Not just birds

2020年8月22日星期六

Long Valley and Sheung Shui 22 Aug 2020 - only escaped owl

Nothing in Long Valley today and a short visit to Sheung Shui to have a look of the escaped Ryukyu Scops Owl.

Long Valley: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72671495

Sheung Shui: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72674152

Masked Laughinthrush

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Red-rumped Swallow

Ryukyu Scops Owl - likely escaped

2020年8月8日星期六

Tap Mun 8 Aug 2020 - Bridled Tern

No Sooty, No Noddy, No Reseate... only Bridled, Black-naped and Greater Crested Tern, plus a Ruddy Turnstone which should be an autumn migrant here.

Checklsit: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72203549

Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern and rainbow

Black-naped Tern

Bridled Tern - the pale collar and paler upperparts are different from Sooty Tern as well

Bridled Tern

Black-naped Tern

Bridled Tern - very distinct underwing pattern and extending supercilium help separating from Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern flock

Ruddy Turnstone

Bridled Tern

Greater Crested Tern

Black-naped Tern

Rainbow and Terns

time to feed myself after feeding the terns.

2020年8月4日星期二

Sheung Shui 3 Aug 2020 - Ryukyu Scops Owl again

My first time driving to bird, targeting the possibly (likely) escaped Ryukyu Scops Owl, I still see no reason that it traveled to HK naturally...

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72073445

Ryukyu Scops Owl

a wish to the moon

Ryukyu Scops Owl song

https://www.xeno-canto.org/580616

2020年7月28日星期二

Sheung Shui 28 Jul 2020 - an interesting Otus....

A very interesting Scops Owl turned up (probably first heard in May) in HK, it was remain unidentified until it was photoed recently. The call (or song) is much better fit Ryukyu Scops Owl rather than the Oriental Scops Owl, which is an uncommon passage migrant / summer breeder here. To me the appearance is so similar and only vocal difference can help....

So questions coming..

Is this a real Ryukyu or just a strange calling Oriental? I bet Ryukyu more.

If this is a Ryukyu, which race? All of them are island endemics and not really migrate....

So, any chances to be an escapee?

Happy Birding...

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S71897967