2015-May-24
Weather:
Bright->Cloudy with showers
It was pouring with about 300mm rain in Po Toi in the last 24 hours.
I went to Po Toi this morning to see what's happened on the island and
whether any new visitors've come.
When I arrived at the pier, a black and bittern-like bird was flying to the
southern penisula. Without any hesitation, I rushed to the south immediately.
On the way, at first, I found two Striated Herons.
Then, I saw many Brown Shrikes distributed on the grassland,
Eight Eastern Cattle Egrets were standing together on the rocks,
and a Von Schrenck's Bittern was flying over the sea.
After a long walking and some climbing, I reached Nam Kok Tsui.
Although the initial target was not found, a bigger surprise came!
That is, a Lesser Frigatebird which flew toward me from south
was in my sight about 1 minute.
Finally, it went to the east, back to its origin, Pacific Ocean.
After the lunch, I was sitting at the helipad and looking at the river.
Six Yellow bitterns and another Von Schrenck's Bittern were there.
A hungry Red Turtle Dove was busy in foraging there. Perhaps, it was the one I saw last week.
Two hours later, the "black bittern" didn't appear again and so I left Po Toi early.
And the bird list of today:
White-bellied Sea Eagle 2 near Stanley
Large-billed Crow 1
House Swift 1
Black Kite 10 most of them were sitting on rocks
Crested Myna 1
Common Myna 1
Black Drongo 4
Brown Shrike 7 distributed in southern peninsula
Greater Coucal 2 one seen, one heard
Chinese Bulbul 1
Red-whiskered Bulbul 1
Indian Cuckoo 2 one seen, one heard
Yellow-fronted Canary 2 eating the seeds of grasses
Common Tailorbird 1 heard only
Yellow-bellied Prinia 2
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 2
Japanese White-eye 1
Oriental Magpie Robin 4 singing
Barn Swallow 1
Striated Heron 2 fighting
Von Schrenck's Bittern 2 a male was flying in southern peninsula and a female was flying over the river at the helipad
Eastern Cattle Egret 8 in southern peninsula
Yellow Bittern 6 at the helipad; one was very exhausting.
Grey Wagtail 1
Bridled Tern 10
Black-naped Tern 9
Masked Laughingthrush 5
Red-billed Blue Magpie 1
Chinese Pond Heron 2 one mature and one immature
Red Turtle Dove 1
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 9
Spotted Dove 2
Blue Whistling Thrush 1 heard only
Pacific Reef Heron 2 one near Stanley and one in Po Toi
Lesser Frigatebird 1 flying over Nam Kok Tsui
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Last edited by ac130 at 26/05/2015 00:12 ]
