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Etta
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Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
« on: Feb 18th, 2003, 11:03pm » |
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2003-02-16 HKBWS Tai O outing Record submitted by Beta Yip Verified by Shirley Lam, Etta Hui Leaders: Etta HUI Sze Wing Beta YIP Chi Lap Helper: Shirley LAM Fung Yee Participants: About 30 people * Morning trip by Beta and Katy [Morning] [Time: 1030] + Tung Chung MTR station, take bus number 11 + Tai O bus terminus + "wang shui doe" Bridge + Tai O market street + Kat Hing Street + Sun Ki bridge + Sun Ki Street, eastward + Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Hang Mei + Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Wang Hang Village + Tai O Road, northwestward + Turn south to a path heading for San Tsuen + Turn west. Reed field. + Turn north. Disused Salt Pans. + Had lunch and met Shirley * Bird species recorded: Keys: + H heard + ~n about n individuals seen + >=n not less than n individuals seen + >n more than n individuals seen + ? not very certain >5 Grey heron >10 Little Egret ~10 Black-eared kite 1(?) Buzzard 1 White-bellied sea eagle + Juvenile + Seen just before Shirley, Katy, Beta, and Lawrence met the main group at the bus terminus 1 Crested goshawk ~3 White-breasted waterhen 2 Common sandpiper >5 Spotted dove 1 Wild pigeon H>=3 Koel H>1 Great coucal >6 Common kingfisher >4 White-breasted kingfisher >5 House swift >8 Barn swallow >5 Tree sparrow 1+H>1 White wagtail >15 Crested bulbul >15 Chinese bulbul >3 Magpie robin H1 Yellow-bellied prinia H>4 Yellow-browed warbler H>1 Common tailorbird H>4 Black-faced laughing-thrush 1+H>3 Great tit H1 Fork-tailed sunbird >8 Japanese white-eye >1 Magpie >3 Jungle crow >25 Silky starling >2 Black-necked starling >8 Crested myna >=2 Masked bunting + Seen at reed field + At least one is spodocephala subspecies, female
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Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
« Reply #1 on: Feb 18th, 2003, 11:06pm » |
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* Route of the main group [Afternoon] [Time: 1330] [Etta leads.] + Tung Chung MTR station, take bus number 11 [Time: 1440] [Shirley and Beta joins] + Tai O bus terminus + Tai O Culture workshop (Tai O Wing On Street) + "wang shui doe" Bridge + Tai O market street + Kat Hing Back Street, stopped around the toilet + Trace back Kat Hing Back Street + Kat Hing Street + Sun Ki bridge + Sun Ki Street, eastward + Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Hang Mei + Path connecting Sun Ki Street, Wang Hang Village + Tai O Road, northwestward + Turn left to Disused Salt Pans [Time: 1800] [Formal ending of the trip] + Reed field opposite to Disused Salt Pans + Nam Chung Tsuen, Lantau Trail, westward + Dine at Hoi Wan Vegetarian Food Grey heron >5 Night heron 6+1 juvenile Little green heron 1 + Seen on a pond before turning to Hang Mei Little Egret >10 Black-eared kite ~20, 33 at dusk White-breasted waterhen >4 Common sandpiper >3 Spotted dove >8 Rufous turtle-dove 3 + Afternoon reading spotted by Shirley at the back of the Little Green Heron site Koel H>=2 Great coucal H>1 Common kingfisher >8 Black-capped kingfisher 1 White-breasted kingfisher >4 House swift >4 Barn swallow >4 Tree sparrow >5 White wagtail H>2 Crested bulbul >15 Chinese bulbul >15 Magpie robin >6 Durian Redstart 1 Yellow-bellied prinia H>=2 Dusky warbler 1 (seen after 1800) Yellow-browed warbler H>=1 Pallas's warbler 1 Common tailorbird H>1 Black-faced laughing-thrush H>2 Great tit H>2 Fork-tailed sunbird H1 (heard by Shirley) Japanese white-eye >5 Rufous-backed shrike 2 Magpie >4 Blue magpie 3 Jungle crow >3 Silky starling >6 Black-necked starling >2 Crested myna >8 White-backed munia >20
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Re: Report of Tai O outing (16/2) - Bird Records
« Reply #3 on: Feb 19th, 2003, 9:23am » |
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Good report
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