gary

Hi Kwan,

Given that Eastern-crowned Warbler is not usual in winter and a suspected one was photoed and posted on other thread, can you share with us your observation on that bird, e.g. any crown stripe shown?
Have we overlooked/misdentified this species in previous winter?

Thanks

Gary

gary

Thanks for Kwan's reply.
I've kept my eye on this bird　today but no result.

Late arrival today, but still not bad for common forest birds.
Have a feeling for long time that every winter (Dec - Feb)the forest birds come very low level. Today again I had close encounter with minivet and Chestnut Bulbul. Some Chinese Bulbul even descended to ground level for foraging. I interpret this as result of becoming scarce of food items(insects) in winter which in turn push the birds to expand their foraging niche to lower vegetation level. I have a strong feeling for this today, as I saw a Chestnut Bulbul descended to very low level and ate the fruit of　Psychotria asiatica　九節。
Does any one have similar observation?

Gary

gary

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Original posted by cbryan at 11/01/2009 18:04


Gary,

i saw today chestnut bulbuls descending to my eye level to feed on fruits of this plant.



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/ ...

Bryan,

Thank you for your information.
I think this fruit is not a usual food item for Chestnut Bulbul as this species of plant only occur in low shrub, a habitat not so favourable to Chestnut Bulbul.

Gary

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