Tai Po Kau and Pak Tam Chung 15 Dec 2019 - more food than birds

My 32th failure for the White-spectacled Warbler today, luckily we still got the Forest Wagtail and Rufous-faced Warbler (at least 4 individuals) but no good photos, and two bonus Plain Flowerpecker.

Lighting was rather soft so we made another visit to Pak Tam Chung, watching the friendly Japanese Night Heron.

What a relaxing day.

My 2019 HK Big Year is 298.

Checklist of Tai Po Kau: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62317186

had a nice breakfast first

Grey-chinned Minivet

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail - seldom got shots on tree

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail - one of my favorite wagtails

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail - camouflage 

Forest Wagtail - close but bad light

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail - the zebra color

Forest Wagtail

Forest Wagtail

Rufous-faced Warbler - an angle showing the crown

Rufous-faced Warbler

Plain Flowerpecker

Plain Flowerpecker

single note call of Plain Flowerpecker: 

https://www.hbw.com/ibc/sound/plain-flowerpecker-dicaeum-minullum/single-note-call

and good lunch after hiking in Tai Po Kau

The Japanese Night Heron was already there when we arrived, by iPhone 11 Pro MAX

Japanese Night Heron - by iPhone 11 Pro MAX and Leica Noctivid, handheld, no zoom

Japanese Night Heron - by iPhone 11 Pro MAX and Leica Noctivid, handheld, 2x optical zoom

Japanese Night Heron - by iPhone 11 Pro MAX only without zoom

a video of Japanese Night Heron by iPhone 11 Pro MAX

Japanese Night Heron - no unauthorized entry

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - closeup

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - still the metering mode and color is better in Canon

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - I love this angle particularly 

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - what did you find?

Japanese Night Heron - little dinosaur

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - are you taking me?

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - looking for prey

Japanese Night Heron - fighting with earthworm

Japanese Night Heron

happy beer

and happy sushi

The above bird photos are taken by Nikon D850 and 500mm PF.