Chaiwan 30 Mar 2021 - night bird survey

Usual night bird survey at backyard with usual birds like Collared Scops Owl, but tonight was lucky enough to bump my prize - Masked Palm Civet!

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S84393746

Masked Palm Civet - my first time to photo one in HK

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Swinhoe's White-eye

Collared Scops Owl - quite common in this area

Collared Scops Owl

Collared Scops Owl - flash off

Collared Scops Owl - flash on, see the change of white balance

Collared Scops Owl

Collared Scops Owl

Swinhoe's White-eye

Swinhoe's White-eye in nest

Asian Brown Flycatcher - roosting in the same tree as in the last several surveys

Collared Scops Owl

https://www.xeno-canto.org/634323

Ping Fung Shan 27 Mar 2021 - hike for non-rarities

Long hiking day and only saw distant Upland Pipit and ungoodphotoable Chinese Grassbird. That's the weekend.

Hiked up for two hours with nothing special

view

reservoir with no bird - typical HK

Upland Pipit in display - seen well and crap pic, usual situation in HK

Upland Pipit in display

Upland Pipit in display

Upland Pipit - perch far and crap light, usual experience here

Upland Pipit

Upland Pipit - blocking with grass when it perched closer, not surprised if you bird in HK

Upland Pipit

Upland Pipit

Upland Pipit

Chinese Grassbird - I think I will get my acceptable photo in Cambodia one day but not here in HK

Chinese Grassbird - branches are great

Bonelli's Eagle - don't expect you can take a close fantastic adult Bonelli's in good light like in mainland or countries in Eurasia, this is HK birding style

Upland Pipit - similar case, let's have better photos in India or mainland

back to the Chinese Grassbird - never close

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird - no way for good pose and good background

Chinese Grassbird 

Chinese Grassbird - I love branches!

Chinese Grassbird - branches are guaranteed, but not the bird. 

Chinese Grassbird - you can get thousands branches photos while birding in HK

Chinese Grassbird call 

https://www.xeno-canto.org/633096

Upland Pipit song

https://www.xeno-canto.org/633092

Chinese Hwamei 1

https://www.xeno-canto.org/633093

Chinese Hwamei 2

https://www.xeno-canto.org/633094

Chinese Hwamei 3

https://www.xeno-canto.org/633095

getting dehydrated, so we need more drinks 

and drink

Mai Po 22 Mar 2021 - birdless as usual

Typical luck and typical HK birddom, nothing special in Mai Po for whole day, only a distant unphotoable Brown-headed Gull which is friendly in Yunnan, Tibet, other countries in S Asia. 

Oh yes, Lesser Frigatebird too. Too far so I forgot the bird. Welcome to HK.

Black-faced Spoonbill

Lesser Black-backed Gull

try to find the Brown-headed Gull, HK birders are so fortunate to have such challenging experience, while overseas birder can only enjoy hand-touching Brown-headed Gull