mguy 12/06/2013 20:46
Red-Billed Magpie
Seen on Lamma Island about a week or so ago... exact location & date tbc
Description I was given by an avid birdwatcher who could not find it in any of the books..
"was about the size & looked like a Magpie, with a long tail, grey back & a red beak.... quite a stunning looking bird".......
No photo though as the lady doesn't photograph, but over the past few years has directed me to a number of birds & has been able to identify them all correctly on each occasion
mguy 13/06/2013 06:32
Possible.. but lady was adamant that plumage was grey... just remembered... said undertail was barred
thui 13/06/2013 10:12
[quote]Original posted by [i]mguy[/i] at 13/06/2013 06:32 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=58200&ptid=19215][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
Possible.. but lady was adamant that plumage was grey... just remembered... said undertail was barred [/quote]
It seems to fit, right?
[url]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/viewthread.php?tid=15547&extra=page%3D1[/url]
mguy 13/06/2013 19:55
HI... ah see what yu mean.. Red-billed & Blue are in fact Red-billed Blue Magpie... I wax thinking you meant Taiwan Blue Magpie... bumped into the lady today & asked her to google to make sure
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