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Author: smp    Time: 27/05/2011 22:33     Subject: 矛紋草鶥 Chinese Babax

5-27-2011 Tai Mo Shan
thx for view








Author: gary    Time: 27/05/2011 23:41

仲以為佢已經係香港絕咗跡添。利厲!
Author: thinfor    Time: 28/05/2011 01:07

Really great find.  When was the previous record?  I wonder...
Author: wgeoff    Time: 28/05/2011 05:34

According to our records, the last one reported from Tai Mo Shan was 22 May 2005.

If anyone has photos of later records from Tai Mo Shan, please post them here as we would like to include them in the official record.

More recent reports from Tai Po Kau probably refer to escapes or releases.

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 28/05/2011 05:47 ]
Author: tmichael    Time: 28/05/2011 17:06

Don't like to pour cold water on it, but if there is reason to believe there may have been recent releases in TPK, isn't it reasonable to consider that there is some probability of a captive origin explanation for one suddenly turning up like this at nearby TMS, rather than it being a naturally occurring individual, or that someone has finally clapped eyes on one again, and they were actually there all along?

Mike Turnbull
Author: wgeoff    Time: 28/05/2011 19:22

Yes of course I don't exclude the possibility that this bird is also an escape.

But if anyone has recent photos from Tai Mo Shan, it would be interesting to see them.

(Later - examination of photos sent me by others shows this bird has feather damage to the wing and tail and is likely an escape)

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 28/05/2011 21:20 ]
Author: iherman    Time: 29/05/2011 01:44

Great find
Author: smp    Time: 29/05/2011 07:17

thx all reply

5-28-2011 same place
Chinese Babax X 2

[ Last edited by smp at 29/05/2011 08:02 ]
Author: james10    Time: 29/05/2011 11:10

Hi smp, your photos are great!

Would you mind giving more details on the location of the bird? Was it near the visitor center or near the pavilion close to the top?
Author: smp    Time: 29/05/2011 13:48

近山頂發射塔下一段山谷
Author: hkinni    Time: 31/05/2011 20:29

28/05/2011
TMS 大帽山

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Author: Ronaldo    Time: 19/06/2011 23:59

Still there, saw it today around 3pm open view, less than 5 meters away... didn't have my camera
Author: lyatming    Time: 20/06/2011 10:21

19/6/2011
TMS 大霧山













It is said that more than one was found last week.




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