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(Message started by: Neil on Oct 17^th, 2005, 7:40pm)

Title: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by Neil on Oct 17^th, 2005, 7:40pm

I was surprised to see several Greenshanks choking down mudskippers today as I hadn't seen them do this before. They had a little bit of trouble getting them down.Neil.

17th,October,2005

MPNR,
Hong Kong,China.

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Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by Anguslau on Oct 17^th, 2005, 7:48pm

I also saw several Greenshanks doing that last week. Very strange! Does it mean that there is a shortage of food they normally like? ??? Obviously they did not succed since the mudskippers were too large.

Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by KK Hui on Oct 17^th, 2005, 7:54pm

Nice and interesting shot, Neil! ::)

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Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by Neil on Oct 18^th, 2005, 5:50am

I saw two of them manage to swallow the mudskippers but I saw one that wasn't able to.Neil.

Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by Captain on Oct 18^th, 2005, 9:38am

There should be some postings on this bulletin board about a Greenshank eating a fish last yr.

So, eating mudskippers is not unexpected. Its long bill can catch a lot of things ranging from small worms to fish.

We should gald that they could still catch this nutritious prey. It may indirectly indicate that mudskippers in Deep Bay are still abundant enough for top predators to explore.

Captain

Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by Jz on Oct 18^th, 2005, 10:33pm

interesting sighting
now the mudskippers had to find more places to hide ;D

Title: Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
Post by 深藍 Owen on Oct 19^th, 2005, 12:17am

on 10/18/05 at 22:33:12, Jz wrote:

interesting sighting
now the mudskippers had to find more places to hide ;D

seems they start to find on the tree.. ;D ;D ;D ;D

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