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(Message started by: Neil on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:26pm)

Title: Painted Snipe 彩鷸 at Mai Po
Post by Neil on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:26pm

I've been watching the Painted Snipe at Mai Po for about a month now and was very pleased to see two familes with 3 young each last week. Here is one of the males with a few day old youngster. There were two others hiding in the grass nearby. Neil.
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/Neil/neil_01.jpg

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by carmen on Aug 4^th, 2005, 5:57pm

Hi Neil,

Welcome to HKBWS BBS.

Please read the message below and don't forget to mention the date of your photo.
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=PhotoGallery;action=display;num=1057939115

Thanks!

Carmen

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by 深藍 Owen on Aug 4^th, 2005, 7:59pm

Great~! I lost my wallet with those permit together make me can't go maipo to see this snipe.. :-[ :-[

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Andrew on Aug 6^th, 2005, 5:00pm

Which pond are they on - is there a reliable time to see them? I have a day off next week and would like to go and see them?

Thx

Andrew

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Neil on Aug 7^th, 2005, 5:47pm

Andrew, I've been back twice in the last week to see them with no luck. The WWF staff have been cutting the grass on the main islands in the Main Scrape (#16, 17) and the snipe must have moved on , maybe down near Hide No. 1. There are a lot of waders arriving though so they are worth a worth a visit. With the heat it's better to be there either very early or stay until sunset. I will be there on Monday and Tuesday again looking for them.Neil.

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Andrew on Aug 9^th, 2005, 3:38pm

Thanks Neil. If I get up early enough I will try tomorrow.
I hope you were lucky today or yesterday.

best wishes

Andrew

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Neil on Aug 10^th, 2005, 5:18pm

I stayed overnight at Mai Po on Monday and with the help of a Painted Snipe expert we saw two birds in the main scrape (Hide 2) , after the sun went down , around 7.00pm. I didn't see any out in daylight hours. Neil.

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Neil on Aug 10^th, 2005, 5:28pm

Here is a photo taken after dark (7.00pm) with my Swarovski scope and Olympus 7070wz. The exposure was 5 seconds at iso 400.Neil
http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/47483976

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Andrew on Aug 10^th, 2005, 5:42pm

For a 5 second exposure that is pretty darned good! Well done Neil

Andrew

Title: Re: Painted Snipe at Mai Po 彩鷸
Post by Forrest FONG on Aug 11^th, 2005, 11:27pm

on 08/04/05 at 17:57:09, carmen wrote:

Hi Neil,

Thank you so much for posting your stunning photos in this BBS.

Grateful if you could read the message below and provide the date and location of your stunning photos as mentioned please.
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=PhotoGallery;action=display;num=1057939115

Regards,

Forrest