Ho Man Tin is a magical place in HK birddom, you can see many unexpected migrants there because it is an important ‘island’ for migrating birds in fully urbanised Kowloon Peninsula, a best place to rest and refuel, and then ‘attract’ birders. Wing Tung and I were used to be unlucky in this hotspot, but we still did see something good there like Siberian Blue Robin, Tiger Shrike, and our first Fairy Pitta (a twitch just after Singapore)!
Recently, there is news of Tiger Shrike, Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher and Siberian Blue Robin, which are usual autumn migrants, but I only managed to see the last one today.
Orange-headed Thrush - a female
also female Siberian Blue Robin, not as tame as last year bird
immature Blue Whistling Thrush which is spotless
1st winter male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - compare to female, male shows darker (blackish) uppertail coverts
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - a common fall migrant in HK
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - we saw plenty this season
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - this bird was quite responsive but still not easy to get a decent photo especially I brought my small lens only
Brown Shrike - why not a tiger...
Phylloscopus was my other target but only several Pale-legged Leaf Warbler and Arctic warbler could be seen and heard.
The strangest found today was a Feral Pigeon, a rather small one in unusual plumage, maybe a hybrid or so.
Feral Pigeon by iPhone only - should I change the iPhone Xs Max? By the way, the color combination of the pigeon is so similar to White-eyed River Martin😐
The full checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48471286
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