Wow! Reaaly Great FindAuthor: kmike Time: 17/01/2014 23:02
Just the third Hong Kong record - congratulations!
Mike K Author: wgeoff Time: 18/01/2014 06:39
Fourth Hong Kong record Mike. The previous three are
18th November 2004 - Kadoorie ARC
16th February to 24th March 2006 - Po Toi
5th December 2012 - Po Toi
The third record will be published in the 2012 HK Bird Report (I have a particular affection for this species as you can see from my avatar).
The latest List of Hong Kong Bird Data as at the end of 2012 including the recently announced Hill Blue and Chinese Blue Flycatcher records and the latest Chinese names is available here
and I will arrange for it to be loaded to the usual place in the Website shortly.
What an incredible start to 2014 - Common Chiffchaff, Barred Cuckoo Dove, Long-billed Plover, Blyth's Pipit (?), Blyth's Reed Warbler and now Chinese Thrush - enough for a normal year but all within the first three weeks.
Congratulations to all the finders!
[ Last edited by wgeoff at 18/01/2014 07:07 ] Author: tomatofamily Time: 18/01/2014 16:54
Thanks all. My wife and I were also felling awesome when we saw this bird. When we were in Beijing this Christmas (2013), my wife thought she saw one there, but this one in the Peak was really Chinese Thrush.
Probably other birders will like to catch a grimlse of this bird. Here is the locations we saw twice that day: the lawns of first, and the second level of Victoria Peak Garden. On the second level where the flower garden and the pavillion are located you may see the scaly thrush if you are lucky.
wiki picture (Photographer and author is ParkerStarS.)
you walk down from this level, you see the first lawn; and you walk down several steps and you enter the second level, you will see this:
wiki picture (by Mutante)
I suggest you get the view first from the very top and see if you can see the bird(s). Then quietly go down. Try to go there during weekday when less people/tourists are there. In the early morning, people like to take their dogs there, then you will be disappointed.
Eric
[ Last edited by tomatofamily at 18/01/2014 17:18 ] Author: wleepoin Time: 18/01/2014 22:36
Excellent find Tomatofamily! Thanks for sharing.
Here are some to share...
The Peak
18th January, 2014.
Cheers
PWMK
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wiki picture (Photographer and author is ParkerStarS.)
wiki picture (by Mutante)
