Not just birds: 10月 2020

2020年10月30日星期五

Telford 30 Oct 2020 - no more Pale-footed Bush Warbler

No more Pale-footed today, no chance for better photos for this bird. Only the same Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler and the Ruddy-breasted Crake staying.

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75577431

that Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler

BREWWWWWWW

2020年10月29日星期四

Telford 29 Oct 2020 - Pale-footed Bush Warbler

A Pale-footed Bush Warbler turned up in Telford again. Made a visit today and got some record photos. Anyway, I need photos better than those in Nonggang....

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75542128

Pale-footed Bush Warbler

2020年10月28日星期三

Long Valley, Ma Tso Lung, San Tin and Lam Tin Park 26 Oct 2020 - a really boring day

Hot and boring, even we visited 4 places today.

In Long Valley, best bird is a Grey-headed Lapwing. See, birdless there.

Tried Ma Tso Lung for the House Sparrow reported but we found a Russet Sparrow instead, also a single Oriental Greenfinch without a photo.

San Tin, nothing at all.

Did not expect much in Lam Tin Park but 2 Two-barred Warbler and 1 Hartert's type leaf warbler gave us some surprises.

Long Valley: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75419888

Ma Tso Lung: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75419366

Lam Tin Park: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75422517

Grey-headed Lapwing - in flight in bad light

Brown Shrike

Red-rumped Swallow

Oriental Reed Warbler

Rock Dove in snow color

Yellow-breasted Bunting - can't wait to see the mirrorless AF power

Common Snipe - typical underwing pattern

Chestnut-eared Bunting - in bad light

White-shouldered Starling - note the pale iris

Olive-backed Pipit

Eurasian Skylark - somehow I love its call, though little strange

Eastern Yellow Wagtail - a first winter

Red-throated Pipit

Russet Sparrow - no house for us

Eurasian Collared Dove

Eastern Cattle Egret

White Wagtail

Eurasian Wigeon - note the grey axillaries

Common Kingfisher

Two-barred Warbler

Hartert's Leaf Warbler type

a sleeping pig

2020年10月27日星期二

Telford and Kai Tak 25 Oct 2020 - nothing to do

A no-lifer Oct is boring, a morning visit to Telford and Kai Tak resulted that same Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler and 'widely distributed' White-headed Munia.

Telford: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75367082

Kai Tak: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75367867

that Middendorff's Grasshopper

White-headed Munia

2020年10月26日星期一

Shui Hau and Pui O 24 Oct 2020 - Kentish day

We tried to look for White-faced Plover which is our HK tick but expectedly fail. We looked dozens Kentish Plover in different plumage.... Also migrating Grey-faced Buzzard.

Shui Hau: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75284131

Pui O: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75284289

Kentish Plover - we tried hard to find a White-faced but none of these Kentish Plover showed strong bill or long leg

Kentish Plover

Grey-tailed Tattler - a rarity in eBird

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover - legs and bill looked long in some certain angles

Kentish Plover - lore can be pale sometimes

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover - we observed a huge variation of plumage

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover - head shape can change

Kentish Plover - legs can look dark, grey, pale, dull pin etc etc...

Kentish Plover

Peregrine Falcon - immature

Kentish Plover

Grey-faced Buzzard - one of the 31

Eastern Buzzard

Little Egret

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover - not long we found a paler bird, but sadly the bill and legs seemed not a good match even in this angle it showed a 'long' neck

Kentish Plover - a really paler individual showing sandy upperpart

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover - wing pattern

Kentish Plover - theoretically the wing pattern of White-faced is stronger, broader white wing bar but I am not sure whether this bird is strong or not

Kentish Plover - as see here this individual is much paler than the other, but the size is similar, or even smaller, not a good point for White-faced which should be larger