Mai Po 1 Feb 2020 - a month already

We did causal birding in Mai Po today, not getting a fantastic list but still some birds in the good weather, even the tide was bad.

We saw at least one Gadwall, 10 Falcated Duck, a single Saunder's Gull with three Pallas's Gull, both Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull. Raptors include the usual Black-eared Kite, Eastern Buzzard, Osprey, Eastern Imperial Eagle and a feeding Eastern Marsh Harrier.

The Chinese Grey Shrike was still showing. For the other passerines, the two Buff-bellied Pipit and calling Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler were the highlights.

The whole checklist as here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63993417

My BigEar2020 is 113 now.

Buff-bellied Pipit - note the rather unstreaked mantle

Buff-bellied Pipit - also the pale lore

Buff-bellied Pipit

Eastern Imperial Eagle

Red-throated Pipit

Great Cormorant

Buff-bellied Pipit

Grey Heron

Common Kingfisher

White-throated / breasted Kingfisher

Eastern Marsh Harrier and Black-eared Kite

lens2scope with 400mm with 1.4x for the Chinese Grey Shrike

iPhone digiscoping through lens2scope

Falcated Duck - iPhone 11 pro MAX with Noctivid

Black-faced Spoonbill in Mai Po