A full-day Tai Po Kau birding, not an acceptable photo taken but we could see a variety of Phylloscopus, a better study of their identification, including a Two-barred, dozens of Hartert's, 1 Sulphur-breasted, 1 or maybe 2 Kloss's, 1 green-crowned morph plus 1 likely grey-crowned morph White-spectacled and hearing the continuing Alstroms's Warbler, together with the normal Yellow-browed and Pallas's Warbler.
A Western Osprey was another hightlight of my day.
Still thinking which camera is better for forest birding.....
Please let me know when there is wrong ID or comments.
Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77718693
starting the day with a tart
a banana forest
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - this one no problem, a wet and yellow one
likely Hartert's Leaf Warbler - a quick one
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - no problem in this angle
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - but when it turned, the crown stripe recalling Sulphur-breasted, so contrasting!
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - pale flank, less contrasting head pattern seems easy to ID
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - again when it turned.... the angle and lighting can really affect so much
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - looked pale here
Hartert's Leaf Warbler but looked darker here
Hartert's Leaf Warbler
Hartert's Leaf Warbler
Hartert's Leaf Warbler
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - undertail, can show a thin white fringe
Hartert's Leaf Warbler - this one is challenging especially in this angle and light (also white balance). Overall this is a very yellowish bird, but the head pattern is really too pale / greenish to be a Sulphur-breasted
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - rest awhile
Kloss's Leaf Warbler - told by: a very Pallas's jizz bird, pale lower mandible without yellow rump. Also ID by call/song
Kloss's Leaf Warbler - again in certain lighting the plumage became yellowish
Kloss's Leaf Warbler - more white for this bird (comparing the Kloss's type earlier this year), maybe a tickable one for me?
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - more solid yellow tone with darker supercilium
Hartert's Leaf Warbler ? - another challenging one to me, not 100% sure but looked bigger ? than normal Pallas's and showing a hint of 'tree climbing' behavior ???
Hartert's Leaf Warbler ? - the crown stripe is faint
Hartert's Leaf Warbler ? - the undertail confused me the most, too white for typical Hartert's. But the plumage is too yellowish for Blyth's / Claudia's
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - undertail
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - in this angle and light, the supercilium looked pale, 1 or 1.5 wingbar is a feature which Hartert's usually show two distinct wingbar
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - the crown stripe became more contrasting here
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - eating
Sulphur-breasted Warbler
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - bill looks little bit longer than Hartert's ? also less rounded head
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - to me Sulphur-breasted would show broader median crown stripe, and thinner but darker (hence making more distinct & contrasting) lateral crown stripe, comparing the Hartert's head pattern above
Kloss's Leaf Warbler - likely
White-spectacled Warbler - likely, thought the broken part of the eyering seems strange? or just simply because of the angle. Whatever, I saw a Grey-crowned Alstrom's Warbler so the broken eyering may not help in some cases.....
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