msamuel

21-26Dec2008
Birds seen and identified (total no. 43):
014        蒼鷺        Grey Heron
016        大白鷺        Great Egret
018        小白鷺        Little Egret
024        夜鷺        Black-crowned Night Heron
026        黑冠鳽        Malayan Night Heron
033        白鹮        Black-headed Ibis (Should be 埃及聖鹮 Sacred Ibis as corrected by ddavid.  Thanks)
047        綠翅鴨        Common Teal
050        斑嘴鴨        Spot-billed Duck
053        琵嘴鴨        Northern Shoveler
067        黑鳶 (麻鷹)        Black Kite
071        蛇鵰        Crested Serpent Eagle
103        黑水雞        Common Moorhen
107        黑翅長腳鷸        Black-winged Stilt
116        金眶鴴        Little Ringed Plover
117        環頸鴴        Kentish Plover
130        青腳鷸        Common Greenshank
134        林鷸        Wood Sandpiper
136        磯鷸        Common Sandpiper
191        原鴿        Rock Dove
192        山斑鳩        Oriental Turtle Dove
194        珠頸斑鳩        Spotted Dove
255        黃鶺鴒        Yellow Wagtail
257        灰鶺鴒        Grey Wagtail
268        灰喉山椒鳥        Grey-chinned Minivet
271        白頭鵯        Chinese Bulbul
274        黑短腳鵯        Black Bulbul
278        紅尾伯勞        Brown Shrike
290        紅尾水鴝        Plumbeous Redstart
306        白腹鶇        Pale Thrush
308        斑鶇        Dusky Thrush
345        灰頭鷦鶯        Bright-capped Cisticola
397        暗綠繡眼鳥        Japanese White-eye
424        樹麻雀        Eurasian Tree Sparrow
433        黑領椋鳥        Black-collared Starling
435        家八哥        Common Myna
436        八哥        Crested Myna
438        黑卷尾        Black Drongo
442        紅嘴藍鵲        Blue Magpie
443        灰樹鵲        Grey Treepie
444        喜鵲        Common Magpie
447        大嘴烏鴉        Large-billed Crow
        古銅色卷尾        Bronzed Drongo
        五色鳥        Muller's Barbet

黑冠鳽 Malayan Night Heron


綠翅鴨 Commmon Teal


斑嘴鴨 Spot-billed Duck


五色鳥 Muller's Barbet


紅尾伯勞 Brown Shrike


古銅色卷尾        Bronzed Drongo


[ Last edited by msamuel at 7/03/2009 11:01 ]

puppymic

影得好靚，終於去台灣觀鳥呀

mchristine

Thank you for the encouraging feedback.  More beautiful photos are to come.  Stay tuned!!!

ckacheung

would you share the trip information ?
If i want to try, any suggestion ?

HKBWS Vicky

阿崔,
If you go to Taipei only, I would recommend 台北植物園 where you can see Malayan Night Heron very close to you! I have also seen Black-naped Monarch, Brown Shrike, Black-browed Barbet (五色鳥) and Grey Treepie there during my visit to Taipei last November. It is a park just like Kowloon Park in HK. You don't need to walk long distance to find birds and you can ask birders there and they are very kind to bring you around to look for birds. It is a great place and Taiwan birders are nice too!
Taiwan birders also recommend 烏來 which is a sea-side forrest area. I haven't been there. But they said it is also a good place during migration period. Just like Po Toi, they got a number of rare birds and even "first" there. You can have a try.

msamuel

鳥會有一本書(英文)介紹台灣觀鳥﹐請向職員查詢。

以下行程基本上涵蓋所介紹的台北觀鳥點﹕
D1﹕早機飛台北﹑下午士林官邸﹑晚上士林夜市。
D2﹕早上陽明山國家公園﹑下午竹圍紅樹林保護區(近淡水邊)﹑黃昏淡水漁人碼頭觀日落。
D3﹕早上前往烏來﹑徒步往返內洞森林遊樂區並沿途觀鳥﹑夜宿烏來兼浸溫泉。
D4﹕早上桶後溪﹑下午大安森林公園﹑晚逛台北101大樓。
D5﹕早上至下午關渡自然公園﹑黃昏大唐溫泉物語浸溫泉(超爽)。
D6﹕早上台北市野雁保護區﹑下午台北植物園﹑晚機返港。

個人意見﹕
大安森林公園和關渡自然公園較易近距離看到雀。
竹圍紅樹林保護區和台北市野雁保護區均為濕地﹐可看到鷸﹑鷺﹑鴨等。
鳥功所限﹐未能于烏來多找到鳥﹐但此處卻最有機會看到不常見鳥種。
台北植物園現在沒幾隻鳥﹐不過找到黑冠鳽﹐伸手可及。
因天雨關係﹐沒在陽明山國家公園逗留多久﹐看過白頭鵯便算了。
如時間倉促﹐可不去士林官邸。

tonytony74

資料十分有用，去台北又多一個理由與好去處了！

mchristine

Take our advice.  A combination of bird watching, hot spring and gourmet choice within afforable budget make a perfect trip.

ddavid

One small point/query. I see that the trip list includes Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus. Mark Brazil in "Birds of East Asia" gives this species as a winter visitor to Taiwan, but he also notes that Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus has become established as a feral breeder in NW Taiwan with between 300 and 350 birds present. I wonder if your record might refer to Sacred Ibis rather than Black-headed?

It would be interesting to know the current status of melanocephalus in Taiwan. The species used to be a regular winter visitor to Hong Kong in very small numbers, but has become very rare in recent years. (I don't, offhand, know when the last record was.) The species is now a "description bird" - I suppose because of its current rarity, but also because any observer of the species now has to take into account the possibility of Sacred Ibis wandering over to Hong Kong from Taiwan.

dave

[ Last edited by ddavid at 6/03/2009 11:18 ]

HKBWS Vicky

Hi David,
According to my memory (I've been told about the status of Sacred Ibis in Taiwan in 2006 or 2007), almost all the "black and white" Ibis in Taiwan esp. Taipei are Sacred Ibis. The population of Sacred Ibis now goes to more than 200 (please correct me if I'm wrong). They still got records of Black-headed Ibis but are regarded as (very) rare bird.

msamuel

This is the best photo I shot.  Which ibis is it?

lchunfai

May it be a black-headed ibis????I can see a red line on the underwing....

ddavid

Apparently both Sacred & Black-headed Ibis show a red line on the underwing!! The (very instructive) photo is of Sacred Ibis because of the conspicuous dark line on the rear of the wings - the wings on Black-headed are all white.

dave

msamuel

Dave
Thank you for your correction.  I am equally happy to see either ibis as both are new to me.  Unfortunately, both Taiwan Wild Bird Guide and Hong Kong and South China Bird Guide only mention Black-head Ibis without a word about Sacred Ibis.
Samuel