2019年11月11日 星期一

Long Valley, Telford and Ho Man Tin 11 Nov 2019 - Birthday gift @ Water Pipit

Today is my birthday and so I was trying my birthday luck for twitching the Water Pipit - a HK tick for me.

A chaotic HK, and the traffic was down but I could not imagine that I still arrived the spot in early morning, and had good view of the pipit.

Checklist of Long Valley: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61357498

However, the traffic didn't allow me to be back to work..... After getting stuck in bus for several hours, I decided not to work so made a little bit birding nearby before heading home.

Alighting in Kowloon Bay resulted the same Lesser Shortwing, but too quick for a photo.

Another quick walk in Ho Man Tin just gave me 2 Red-flanked Bluetail, 2 naughty Mugimaki Flycatcher and a flock of Chestnut Bulbul.

Checklist of Ho Man Tin: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61355322

Anyway an unexpected off and birdy day in my birthday.

My 2019 HK Big Year is 277.

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - the streaks on breast

Water Pipit - look for dark legged pipit, should be something good in HK

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - looking for food

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - the longish bill, dark leg, less streaked upperparts, rump and uppertail coverts helped separating from commoner Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit - quite difficult to take a photo

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - the tone is more greyish


Water Pipit - a feeding GIF

Water Pipit 

Water Pipit 

Water Pipit

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Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - the overall pattern and color tone, include the dark legs are also different from Buff-bellied Pipit

Water Pipit - maybe I will write another ID post about Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - the lighting is strange too

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - showing the different uppertail coverts as Red-thraoted Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit - again showing the different uppertail coverts as Red-thraoted Pipit

Water Pipit - the back and rump

Water Pipit

Zitting Cisticola

female Daurian Redstart

Mugimaki Flycatcher

Japanese Tit - what are you doing?

Japanese Tit

Japanese Tit - feeding 

Japanese Tit - feeding 

Chestnut Bulbul

Chestnut Bulbul

Red-flanked Bluetail

Autumn Beer for birds!

Full moon - a wish to the moon

and birdday cake!

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