HKBWS Vicky

6/11/10 Mai Po outing 米埔觀鳥活動
請注意: 10月24日米埔觀鳥活動已改為11月6日
Note: Mai Po outing on 24 Oct is now changed to 6 Nov

Activity Information

Details of the Mai Po Outing to be held on 6 Nov 2010 as below:-
Date: 6/11/2010 Saturday
Time: 07:00 - 15:00
Gathering Time & Place: 07:00 Kowloon Tong MTR Station (Kent Road exit) or 08:00 Mai Po car park
Departure time: coach leaves at 14:00 and back to Kowloon Tong at 15:00
Tide: 2.0m at around 10-11am
Leader: Mr. Wong Chah Cheong
Coach Fare: HK$40/Member; HK$70/Non-member; HK$20/Student Member (Non-members joining Mai Po Outing will have to pay the coach fare disregard whether they make use of the coach. Members not using the coach do not need to pay coach fare.)
Target Species: Waterbirds

Limited to 50 participants only - please return the registration form* together with the coach fare to HKBWS Office for registration.

* According to the requirement of the Hong Kong Police and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, participants for the Mai Po activities should provide their full name and Hong Kong ID No. on that day to register for the access to the Frontier Close Area and Mai Po Marshes.

We will confirm the participants about 5 days before the outing whether their reservation application is accepted or not. Once the reservation is confirmed, we will not accept any withdrawal. All the registered participants are required to pay the prescribed fare, no matter they can attend the outing or not. If we cancel the outing due to inclement weather or special reason, the paid fare will be refunded to the participants.

The Activiites Enquiry Hotline / for contacting outing leaders on the event date only: 9457 3196.

Disclaimer
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society shall have no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for expenditure or other liabilities arising from the activities.


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二零一零年十一月六日舉行的《米埔觀鳥活動》詳情如下：
舉行日期：2010年11月6日(星期六)
行程時間：上午七時至下午約三時
集合地點：07:00 九龍塘地鐵站(根德道出口)或 08:00 米埔停車場集合
回程時間：14:00 乘巴士回程 15:00 回到九龍塘
潮水資料: 上午10-11時潮水為2.0米
領隊: 黃集祥先生
車費：會員-HK$40;非會員-HK$70;學生會員-HK$20 (會員不使用旅遊巴士，無須支付車費;非會員不論使用旅遊巴士與否，必須支付車費)
目標鳥種：水鳥

名額只限50位，請把報名表格連同車費寄交香港觀鳥會辦公室報名參加 (本會會員有優先參與權利)

*按照香港警務署和漁農自然護理署的規定，所有米埔活動參加者需於當日提供香港身份證號碼，以便登記進出后海灣禁區（米埔浮橋道）及米埔自然保護區。

本會將於活動舉行前約五天確實參加者的報名是否被接受，所有被確實的報名，本會將不會接受退出，無論參加者能否出席，都必須繳付所需的交通費用。如果是次活動是因為惡劣天氣或特殊情況而被本會取消，本會將會退回參加者所繳付的費用。

活動查詢熱線／當天與領隊聯絡電話：9457 3196

免責聲明
任何人士因參與本會活動而導致任何經濟或其他方面的損失或損害，香港觀鳥會不會承擔任何財政或其他方面的責任，參加者須自行承擔所有責任。

mchristine

About 36 joined the Mai Po Outing today.  Our ethusiasm and passion towards bird watching prompted us to wake up early in order to reach Mai Po early by 8:00am. Thank you for Beetle's good tips given on the webpage.  Nothing could stop us from rushing to Bird Height #8 and got rewarded by having seen the four bean geese relaxing there.  

The high tide started by 9:00am.  We felt that the rainy day was such a disguised blessings to us all because we saw quite a number of birds in the rain and after the rain. Below is the trip list.

HKBWS Outing to Mai Po, 6 Nov 2010, cool (20 deg), rainy, medium wind  
                     
002        小鸊鷉        Little Grebe   Tick     
010        鸕鷀        Great Cormorant   Tick   
014        蒼鷺        Grey Heron        Tick
016        大白鷺        Great Egret        Tick
018        小白鷺        Little Egret        Tick
022        池鷺        Chinese Pond Heron        Tick
024        夜鷺        Black-crowned Night Heron        Tick
036        黑臉琵鷺        Black-faced Spoonbill        Tick
043        赤頸鴨        Eurasian Wigeon        Tick
047        綠翅鴨        Common Teal        Tick
051        針尾鴨        Northern Pintail        Tick
052        白眉鴨        Garganey        Tick
053        琵嘴鴨        Northern Shoveler        Tick
063        鶚        Osprey        Tick
067        黑鳶        Black Kite        Tick
077          日本松雀鷹  Japanese Sparrowhawk         Tick
078          松雀鷹      Besra       Tick
093          灰胸秧雞    Slaty-breasted Rail     Tick           
101        白胸苦惡鳥        White-breasted Waterhen        Tick
103        黑水雞        Common Moorhen        Tick
107        黑翅長腳鷸        Black-winged Stilt        Tick
108        反嘴鷸        Pied Avocet        Tick
117        環頸鴴        Kentish Plover        Tick
121          黑尾塍鷸     lack-tailed Godwit      Tick
122        斑尾塍鷸        Bar-tailed Godwit        Tick
125        白腰杓鷸        Eurasian Curlew        Tick
126        紅腰杓鷸(大杓鷸)        Far Eastern Curlew        Tick
128        紅腳鷸        Common Redshank        Tick
129        澤鷸        Marsh Sandpiper        Tick
130        青腳鷸        Common Greenshank        Tick
166.5          织女銀鷗     Vega Gull      Tick
167          灰背鷗      Slaty-backed Gull      Tick
173        紅嘴鷗        Black-headed Gull        Tick
194        珠頸斑鳩        Spotted Dove        Tick
209        褐翅鴉鵑        Greater Coucal        Tick
226        小白腰雨燕        Little Swift        Tick
229        普通翠鳥        Common Kingfisher        Tick
230        白胸翡翠        White-throated Kingfisher        Tick
231        藍翡翠        Black-capped Kingfisher        Tick
251        家燕        Barn Swallow        Tick
258        白鶺鴒        White Wagtail        Tick
270        紅耳鵯        Red-whiskered Bulbul        Tick
271        白頭鵯        Chinese Bulbul        Tick
287        鵲鴝        Oriental Magpie Robin        Tick
292        黑喉石(即鳥)        Common Stonechat        Tick
345        黃腹山鷦鶯        Yellow-bellied Prinia        Tick
346        純色山鷦鶯        Plain Prinia        Tick
397        暗綠繡眼鳥        Japanese White-eye        Tick
421        斑文鳥        Scaly-breasted Munia        Tick
424        樹麻雀        Eurasian Tree Sparrow        Tick
427        絲光椋鳥        Red-billed Starling        Tick
433        黑領椋鳥        Black-collared Starling        Tick
436        八哥        Crested Myna        Tick
444        喜鵲        Common Magpie        Tick
448        白頸鴉        Collared Crow        Tick
800        灰喜鵲        Azure-winged Magpie        Tick

Thank you once again for Wong Chah Cheong and Irene Wong's selfless contribution to be the guides today.   We had so much fun together.  A few new friends said that they could not wait to become new HKBWS members and assured us that they would join our outing again.  Manager Lo, please help fulfil their wishes.

好鳥不欲閒人看，為怕閒人亂擾牠，
天降秋雨偷試探，驚嘆鳥民不折撓。

[ Last edited by mchristine at 6/11/2010 21:27 ]

fatchun

Other birds seen by me:

081  Greater Spotted Eagle        烏鵰
082  Imperial Eagle        白肩鵰
105  Pheasant-tailed Jacana        水雉
113  Grey Plover        灰斑鴴
145  Long-billed Dowitcher        長嘴半蹼鷸
340  Oriental Reed Warbler        東方大葦鶯
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak        黑尾蠟嘴雀
401 Chestnut-eared Bunting        栗耳鵐


Seen by Beetle and Fai:
085.5  Amur Falcon        紅腳隼(阿穆爾隼)
377  Red-throated Flycatcher        紅喉姬鶲
386  Japanese Paradise Flycatcher        紫壽帶鳥

mchristine

A few birders eye witnessed how an Eastern Marsh Harrier attacked the poor Pheasant -tailed Jacana at Mai Po on 6 Nov (yesterday).  Could any one show us the photos of this eye-opening scene?  Many thanks.