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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得 >>  01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
        
(Message started by: waterblowing on Apr 2^nd, 2006, 8:26pm)

Title: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by waterblowing on Apr 2^nd, 2006, 8:26pm

2006年4月1日
早上南生圍, 能見度較低...
雀少...

CANON 20D + 300MM
想問各位師兄, 我想用SPOTTING SCOPE影雀, 有無好介紹,
個MOUNT可以在那裏買, BUDGET大約要幾多呀?? 有無好店介紹, THANKS, 睇完FORREST, 柯生, HENRY的SCOPE...中左毒

1. 黑翅長腳鷸, 約45隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7427.JPG

2. 紅嘴鷗, 大量, 超過50隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7486.JPG
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7487.JPG

3. 夜鷺, 約30隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7501.JPG

4. 反嘴鷸, 約15隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7507.JPG

5. 紅胸濱鷸
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7534.JPG
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7543.JPG

6. 白腰草鷸, 約4隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7548.JPG

7. 池鷺, 約2隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7572.JPG

8. 灰頭鷦鶯, 約2隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7599.JPG

???鶯, 約2隻
http://lonican.sinaman.com/nsw20060401/_MG_7558.JPG

Title: Re: 2006年4月1日南生圍
Post by Cran on Apr 4^th, 2006, 12:45am

Hi waterblowing, I think you got the wrong answer for #5 and #6, always helpful to check with the bird book descriptions and pictures.

Title: Re: 2006年4月1日南生圍
Post by waterblowing on Apr 5^th, 2006, 7:41pm

would you tell what they are, Cran ??

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by Cran on Apr 7^th, 2006, 1:44pm

#6 definitely a Common Sandpiper, you can check with the following photo by Owen:

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=PhotoGallery;action=display;num=1144287416

#5 is not a Red-necked Stint because your photo shows longer legs, also the overall size is larger and the bill is longer compare to the bird book picture of a Red-necked Stint, though I'm not sure which species it is. Does the legs look red to you?

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by waterblowing on Apr 8^th, 2006, 1:08am

yes, i see the red leg..

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by macca on Apr 8^th, 2006, 3:59am

Hi there,

Picture number 5 is infact a Wood Sandpiper, nice too!

As a resident in then UK, visiting HK next week, does Nam Sang Wai do well for waders? Is it worth a visit, considering Mai Po's cuurent closure? If so, could anyone supply me with directions.

Best wishes,

Ian, UK

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by Neil on Apr 8^th, 2006, 9:18am

Ian,
Waders do come in sometimes, particularly as the tide is rising out in Deep Bay(2.2 meter tides brings them inside Mai Po ). There were about 50 Spotted Redsanks,Redshanks,Greenshanks,Marsh Sands there last week.
From HK Island I catch the No. 968 bus from outside Pacific Place to Yuen Long West and then catch a taxi to Nam Sang Wai (the taxi drivers know it) . You need to get out about 3 kms along Nam Sang Wai Road when you see a blue Portaloo on the right as you see the creek open up into an expanse of mudflats. You can also walk in along Nam Sang Wai Road as you'll see interesting birds on both sides of the road. It is about 10mins south of Mai Po by taxi. Getting a taxi back is a bit hit and miss so you'll probably need to walk the 3kms back to the main road to get one and then you can go on to the fish ponds outside of Mai Po where there is plenty of action.Neil

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by Cran on Apr 8^th, 2006, 12:48pm

To waterblowing,

If you said the bird in #5 has red legs, then there are not many possible answers. I would suggest you to check whether it is a Redshank or Spotted Redshank, one of the major differences between them is the colour pattern of the beak, see the bird book (or just find a photo on the web) to cross check with you photo, I think that will help.

To Ian,

It's nice you can come to HK, I think if anyone can give you a map for directions, that would be helpful too, so that you can show to the taxi driver or easier to ask directions while you are here.

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by macca on Apr 8^th, 2006, 8:13pm

I think the fact that the bird in no.5 'appears' to have red legs is an illusionary product of the image and doubt that it would have been present in the field. Redshank would of course show a bold wing bar on the upperwing and Spotted redshank a much longer bill, whereas the wader (or should I say Wood Sand.) here has a bill length pretty much equal to the length of the head.

Thanks for the site information, very much appreciated. I take it the area around Mai Po that is still accessable (fish ponds etc), is worthy of a visit then? I have found information on this area rather hard to come by so any would be gratefully recieved.

Many thanks

Ian

Title: Re: 01/4/2006 Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
Post by Cran on Apr 8^th, 2006, 10:47pm

Hi, Ian, I think you are right that it's probably a illusion of the image.

Anyway, when you come to HK, try to get a leaflet 'Bird Watching in Hong Kong' published by HKBWS at the tourist information centre, it includes lots of information about birding sites (excluding Nam Sang Wai though, at least not in my version at hand righ now), but you can ask the staff to help you out a bit on that.