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(Message started by: Mike Kilburn on Nov 6th, 2005, 9:45am)
Title: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 6th, 2005, 9:45am
A very good morning and all the birds winter visitors rather than migrants - hence the start of a new thread. Al birds were seen between 0715 and 0930.

Village area

Ashy Drongo - leucogenys
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - pair
Daurian Redstart - male
Dusky Warbler - 1h
Crested Serpent Eagle - 1 juv

Forest (mostly above the temple)

White-throated Rock Thrush - adult male - first record for Ng Tung Chai about 200m past the temple on the lower trail (not the sttep one to Tai Mo Shan/Scatter Falls).
Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Lesser Shortwing - 3 singing
Mountain Tailorbird - several heard
Blyth's Leaf Warbler - white-bellied type - 1
Gold-spec - possibly Bianchi's (very brief views)
Mountain Bulbul - 2

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1 heard + 1 seen briefly.

Cheers
Mike K



Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 9th, 2005, 11:22am
Not as good as sunday but a few new winter records between 7:20 and 10:15.

Village:

Verditer - 1 f
Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike - 1m
Russet Bush Warbler - 1 (with heavily spotted breast)
Daurian Redstart - 1

Forest:

Scaly Thrush - 1
Asian Stubtail - 1
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1
White-throated Fantail - 1

Plus the usual wren babbler,  shortwing etc.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Koel_Ko on Nov 10th, 2005, 3:45am
Mike,

Do you think the fantail is escape or is it wild?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 10th, 2005, 3:19pm
This bird has been considered an escape since in first appeared a couple of years ago.  The closest wild population is in E Guangxi, which is not that far, but this bird is not known to be a migrant.

Cheers

Mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 11th, 2005, 11:58am
This morning in Ng Tung Chai between 0645 and 0845:

Village:

Verditer

Forest:

Ashy Minivet (f) - 1
Mountain Bulbul - 1
Lesser Shortwing - 3 singing
Asian Stubtail - 1
Blyth's Leaf Warbler (white-bellied) - 1
Goodson's Leaf Warbler - 1
YBW - 2
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 4
White-throated Fantail - 1

Cheers
Mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 12th, 2005, 11:44am
This morning the following birds were seen between 0730 and 1130:

Village:

Common Buzzard (3pm)
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1 male
Orange-bellied Leafbird - 1 male
Daurian Redstart - 1 male
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1
Verditer (5pm)

Forest:

Crested Goshawk - 1 seen soaring

Great Barbet - 1 heard

Chestnut Bulbul - 3 seen + heard

Lesser Shortwing - 2 heard
Blyth's Leaf Warbler (white-bellied) - 1
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3
Asian Stubtail - 1 heard
Mountain Tailorbird - 3 heard

Black-naped Monarch - 1 male
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 4
Sooty Flycatcher - 1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher - 1 1st winter male

Pekin Robin - 10
Rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler - 1
Black-throated Laughingthrush - 6

The male White-throated Rock Thrush was again seen very early, but not by our group.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 15th, 2005, 2:12pm
A quiet morning in Ng Tung Chai as the rain associated with the cold front came through.  All birds were seen between 0650 and 0845:

Village:

Daurian Redstart - 1 male
Verditer - 1 male (plus the now regular female at 5.15pm)
Chinese Blackbird - 33 minimum count

Forest:

Mountain Bulbul - 1
Chestnut Bulbul - 2
Lesser Shortwing - 3 singing
Mountain Tailorbird - 1 singing
Black-naped Monarch - 1 male


Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 20th, 2005, 8:53am
19th Nov 0730- 0930: A surprisingly quiet day following the arrival of cooler weather:

Goodson's Warbler - 1
Black-naped Monarch - 1 heard
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 2

20th Nov 0815 - 0845:

Village area:

Verditer - 1 the same pale female
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1
Silky Starling - 1 female (uncommon in NTC).


Cheers

Mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 21st, 2005, 5:25pm
A good morning for newly arrived migrants in Ng Tung Chai:

Village:

Verditer - 1
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1
Daurian Redstart - 1
YBW - 1

Forest:

Red-tailed Robin - 1
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1
Lesser Shortwing - 1 singing
Grey-backed Thrush - 1 male

Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 1
YBW - 3
Goodson's Leaf Warbler - 1
Greenish Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 3
Russet Bush Warbler - 1

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 3
Black-naped Monarch - 1

Cheers
Mike K


Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 24th, 2005, 10:45am
A nice set of birds without leaving home (except the Radde's Warbler, which was seen close to the Lam Kam Rd) this morning between 0715 and 0940:

Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1 male
Daurian Redstart - 2 male and female
Verditer Flycatcher - 1 female

Radde's Warbler - seen and heard

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by subbuteo71 on Nov 26th, 2005, 11:17am
I walked up to Ng Tung Chai this morning from Ping Long village.  Lots of birds about!  

Daurian Redstart 2 male 3 female

Verditer- perched high in bamboo below Ng Tung Chai village.  When it flew it looked to have rusty tinged primaries and tail- it was back lit by the sun.  Is that normal?  I can't find that anywhere in the descriptions I have for the bird.

Black Drongo with a very worn tail
Red-tailed Robin
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (pair)
Mountain Tailorbird
Grey-backed Thrush- male
White's Thrush
Ashy Drongo- near Lam Kam Road
Grey-headed Flycatcher- 2 - near Lam Kam Road

There seemed to be a lot of thrushes about, hard to pin down though, as always.
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 28th, 2005, 10:23am
Sunday 27th Nov 07:30 - 09:30

Village:

Hair-crested Drongo - 2
Grey Treepie - 2
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1
White's Thrush - 1


Forest:

Red-flanked Bluetail - 2
Grey-backed Thrush - 1 male
Lesser Shortwing - 4 singing
Buff-bellied Flowerpecker - 1
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - 1

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 1st, 2005, 10:22am
Thursday 1st December the following birds were seen between 0700 and 0840:

Village:

Orange-bellied Leafbird -1
Lesser Shortwing - 1h
Daurian Redstart - 1m
Verditer - 1f
Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1h

Forest:

Rufous-tailed Robin - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 4 (2m, 2f)
Grey-backed Thrush - 2
Siberian Thrush - 1m

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 2h
Pallas' Warbler - 1

Black-naped Monarch - 1m
White-browed Fantail - 1 heard

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 16th, 2005, 8:39pm
This morning the following birds were seem between 0810and 1100.

All were in the forest:

Mountain Bulbul  - 2

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta - 3

Red-tailed Robin - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 4
Lesser Shortwing - 2 heard
Grey-backed Thrush - 2

Pallas' Warbler - 1
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Goodson's Leaf Warbler - 1
Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 1
Mountain Tailorbird - 2h

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 3
White-browed Fantail - 1h

Yesterday the long-staying Verditer Flycatcher was also seen , as were 20 Striated Yuhina

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 17th, 2005, 6:02pm
A nice surprise this morning - a female Grey Bushchat seen in the field in front of the houses under construction for about 20 minutes from 0730-0750.  My first for NTC.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 18th, 2005, 2:47pm
A quieter morning in Ng Tung Chai, but Tristram's Bunting was a new record for the winter:

Village:

Verditer Flycatcher - 1f
Daurian Redstart - 2
Scarlet Minivet - 2
Kestrel - 1

Forest:

Black-winged Cuckooshrike -  f
LesserShortwing - 1 singing
Red-flanked Bluetail - 4
Grey-backed Thrush - 1

Blyth's Leaf Wabler - 1
Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 4
Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 3
Maountain Tailorbird - 1 seen + 3 h

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 3
White-browed Fantail - 1

Tristram's Bunting - 1f

Also a full circuit in the afternoon up and over the top falls produced the first Manchurian Bush Warbler of the winter.

Cheers
mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 27th, 2005, 12:49pm
This morning at Ng Tung Chai the following bids were seen between 0830 and 1130. All were seen in the forest:

Lesser Shortwing - 1h
Red-tailed Robin - 1
Grey-backed Thrush - 2

Pallas' Warbler - 4
Goodson's Warbler - 1
Bianchi's Warbler - 1
Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Mountain Tailorbird - 4

The Bianchi's was was interesting as it had no wingbar.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Dec 30th, 2005, 4:10pm
This morning the following birds were seen between the top falls and the village between 0800 and 1200. All of the good birds were below the lower falls.

Lesser Shortwing - 1 h
Red-tailed Robin - 1
Red-flanked Bluetail - 3

Goodson's Leaf Warbler - 1
Blyth's Leaf Warbler - 1
"Bianchi's" Warbler - 1
Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 4
YBW - 2
Asian Stubtail - 1h
Mountain Tailorbird - 1 h

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1
Verditer - 1

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Jan 2nd, 2006, 9:01pm
Happy New Year!

The following birds were noted at Ng Tung Chai on 1st  and 2nd Jan.  Al were seen between the lower falls and the village. The area below the temple has been the most productive in the last couple of days.

Besra                     1 on 2nd
Crested Goshawk    1 juv on 2nd

Lesser Shortwing   1 heard on 1st
Red-flanked Bluetail - 3 on both days
Daurian Redstart - m+f on 1st, m on 2nd
Red-tailed Robin - one on both days

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1 h on both days

Blyth's Leaf Warbler - 2 on 2nd
Greenish Warbler - 1 on 1st
Pallas' Warbler - 2 on both days
YBW - 2 on both days
Asian Stubtail - 1 on 1st, 3 on 2nd
Mountain Bush Warbler  - 1 h on both days
Mountain Tailorbird - 3-4 heard both days

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1 on both days
Verditer f on 1st

Hair-crested Drongo - 2 on 1st

Tristram's Bunting - 4 on 2nd

also reported by George Ho

Yellow-bellied Warbler - 1 heard on approach road on 1st

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by George_Ho on Jan 2nd, 2006, 9:38pm
Hi Mike
add some species on 1st
two Mountain Bulbul near lower fall
one more Rufous-tailed Robin and Mountain Bush Warbler near the top fall
that all ...  ;)
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Jan 12th, 2006, 9:33am
The following birds were seen in Ng Tung Chai this morning between 0730 and 0845:


Red-tailed Robin - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 3
Blackbird - 20
Grey-backed Thrush - 2

Pallas' Warbler - 3
Blyth's Leaf Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 1h

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1h
White-browed Fantail - 1

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta - 2

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Jan 23rd, 2006, 10:09am
Muchthe same in Ng Tung Chai this morning, with a female Grey Bushchat the highlight:

Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1f (seen Sunday 22nd)

Grey Bushchat - 1f
Red-flanked Bluetail - 5
Red-tailed Robin - 2
Lesser Shortwing - 1 (short song)

Grey-backed Thrush - 3
Chinese Blackbird - 3

Mountain Bush Warbler - 1
Manchurian Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 1
Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 2
Mountain Tailorbird - 2h

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 1h

Tristram's Bunting - 2 mf

Cheers
Mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2005 Winter ¥V
Post by Mike Kilburn on Feb 8th, 2006, 9:39pm
after a long gap a good morning in Ng Tung Chai, but only Japanese Thrush new for the winter:

Mountain Bulbul - 2

Grey-backed Thrush - 2
Japanese Thrush - 1 male
Pale Thrush - 1
Blue Whistling Thrush - 1
Red-tailed Robin - 1

Bianchi's Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 2
Mountain Tailorbrd - 5 (inc 1 seen)

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 2
White-throated Fantail - 1

Tristram's Bunting - 1 female

Cheers
Mike K


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