (rare at NTC)

No cuckoos this morning but a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo called once late last night.

Lesser Shortwing - 1 singing

Mtn Tailorbird - 2 heard

Hainan Blue Flycatcher -1 singing (short song)
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - 1 female

Gtr Necklaced Laughingthrush - 5 (second day in a row)

Little Bunting - 1

Cheers
Mike K

Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 26th, 2005, 9:25am
A quiet morning at Ng Tung Chai, although good for calling cuckoos:

Slaty-legged Crake(last night)

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo (also from 9:30 last night)
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - 1
Indian Cuckoo (first record for me at Ng Tung Chai)
Large Hawk Cuckoo - 1
Koel - 1

Yellow-browed Warbler
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 2 singing males

Little Bunting - 8

Also 8 Greater Necklaced Laugingthrush - usually rarae buta group hasbeen seen regularly just above then village.

Cheers
Mike

Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨 2005 Spring 春
Post by Mike Kilburn on May 26th, 2005, 11:55pm
Looks like several breeding species have settled in well at Ng Tung Chai, with the following being seen or heard twice each in the last month including Tues 24th May.

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo - 1 singing
Lesser Coucal - singing (just once)
Emerald Dove (just once)
Lesser Shortwing - 1 singing (lowest known in  HK during breeding season)
Mountain Tailorbird -1 or more singing
Hainan Blue Flycathcer - 1 singing male

also a White breastsed Kingfisher continues to Hang around and may be breeding.

However there are lots of drgonflies and damselflies and Hong Kong Cascade Frog seen recently too  to compensate for the low variety of birds.

Cheers
Mike




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