2020年8月28日 星期五

Chai Wan 28 Aug 2020 - Night Bird Survey

I am totally blind without the thermoscope but still could find 3 Eastern Spotted Dove roosting...


Eastern Spotted Dove

2020年8月22日 星期六

Long Valley and Sheung Shui 22 Aug 2020 - only escaped owl

Nothing in Long Valley today and a short visit to Sheung Shui to have a look of the escaped Ryukyu Scops Owl.

Long Valley: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72671495

Sheung Shui: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72674152

Masked Laughinthrush

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Red-rumped Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Ryukyu Scops Owl - likely escaped

Ryukyu Scops Owl - likely escaped

2020年8月8日 星期六

Tap Mun 8 Aug 2020 - Bridled Tern

No Sooty, No Noddy, No Reseate... only BridledBlack-naped and Greater Crested Tern, plus a Ruddy Turnstone which should be an autumn migrant here.


Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern and rainbow

Black-naped Tern

Bridled Tern - the pale collar and paler upperparts are different from Sooty Tern as well

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Black-naped Tern

Bridled Tern - very distinct underwing pattern and extending supercilium help separating from Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern flock

Ruddy Turnstone

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Greater Crested Tern

Black-naped Tern

Black-naped Tern

Rainbow and Terns

time to feed myself after feeding the terns.

2020年8月4日 星期二

Sheung Shui 3 Aug 2020 - Ryukyu Scops Owl again

My first time driving to bird, targeting the possibly (likely) escaped Ryukyu Scops Owl, I still see no reason that it traveled to HK naturally...


Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

Ryukyu Scops Owl

a wish to the moon

Ryukyu Scops Owl song