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2020年12月20日星期日

Aberdeen Country Park and Lam Tsuen 19 Dec 2020 - warbler and shrike again

Morning in Aberdeen Country Park was fair enough, the same Alstrom's Warbler and Black-naped Monarch, Grey-headed Canary and Verditer Flycatcher.

In Lam Tsuen, still the shrike sp. which can be a Grey-backed Shrike.

BigEar2020 is 219.

Aberdeen Country Park: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77652144

Lam Tsuen: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77655943

Oriental Magpie Robin

Alstrom's Warbler - an interesting individual, I would call it Grey-crowned if I did not hear its call

'Grey-crowned-like' Alstrom's Warbler

Alstrom's Warbler - undertail

Alstrom's Warbler - showing complete eye ring in the other side

Olive-backed Pipit

Eastern Buzzard

Shirke sp. (or Grey-backed Shrike)

Shirke sp. (or Grey-backed Shrike) - eating a bee

Shirke sp. (or Grey-backed Shrike)

a spiny seed

skipped lunch so had a better dinner

a good night with Mandalorian Season 2

and can't miss the wine...

2020年11月10日星期二

Pak Sha O 8 Nov 2020 - Hume's Warbler

There was a Hume's Warbler in subspecies humei reported in Pak Sha O so we went to twitch, a potential split in modern ornithology. Though I am still confused in separating this taxon from mandellii.

BigEar2020 is 213.

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75981498

Hume's Warbler

Hume's Warbler - bill and leg rather dark comparing Yellow-browed Warbler, also less contrasting supercilium and much 'paler' look

Hume's Warbler - wing formula ?!

Hume's Warbler

Hume's Warbler - in song

Hume's Warbler

Hume's Warbler - a very active bird

Hume's Warbler - very hard to take a good shot even it was responsive

Hume's Warbler

Verditer Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Sunbird

and the following are some recordings

call

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601126

another call type

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601131

call and song

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601129

call and song 2

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601128

call and song 3

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601130

Hume's Warbler - a recording in 2018 HKWP, showing similar sonogram of Pak Sha O bird,

which I marked as mandellii that time

https://www.xeno-canto.org/601340

while Tai Lam bird was different

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/203981091#_ga=2.137535280.1079368836.1604837352-1218655119.1604418632

2020年9月15日星期二

Ho Man Tin, Pak Nai and San Tin

Full day birding in this tripless period. Quite a number of migrants arrived (and I dipped the most). In Ho Man Tin, a female Black-naped Monarch was very active, warblers include Pale-legged and Arctic, and at least 2 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, single Hainan and Asian Brown Flycatcher.

And the 1w Siberian Blue Robin at the feeding spot attracted number of photographers. Oops, the so-called wildlife lovers or birdwatchers again came out to blame feeding in HK but they forget their happy moment in overseas stakeouts, typical double-standard fuckers.

Pak Nai... boring as expected. Arctic and Yellow-browed Warbler and I took some photos of the Grey-tailed Tattler.

San Tin, even poorer, no Manchurian Reed Warbler nor Swiftlet sp. for me, nothing worth mentioning at all.

BigEar2020 is 196.

Ho Man Tin: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73529072
Pak Nai: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73532176

San Tin: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73531287