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(Message started by: 648 on Nov 16^th, 2003, 8:02pm)

Title: White-bellied Sea Eagle 白腹海鵰
Post by 648 on Nov 16^th, 2003, 8:02pm

069 White-bellied Sea Eagle 白腹海鵰
Tsim Bei Tsui 尖鼻咀
16/11/2003
EOS 1D
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/648/648_02.jpg
看起來好像有腳鐶的.

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by KK Hui on Nov 16^th, 2003, 8:16pm

A great catch for you and for him, Fei! ;D ;D ;D

Wow! It got a fair sized fish under his talons too! This bird is unusual to be seen at TBT, isn't it?

KK Hui ARPS
www.geocities.com/kkhui_001

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Daniel CK Chan on Nov 16^th, 2003, 8:22pm

Fei, I also watch to capture it..........the bird picture with the fish... ;D

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by 648 on Nov 16^th, 2003, 9:51pm

KK,

近來比較多看到！要到尖鼻咀嗎? ;D

daniel,

waiting for your "WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE in fight" ! ;D

fei

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Etta on Nov 16^th, 2003, 11:08pm

on 11/16/03 at 20:22:02, Daniel CK Chan wrote:

Fei, I also watch to capture it..........the bird picture with the fish... ;D

I was there, the bird just flew overhead, soooo impressive!!! :o
Thanks Fei for recommending this nice bird watching place!

Bird seen today:
3 Osprey (they called!)
1 WBSE
14+ Black Kite
1 Common Buzzard
1 Hoopoe (sand bathing)
Black-capped Kingfisher
White-brested Kingfisher
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Crested Myna
Magpie
Grey Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Intermediate Egret
3 Black-faced spoonbill (flew by)
3+ Collared crow
1 Black Drongo
3 Silky starling (plus A big flock flew by)
... and ducks (don't know the species...)

(Just for reference. There were more bird species then I listed here.)

Etta
:)

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Griffin on Nov 17^th, 2003, 9:36am

TBT?

On 16th Nov 2003, we also find

2+ common sandpipers
1 snipe (details unid)
2 青腳鷸

BTW, a Buzzard chased away by a Black Dongo :o

Griffin.

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Hinson on Nov 17^th, 2003, 1:37pm

On 16/11/03, from 0745-1100, I saw :
At Mong Tseng,
Spotted Dove (several)
Olive-backed Pipit x8 (with singing)
Chinese Bulbul (several)
White-breasted Kingfisher x1
Black-faced Laughing Thrush (x3)
Yellow-bellied Prinia x2
Black-necked Starling (several)

At Ponds between Mong Tseng and TBR HK border,
Common Kingfisher x1
White-breasted Kingfisher (again another one)
Black-capped Kingfisher x3
Pied Kingfisher x1
Grey / little / great egret (many)
Cormorant (many)
Ducks (unidentified)
Blue Magpie x8 (with singing)
Collared Crow x2 (chested away a Black-eared Kite while a couple was making their new home at top of tree)
Black-backed Wagtail x1

TBT
Common Sandpiper x2 or more
Curlew x2
Long-billed Plover x1
Teal (female, many)
Chinese Pond Heron (several)
Crested Myna (a flock)
Japanese White Eye (a flock)
Crested Bulbul (several)

Unformately, after 10:00, more visitors came.
a. Several groups of hikers passed us by and talking very loudly. They all pretended to understand birds very well. Birds were frightened.

b. Groups of local tour organized by an estate visited TBT. Children were laughing, playing and running. Adults were talking their business in a telephone. Some were looking for a cocrodile. Their tourist guide was using a loudspeaker saying "this is a good place for birdwatching". My friend and I became their model.

c. Before that, I also experienced in Long Valley that several groups of secondary pupils visited this place led by their teachers. They were talking loudly and playing noisy. What they could learn in that event? Did the teachers expect them to behave like that way? I think they are actually lucky to visit this place. (Still, many students do not know where is Long Valley).

It is vert important that we should behave well especially visiting some villages and private ponds. We should not annoy their villages and should be polite to them even to their pets (dog, chicken, pig).

I think the organizer should have a responsibility to teach their joiners to perform well and appropriate during the course of visit. Their guide should at least has a sense or knowledge of ecosystem before "teaching" the members. I observed that some people just did not understand why and what they were coming to see at TBT. They are such a local style of HK people - "yes, I have been to TBT to do birdwatching". But, actually what really saw today?

Visitors should have some basic information about the eco-tour and get some preparation. Parents should take this good opportunity to well educate their next generation - the children. For example, air, water, waste and noise pollution and its control and overall environment protection should be written in their mind.

Just like some family going to see a cocrodile at Nam Sun Wei, they went there just because it was a family day. It was funny. They are only the audience. When they saw a cocrodile swimming. They will speak out "Woo! Wa! cocrodile is funny.". They just did not think about the relationship between the cocrodile, the river, the local residents and HK. Its really not just a show.

Do they really care about the future of HK? If the pollution continues, what they and their next generation will be affected? Government should be in the leading place. Our effort is very few.
HL

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Etta on Nov 17^th, 2003, 4:27pm

Thanks for posting the bird list you seen on 16 Nov.

And, what a very well said!!
It's always appropiate that we educate ourselves before others.

Etta :)

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by 鳥友Ａ(BWA) on Nov 17^th, 2003, 4:45pm

Can't agree more with you.

What you describe reflects a common problem with many local people enjoying themselves, at home or overseas.  They join tours to fill up their time, bellies and shopping bags, but not their hearts.

Eco-tourism is just another gimmick used by tour operators to draw customers. Learning about culture or environment is uninteresting, too serious and best be left behind in the schools. You get more excitement out of feeding monkeys, catching star fish and witnessing the crocodile hunt.  Considerate behaviour will kill the joy - how can you socialize with your neighbour when you are only allowed to talk softly?

If you are not in the right state of mind, you won't pick up any message, provided your guide really has one in the first place.

Are we among the sober minority? What can we do?

Title: Re: WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Post by Etta on Nov 17^th, 2003, 5:28pm

on 11/17/03 at 16:45:04, 鳥友Ａ(BWA) wrote:

Are we among the sober minority? What can we do?

Educate ourselves to be a good nature listener and share. There must have people think alike. Don't give up! :)

This is the book (the author) that I like very much. Here shared:

Talking with Nature - by Michael J. Roads
與大自然對話－麥可‧J‧羅德斯（中譯本）

Nature speaks, enjoy the listening!

Cheers,
Etta