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Tai Po Kau Autumn 2012

3rd Feb morning
Grey backed thrush 1x F
Black-winged Cuckooshrike 1x
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 2x
Hartert's Leaf Warbler 1x (goodsoni)
Striated Yuhina 2x
Bay Woodpecker heard
Verditer Flycatcher seen by others

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Tai Po Kau, HK-
11-Feb-2013 08:00 - 11:45
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     15C, overcast to start, then bright and sunny.  Birds mostly seen in large mixed flocks.
38 species

Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)  1
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)  1
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)  2
Grey-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)  X
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)  X
Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)  1
White-bellied Erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca)  1
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)  2
Great Tit (Parus major)  3
Yellow-cheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus)  3
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)  6
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)  X
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)  X
Chestnut Bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)  X
Mountain Bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii)  5     Seen on four occasions around the forest- feeding on fruit and in mixed flocks
Pygmy Wren Babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla)  1     Pygmy Wren Babbler listed as Pygmy Cupwing - never heard that name before, can't say I like it.
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)  3
Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus)  X
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)  X
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)  X
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)  X     
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)  X
Indochinese/Striated Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola)  20
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)  X
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia)  6
Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)  X
Blue-winged Minla (Minla cyanouroptera)  X
Rufous-capped Babbler (Stachyridopsis ruficeps)  X
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)  X
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)  1
Rufous-tailed Robin (Larvivora sibilans)  1
Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)  1
Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)  3
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)  X
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)  X
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)  X
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)  X

Large mixed flock of babblers, bulbuls and leaf warblers along the stream.  At least twenty warblers moving around, the bulk of which seemed to be Pallas's.

I think I have found some ebirder limitations- especially in the leaf warblers!  

No Slaty Bunting much to my disappointment.

Dylan

[ Last edited by subbuteo at 11/02/2013 14:38 ]

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12-Feb-2013 Tai Po Kau Afternoon

Fujian Niltava male
Brown Wood Owl (heard around 1830 near picnic area)

Ivan

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2013-Feb-14, afternoon

Eurasian Siskin 20
Black Bulbul 1

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23 February 2013

Eurasian Woodcock 1
Chestnut-crowned Warbler 1
Brown Wood Owl 1 (heard)

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23-Feb-13 am

Little Egret 1
Great Barbet 1 (not seen by me)
White-bellied Erpornis 1
Silver-eared Mesia 1
Chestnut-collared Yuhina 1
Orange-bellied Leafbird 1 (female, not seen by me)
Olive-backed Pipit 3
Tristram's Bunting 4 (male x2 & female x2)

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Feb 23, 24

bay woodpecker
speckled piculet
rufous tailed robin
great barbet
grey headed flycatcher
pallas's leaf warbler
yellow browed warbler
chestnut crowned warbler
goodson's leaf warbler


goodson's leaf warbler (fokiensis)


tristram's bunting
ashy drongo

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26 February 2013

Crested Honey Buzzard 1
Chestnut-crowned Warbler 1
Speckled Piculet (not seen by me yet again)
Tristram's Bunting 4



[ Last edited by brendank at 27/02/2013 08:49 ]

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Around lunchtime today
Speckled Piculet heard
Bay Woodpecker heard
Great Barbet heard
Hartert's Warbler 2x
Tristram's Bunting 1x (female)
Black Bulbul 1x (juvenile)

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Mar 9, 10 morning

eastern crowned warbler
goodson's leaf warbler
yellow browed warbler
pallas's leaf warbler
emerald dove
speckled piculet


rufous tailed robin
japanese robin
tristram's bunting


crested goshawk

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Mar 17, morning

yellow browed warbler
pallas's leaf warbler
ducky warbler
arctic warbler
large hawk cuckoo
great barbet
grey headed flycatcher
tristram's bunting
lesser shortwing


black bulbul

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A record 'autumn' in Tai Po Kau!

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