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(Message started by: felixcat on Oct 15^th, 2005, 11:02pm)

Title: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by felixcat on Oct 15^th, 2005, 11:02pm

074 Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂(澤鷂)
Mai Po Nature Reserve 米埔自然保護區
2005-10-15

A record photo in a peacecful and comfortable morning...
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/felixcat/felixcat_87.jpg
http://photo.iplux.com/albums/15102005_maipo_EMH/MJ9G5827.jpg
1DII+500+1.4X
ISO400, F5.6@1/800s

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by MaC_siu_kit on Oct 16^th, 2005, 1:19am

好美麗的背影呀~~~ ;D

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by Anguslau on Oct 16^th, 2005, 10:09am

A very nice shot! Love the fully spreaded wings and fan tail! :D

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by kenn on Oct 16^th, 2005, 6:43pm

Great shot.

BTW, are you the one I met (and talked to) shooting inside a hide near pond #22 (?) early morning yesterday ? If positive, just say hi and pleased to meet you. :)

Kenn

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by felixcat on Oct 16^th, 2005, 7:52pm

on 10/16/05 at 18:43:41, kenn wrote:

BTW, are you the one I met (and talked to) shooting inside a hide near pond #22 (?) early morning yesterday ?  If positive, just say hi and pleased to meet you.   :)

Kenn

Hi, Kenn,

Nice to meet you too. It should be Pond 24 intead.

Felix

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by Paul Leader on Oct 20^th, 2005, 2:06pm

I think this is a juvenile Pied Harrier. The relatively dark upperparts, very small white rump and strongly barred tail with a broad pale tip all favour this option.

Do you have photgraphs of the underparts?

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by felixcat on Oct 22^nd, 2005, 11:55pm

on 10/20/05 at 14:06:24, Paul Leader wrote:

I think this is a juvenile Pied Harrier.  The relatively dark upperparts, very small white rump and strongly barred tail with a broad pale tip all favour this option.

Do you have photgraphs of the underparts?

Dear Paul,

Thanks for your information.See if this photo can help further.

Felix
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/felixcat/felixcat_90.jpg
http://photo.iplux.com/albums/15102005_maipo_EMH/MJ9G5830.jpg

Title: Re: Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂
Post by Paul Leader on Oct 24^th, 2005, 9:19am

Yes, this is a juvenile Pied Harrier. In addition to the features I mentioned in my previous posting, you see the typical underwing pattern with the silvery (but black tipped) primaries strikingly paler than the rest of the underparts. This is a rather dark individual (I actually saw the same bird at Mai Po last Friday), most juveniles are more richly coloured than bird.

Incidentally, I believe that Pied Harriers are much overlooked in autumn (September-October) when they can outnumber Eastern Marsh Harriers which are quite scarce in autumn (being more of a winter visitor than a passage migrant unlike Pied). So far this autumn I have seen five different Pieds but only 2 or 3 different Eastern Marsh.