May 5, 2007 Boat Trip to Po Toi & Southern Waters
24 participants started at Kwun Tong at 08:00. We went south through the Tathong Channel and around Waglan Island, arriving at Po Toi at about 10:40. Highlights were five species of tern and a rather ragged mystery
murrelet. This was possibly Japanese (Crested) Murrelet, which would be a “First” for HK if accepted. Hopefully, pictures of this much-photographed bird will be posted elsewhere on these bulletin boards.
Three Chinese Goshawks showed well near the Ferry Pier, and a lucky few saw Brown Hawk Owl in the woods.
After picking up four more passengers at the island, from 13:30 we went south towards the edge of HK waters. There were good numbers of terns throughout out the afternoon. We also had views of Streaked and Short-tailed Shearwaters. Distant, dark, hawk-like shapes were identified at first as more Brown Hawk Owls until we came upon one of these birds up close and found it was a Grey Nightjar !
We returned to Aberdeen around 17:30 up the east Lamma Channel. A great day out and a proper “Team Effort”. Thanks to everyone for their good humour and enthusiasm.
Please feel free to make any corrections or additions to the list below…
Japanese Murrelet 1
Short-tailed Shearwater 短尾鸌 1
006 白額鸌 Streaked Shearwater 1
217 鷹鴞 Brown Hawk Owl 1 on Po Toi, 6? over sea
219 普通夜鷹 Grey Nightjar 3+
139 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 Red-necked Phalarope 294+
161.5 短尾賊鷗 Arctic Jaeger 2
Jaeger sp 3
178 鬚浮鷗 Whiskered Tern 28+
179 白翅浮鷗 White-winged Tern 750+
180 鷗嘴噪鷗 Gull-billed Tern 2
182 普通燕鷗 Common Tern 15+
185 白腰燕鷗 Aleutian Tern 10+
186 褐翅燕鷗 Bridled Tern 1
189 大鳳頭燕鷗 Greater Crested Tern 1
067 黑鳶 (麻鷹) Black Kite 30+
076 赤腹鷹 Chinese Goshawk 3
209 褐翅鴉鵑 Greater Coucal 2
229 普通翠鳥 Common Kingfisher 1
231 藍翡翠 Black-capped Kingfisher 2
251 家燕 Barn Swallow 2
262 北鷚 Pechora Pipit 1
270 紅耳鵯 Red-whiskered Bulbul 6
271 白頭鵯 Chinese Bulbul 2
278 紅尾伯勞 Brown Shrike 2
287 鵲鴝 Oriental Magpie Robin 5
298 紫嘯鶇 Blue Whistling Thrush 2
312 黑臉噪(眉鳥) Masked Laughingthrush 5
356 極北柳鶯 Arctic Warbler 1
367 斑胸鶲 Grey-streaked Flycatcher 2
397 暗綠繡眼鳥 Japanese White-eye p
433 黑領椋鳥 Black-collared Starling 2
436 八哥 Crested Myna p
437 黑枕黃鸝 Black-naped Oriole 2
438 黑卷尾 Black Drongo 2
444 喜鵲 Common Magpie 2
Waders sp 10+
