HK Wetland Park 10-12 Oct 2018 - dipping another warbler

Recently a Buff-throated Warbler was trapped in my place, which would be a first record in HK. So in the last three days I tried to relocate the bird but failed: again birds in my patch never stay for long.

In this cooler week, some noticeable migrants were recorded, include my 195th species - two Swinhoe's Minivet and 196th - two Oriental Honey Buzzard in different days.

Swinhoe's Minivet - also called Brown-rumped Minivet

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Warblers are my another favorite other than waders, plenty Black-browed Reed Warbler, Pale-legged and Sakhalin Leaf Warbler were here, also two Lanceolated Warbler with the one of the same individual as last week were seen well.

first Sakhalin

https://www.hbw.com/ibc/sound/sakhalin-leaf-warbler-phylloscopus-borealoides/call-1

second Sakhalin

https://www.hbw.com/ibc/sound/sakhalin-leaf-warbler-phylloscopus-borealoides/call-2

Furthermore, more Blue-tailed Bee-eater, both Hobby and Amur Falcon were seen in this week as expected, and also 15 Collared Crow which is my highest count in my local patch.

Eurasian Hobby - my first time to see Hobby hunting swallows

Amur Falcon - a very distant bird, but the wing shape can tell from Hobby

Besides Aves, one mongoose and one turtle were two surprised found during my dipping time.

Mongoose

a turtle - Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle?

this is alive!

I forget how many times Wing Tung and I dipped our targets but sometimes we could see and learn much more in this process than what we expected.

sunset of today