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        Special Topics 特別主題 >> Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 >>  Black-faced Spoonbill seen at Tai Po
        
(Message started by: Matthew on Jan 22^nd, 2003, 11:07pm)

Title: Black-faced Spoonbill seen at Tai Po
Post by Matthew on Jan 22^nd, 2003, 11:07pm

Today at about 18:00, I drove along the Tolo Harbour Road to Kowloon.  When I passed the section just outside the Little Egret restaurant, I saw a BFS flying in the sky.  It seemed that it just flied from the small wetland outside the Little Egret Restaurant and towards the Tai Po Industrial Estate.  At first, I guessed it was just an egret but I saw its neck was straight out during flying.  So, I was quite confident that it was a BFS.  But it seemed that seeing BFS there was quite rare.

Anyway, just mention this and see whether other birdwatchers may see it again!

Matthew

Title: Re: BFS seen at Tai Po
Post by Matthew on Jan 22^nd, 2003, 11:16pm

Oh, sorry, I think this one and the last message should be posted in the BFS section rather than in this section. Could the web-master helped on this?

I just found that Alex_Tung saw BFS near Tai Po on 15 Jan 03. So, BFS might be attracted to Tai Po somewhere (the small wetland just outside Little Egret restaurant?). Anyway, same as Alex_Tung experience, I saw the birds with naked eyes only (because I drove at that time) and also not quite sure if it was Eurasian Spoonbill or BFS.

Matthew