Mai Po 24 May 2020 - more cuckoo

A cuckoo day even no good photos, all cuckoo were seen and I finally can upgrade my ticking grade of Lesser Cuckoo. For the others include Greater Coucal, Asian Koel, Plaintive, Large Hawk and Indian Cuckoo.

Some chicks of Black-winged Stilt were seen, Greater Painted Snipe were seen and heard, together with lots of Great Knot and 4 Nordmann's Greenshank.

The Glossy Ibis was still there but the best should be a cute Collared Scops Owl.

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S69546877

BigEar2020 is 193.

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo - the commonest cuckoo today

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Eurasian Collared Dove

Greater Painted Snipe

Glossy Ibis

Grey-cheeked Starling

Plaintive Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo - some spots can be seen in outer primaries

Lesser Cuckoo - the barring are thicker and cleaner than Indian, also smaller bill to me

Lesser Cuckoo - sometimes can be difficult to ID unless a singing bird in flight like this

Lesser Cuckoo

Collared Scops Owl - too close

Large Hawk Cuckoo - like an Accipiter!

Lesser Cuckoo - no distinctive black terminal band in tail as in Indian. Also, iris of Indian is little bit darker.

Lesser Cuckoo - this bird also lacks the clean white shaft of outer primary of some Indian showing

Indian and Lesser 1

Indian and Lesser 2

Greater Coucal

healthy coke...

and healthy beer

Masked Laughingthrush mobbing a long snake

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Masked Laughingthrush

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