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 ]