2018年12月31日 星期一

Mai Po & Tai Po Kau 31 Dec 2018 - birding with Blackpipi

Our birding friend of Taiwan - Blackpipi Pan has come to HK this week so we went birding with him today - on the final day of 2018, first to Mai Po and then Tai Po Kau, seeing completely different species.

Migrants are somehow similar between HK and Taiwan so not really many lifer ticks in Mai Po. We saw Asian House Martin, an escaped male gumgum - Yellow-fronted Canary and other noticeable founds were two Greater Spotted Eagle, Kestrel, some Western Osprey, Eastern Marsh Harrier and Eastern Buzzard. Tide was not good so we did not go for boardwalk.

Blackpipi also found a strange bird, though we couldn’t see that - a blue-and-yellow flycatcher which its yellowish underparts do not extend to the chin, probably a Chinese Blue Flycatcher, which has been recorded before in Mai Po too.

The best ‘lifer’ in Mai Po should be a very big python with its diameter larger than 20cm.......

We then made a quick visit to Tai Po Kau at around 2pm. As expected not really very birdy but the green-crowned White-spectacled Warbler (but still untickable view!), Hartert’s Leaf Warbler, plenty Chestnut Bulbul were the best of boring forest!

Wish you have a good time in HK and see you soon again in Taiwan!

Checklist of Mai Po: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51109126
Cheklist of Tai Po Kau: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51110847

Greater Spotted Eagle by iPhone

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