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(Message started by: 深藍 Owen on May 25th, 2006, 4:09pm)
Title: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 25th, 2006, 4:09pm
050 Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨
Mai Po
25/05/2006
Canon 20D

Happy Swimming..
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Dive Practice..
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Follow mama one by one..
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Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by oLDcaR on May 25th, 2006, 4:28pm
:D :D :D

cute wor.....
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with ChicksAn
Post by miket on May 25th, 2006, 6:00pm
It should be noted that these are Burmese Spotbill A. p. harringtoni, which finds itself at the eastern extremity of its eastern sub-Himalayan and SE Asian distribution here in HK, while the Palearctic East Asian zonorhyncha (the predominant wintering form) also breeds in small numbers here.

Mike Turnbull
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 25th, 2006, 10:37pm
Thanks Mike for your info~!
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by Sze on May 26th, 2006, 12:37am
very cute! :)
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by Jimmy_choi on May 26th, 2006, 12:06pm
Aren't the ducks breed near the artic or Siberia like the shorebirds do??
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by johnallcock on May 26th, 2006, 2:37pm
It's true that most HK ducks migrate further north to breed (wigeon, pintail, shoveler, teal, tufted etc), to Siberia or North-east China
But as noted by Mike previously, zonorhyncha is widespread in China/Japan and haringtoni is mostly a South-east Asian taxon with HK at the NE limit of it's range.
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by Neil on May 26th, 2006, 6:05pm
Last week there were 4 little ones . Today I saw them in front of Hide 9 and I could only see 2. Neil.
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 26th, 2006, 6:44pm
oh my god.. getting less and less..!!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

seems Hong Kong is not a good place for their offspring, which predator will be ?? Falcon? Cat or Stray Dogs?
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 27th, 2006, 3:27pm
still got Two today.. hope they can grow up..!!
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by Allen on May 29th, 2006, 7:47pm
Still got Two yesterday 28/5.
Did not know why the mother did not keep close to the chicks, they stayed in different island for very long time.
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 29th, 2006, 9:27pm

on 05/29/06 at 19:47:27, Allen wrote:
Still got Two yesterday 28/5.
Did not know why the mother did not keep close to the chicks, they stayed in different island for very long time.


yes.. what I saw on Sat is the mother keep herself away from the little chicks and those chicks keep try approach and give up finally.
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 30th, 2006, 4:42pm
see only one chick today in far end..
Title: Re: Spot-billed Duck 斑嘴鴨 with Chicks
Post by 深藍 Owen on May 31st, 2006, 7:40pm
two of them today.. ^O^

Mai Po
31/05/2006
Canon 20D

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