Not just birds

2020年3月28日星期六

Tai Po Kau 28 Mar 2020 - what the hell

Both the sky and HKO treated me quite well, forecasted rain in morning and turned to be none, and once I arrived Tai Po Kau to look for Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo, rain started, and didn’t stop at all until i was back to the carpark.

What a day.

Nearly all creatures were heard only, interesting stuff only included Plaintive Cuckoo and Plain Flowerpecker.

Checklist with no birds: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66301136

Nothing on Radar, only rainwater in field

2020年3月22日星期日

Ho Man Tin, Kai Tak and Hung Hom 22 Mar 2020 - hot day begins

A very hot day without interesting migrants, we visited Ho Man Tin and Kai Tak in the first half.

Both habitats are undergoing destruction, so we only got expected banana. Best bird in Ho Man Tin is Rufous-tailed Robin and Oriental Pratincole in Kai Tak.

Ho Man Tin Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66070296

Kai Tak Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66073717

Rufous-tailed Robin

Scarlet Minivet

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie - termite hunting

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Oriental Pratincole

Blue Rock Thrush

Oriental Pratincole

We planned to be back home after that until we received call of a Chestnut Munia in Hung Hom - a species on HK list but the origin was doubted. This individual is likely to be an escapee too but we still decided to have a look, add one meaningless tick on our HK list.

Hung Hom Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66076129

Black-eared Kite

Great Cormorant

Chestnut Munia

Harbor view

escapee fancy

good beer anyway

2020年3月21日星期六

HK Southern Water and Chai Wan 21 Mar 2020 - first boat trip this year and start of night bird survey

Not really right to call the boat trip as pelagic as we did not go far, not many interesting species but still some seabirds, include 3 Pomarine Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common and Great Crested Tern and a flock of Streaked Shearwater (though not as a large flock as in Japan).

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66029849

the path, I should start recording earlier next time

Common Tern

Pacific Swift

Pomarine Skua

Streaked Shearwater and Red-necked Phalarope

Streaked Shearwater

Arctic Skua

Pacific Swift

Great Crested Tern

At night, started my first night bird survey near my home. Not a bad start with two true night bird species - Collared Scops Owl and Eurasian Woodcock.

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S66036175