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(Message started by: Etta on Feb 18^th, 2003, 11:03pm)

Title: Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
Post by Etta on Feb 18^th, 2003, 11:03pm

2003-02-16 HKBWS Tai O outing

Record submitted by Beta Yip
Verified by Shirley Lam, Etta Hui

Leaders:
Etta HUI Sze Wing
Beta YIP Chi Lap
Helper:
Shirley LAM Fung Yee
Participants:
About 30 people

* Morning trip by Beta and Katy [Morning]
[Time: 1030]
+ Tung Chung MTR station, take bus number 11
+ Tai O bus terminus
+ "wang shui doe" Bridge
+ Tai O market street
+ Kat Hing Street
+ Sun Ki bridge
+ Sun Ki Street, eastward
+ Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Hang Mei
+ Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Wang Hang Village
+ Tai O Road, northwestward
+ Turn south to a path heading for San Tsuen
+ Turn west. Reed field.
+ Turn north. Disused Salt Pans.
+ Had lunch and met Shirley

* Bird species recorded:
Keys:
+ H heard
+ ~n about n individuals seen
+ >=n not less than n individuals seen
+ >n more than n individuals seen
+ ? not very certain

>5 Grey heron
>10 Little Egret
~10 Black-eared kite
1(?) Buzzard
1 White-bellied sea eagle
+ Juvenile
+ Seen just before Shirley, Katy, Beta, and Lawrence met the main group at the bus terminus
1 Crested goshawk
~3 White-breasted waterhen
2 Common sandpiper
>5 Spotted dove
1 Wild pigeon
H>=3 Koel
H>1 Great coucal
>6 Common kingfisher
>4 White-breasted kingfisher
>5 House swift
>8 Barn swallow
>5 Tree sparrow
1+H>1 White wagtail
>15 Crested bulbul
>15 Chinese bulbul
>3 Magpie robin
H1 Yellow-bellied prinia
H>4 Yellow-browed warbler
H>1 Common tailorbird
H>4 Black-faced laughing-thrush
1+H>3 Great tit
H1 Fork-tailed sunbird
>8 Japanese white-eye
>1 Magpie
>3 Jungle crow
>25 Silky starling
>2 Black-necked starling
>8 Crested myna
>=2 Masked bunting
+ Seen at reed field
+ At least one is spodocephala subspecies, female

Title: Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
Post by Etta on Feb 18^th, 2003, 11:06pm

* Route of the main group [Afternoon]
[Time: 1330]
[Etta leads.]
+ Tung Chung MTR station, take bus number 11
[Time: 1440]
[Shirley and Beta joins]
+ Tai O bus terminus
+ Tai O Culture workshop (Tai O Wing On Street)
+ "wang shui doe" Bridge
+ Tai O market street
+ Kat Hing Back Street, stopped around the toilet
+ Trace back Kat Hing Back Street
+ Kat Hing Street
+ Sun Ki bridge
+ Sun Ki Street, eastward
+ Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Hang Mei
+ Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Wang Hang Village
+ Tai O Road, northwestward
+ Turn left to Disused Salt Pans
[Time: 1800]
[Formal ending of the trip]
+ Reed field opposite to Disused Salt Pans
+ Nam Chung Tsuen, Lantau Trail, westward
+ Dine at Hoi Wan Vegetarian Food

Grey heron >5
Night heron 6+1 juvenile
Little green heron 1
+ Seen on a pond before turning to Hang Mei
Little Egret >10
Black-eared kite ~20, 33 at dusk
White-breasted waterhen >4
Common sandpiper >3
Spotted dove >8
Rufous turtle-dove 3
+ Afternoon reading spotted by Shirley at the back of
the Little Green Heron site
Koel H>=2
Great coucal H>1
Common kingfisher >8
Black-capped kingfisher 1
White-breasted kingfisher >4
House swift >4
Barn swallow >4
Tree sparrow >5
White wagtail H>2
Crested bulbul >15
Chinese bulbul >15
Magpie robin >6
Durian Redstart 1
Yellow-bellied prinia H>=2
Dusky warbler 1 (seen after 1800)
Yellow-browed warbler H>=1
Pallas's warbler 1
Common tailorbird H>1
Black-faced laughing-thrush H>2
Great tit H>2
Fork-tailed sunbird H1 (heard by Shirley)
Japanese white-eye >5
Rufous-backed shrike 2
Magpie >4
Blue magpie 3
Jungle crow >3
Silky starling >6
Black-necked starling >2
Crested myna >8
White-backed munia >20

Title: Report of Tai O outing 大澳 - Photos
Post by Etta on Feb 18^th, 2003, 11:13pm

Here attached photos taken for reference.

http://netta.cyberec.com/hkbws/taio/wbkf.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/etta/ettawbkingfisher01.jpg

http://netta.cyberec.com/hkbws/taio/bkite.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/etta/ettabekite01.jpg

http://netta.cyberec.com/hkbws/taio/lghron.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/etta/ettalgheron01.jpg

http://netta.cyberec.com/hkbws/taio/cphron.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/etta/ettascpheron01.jpg

Title: Re: Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
Post by ychan on Feb 19^th, 2003, 9:23am

;D :DGood report :P