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(Message started by: me_domchan on Nov 28^th, 2004, 8:55pm)

Title: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O
Post by me_domchan on Nov 28^th, 2004, 8:55pm

Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense.
28/11/2004
EOS 10D, 400/5.6, 1.4X, 2X, cropping

A group of 10 birders, under the lead of Miss Etta Hui, visited Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense today. The purpose of the visit was, of course, BLACK KITES!!!  ;D ;D

I think it is better to leave the more technical part of the birding report to Etta, I will just share some shots taken today. Thanks to all the birders who spotted the target for me.  :D :D :D

#1 Common Buzzard
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan220/C_buzzard_49934_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/C_buzzard_49934_SKW041128s.jpg

#2 White Bellied Sea Eagle !  :o :o
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan214/WBSE_49975_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/WBSE_49975_SKW041128s.jpg

#3 Black Kite...(Target of the day)
Soaring low in the sky.....
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49967_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_49967_SKW041128s.jpg

#4  Flying over the sea.
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49983_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_49983_SKW041128s.jpg

#5 A Sparrowhawk?
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/hawk_49943_SKW041128s.jpg

When we were about to leave, several black kites were spotted on the roof of near by building. Suddenly....

#6  A collared crow attacked the kites!
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49993_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_49993_SKW041128s.jpg

#7 The kites finally drove away the crow and enjoyed a meal on a satellite antenna.
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49999_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_49999_SKW041128s.jpg

#8 Or simply standing.....(a juvenile!?)
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_50013_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_50013_SKW041128s.jpg

#9
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_50015_SKW041128.jpg
http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan56/b_kite_50015_SKW041128s.jpg

Birds record of the day:
Black Kites
Common Buzzard x 1
White Bellied Sea Eagle  x 1
Sparrowhawk (?) x 1
Fork Tailed Sunbird x 2  (they greeted us in the morning!)
Collared Crow
White wagtail
Common Sandpiper
Little Egret
Pacific Reef Egret
Black-billed Magpie
Crested Myna

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«&#655
Post by Etta on Nov 30^th, 2004, 12:24am

Thanks Dominic for the really great 'first minute' photographs sharing and made effort on the bird data. I just want to add one bird species to the list which was seen by Billy: a Common Kingfisher.

I'd also received photographs sharing from Mr. & Mrs. Lau and Patrick yesterday night (after the tour), I was really touched. Soooo happy to Kite-watching with you all and I am looking forward for another one! Hehee... ;D

Here I share the photographs of the Kite-watching tour as below, enjoy~ :)

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4476w.jpg
This is me, photographed by the 3-year-old Chun Chun. ;D ;D

Title: Re:Black Kite Watching@HKMCD 28/11/04®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O
Post by Etta on Nov 30^th, 2004, 12:51am

28 Nov. 2004, Black Kite-watching at HK Meseum of Coastal Defence ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O

Weather: Sunny, Temperture 18.4 - 22.9 C, Relative humidity 54 - 79 %.

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4503w.jpg
At the entrance of the main building of the HK Museum of Coastal Defence.

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4458w.jpg
A cloudless day with good visibility was great for Kite (and raptor) watching!

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4483w.jpg
By the shore, there was a place where Black Kites flew in and stayed for a long while, it was the location of a a temple which could only be access by boat. One time, soon as a Common Buzzard flew in, there burst out a few Kites!

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/egretw.jpg
A Little Egret with a fish, flew on the harbour.

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4521w.jpg
In the afternoon, we enjoyed the 'show time' of the Black Kites, WBSE and a Sparrowhawk(?).

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/kite_w.jpg
We had great chances to take Black Kite photographs!

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/4530w.jpg
In this Kite-watching tour, it's funny that almost every time we wanted to leave a 'no-bird' location in the museum, the birds appeared. ;D

In the afternoon, when we were 'really' leaving the museum and most of us had already entered the lift, through the window of the lift lobby, Dominic and Lisa spotted the Kites and the Collared Crow roosted on the big 'dishes' on the roof of the opposite building. The leaving us then had all came back to Kite-watching again.

Finally, one by one, we poured our binoculars, cameras and telescopes from our bags and enjoyed the watching of an exciting 'Kite story' which happened in the City. (To be continued...)

Etta :)

Title: Re:Black Kite Watching@HKMCD 28/11/04®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O
Post by Etta on Dec 3^rd, 2004, 11:02pm

Thanks for the photographs sharing from Dominic, Mr. Lau, Lisa and Patrick. Observed through the windows of the HKMCD lift lobby, we saw one of the two Kites ate a fish for more than ten minutes. During the time, another Kite interacted with a Collared crow and a few Magpies gathered and left occasionally. There were a third Kite, roosted on the roof of another building too! :D

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/kite_w2.jpg

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/kite_w3.jpg

http://netta.cyberec.com/kwatch/hkmcd/2kite_w.jpg
Yet we have enjoyed the Kite watching till the last minute of this tour, hehee. ;D

Etta :D

Title: Re: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À
Post by Etta on Dec 8^th, 2004, 5:31pm

Here also attached the tour information for reference:
[Notice]Kite Watching at Museum Of Coastal Defence Æ[»ð®ü¨¾³Õª«À]
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Discussion;action=display;num=1101201092