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me_domchan
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ID help, Thanks!
« on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:29am » |
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Mai Po Natural Reserve 31/7/2004 EOS 10D #1 Chinese Greenfinch ? #2 Non breeding Greater Sandplover?
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #1 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 8:40am » |
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#1 is a chinese greenfinch.
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #2 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 9:48am » |
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Greater Sandplover - pale legs and huge bill. Were there a lot of waders in Maipo?
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #3 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:13pm » |
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Yes, there are about 1400 waders in Mai Po now. But diversity is quite low, i.e. ~1000 Common Redshanks and ~300 Common Greenshanks! Tung
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #4 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 7:12pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 9:48am, Koel_Ko wrote:Greater Sandplover - pale legs and huge bill. Were there a lot of waders in Maipo? |
| I only saw one....at Pond 16/17 on that particular afternoon
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Re: ID help, Thanks!
« Reply #5 on: Aug 3rd, 2004, 3:56pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 8:40am, carmen wrote:#1 is a chinese greenfinch. |
| Carmen, thanks! Do you think this is a escaped bird?
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