HKBWS BBS ­» ´ä Æ[ ³¾ ·| ·s »D ²Õ    Special Topics ¯S§O¥DÃD    Black-eared Kite »ð(³ÂÆN) (Moderators: Karin, YIP Chi Lap [Beta], BBS Moderators)    Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O  (Read 2287 times) me_domchan BBS Administrator I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 501 Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O « on: Nov 28th, 2004, 8:55pm » Quote Modify Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense.   28/11/2004 EOS 10D, 400/5.6, 1.4X, 2X, cropping   A group of 10 birders, under the lead of Miss Etta Hui, visited Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense today. The purpose of the visit was, of course, BLACK KITES!!!     I think it is better to leave the more technical part of the birding report to Etta, I will just share some shots taken today. Thanks to all the birders who spotted the target for me.     #1 Common Buzzard   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan220/C_buzzard_49934_S KW041128.jpg   #2 White Bellied Sea Eagle !   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan214/WBSE_49975_SKW041 128.jpg   #3 Black Kite...(Target of the day)   Soaring low in the sky..... http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49967_SKW0 41128.jpg   #4  Flying over the sea.   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49983_SKW0 41128.jpg   #5 A Sparrowhawk?     When we were about to leave, several black kites were spotted on the roof of near by building. Suddenly....   #6  A collared crow attacked the kites!   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49993_SKW0 41128.jpg   #7 The kites finally drove away the crow and enjoyed a meal on a satellite antenna.   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_49999_SKW0 41128.jpg   #8 Or simply standing.....(a juvenile!?)   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_50013_SKW0 41128.jpg   #9   http://www.fotop.net/albums/dominicchan/dominicchan145/b_kite_50015_SKW0 41128.jpg     Birds record of the day:   Black Kites   Common Buzzard x 1 White Bellied Sea Eagle  x 1 Sparrowhawk (?) x 1 Fork Tailed Sunbird x 2  (they greeted us in the morning!)   Collared Crow   White wagtail Common Sandpiper   Little Egret Pacific Reef Egret   Black-billed Magpie Crested Myna                     « Last Edit: Nov 29th, 2004, 12:41pm by Webcreeper » Logged Etta BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 993 Re: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«&#655 « Reply #1 on: Nov 30th, 2004, 12:24am » Quote Modify Thanks Dominic for the really great 'first minute' photographs sharing and made effort on the bird data.  I just want to add one bird species to the list which was seen by Billy: a Common Kingfisher.   I'd also received photographs sharing from Mr. & Mrs. Lau and Patrick yesterday night (after the tour), I was really touched.  Soooo happy to Kite-watching with you all and I am looking forward for another one! Hehee...     Here I share the photographs of the Kite-watching tour as below, enjoy~     This is me, photographed by the 3-year-old Chun Chun.     « Last Edit: Nov 30th, 2004, 6:31pm by Etta » Logged Etta BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 993 Re:Black Kite Watching@HKMCD 28/11/04®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O « Reply #2 on: Nov 30th, 2004, 12:51am » Quote Modify 28 Nov. 2004, Black Kite-watching at HK Meseum of Coastal Defence ®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O   Weather: Sunny, Temperture 18.4 - 22.9 C, Relative humidity 54 - 79 %.     At the entrance of the main building of the HK Museum of Coastal Defence.   A cloudless day with good visibility was great for Kite (and raptor) watching!   By the shore, there was a place where Black Kites flew in and stayed for a long while, it was the location of a a temple which could only be access by boat. One time, soon as a Common Buzzard flew in, there burst out a few Kites!     A Little Egret with a fish, flew on the harbour.   In the afternoon, we enjoyed the 'show time' of the Black Kites, WBSE and a Sparrowhawk(?).   We had great chances to take Black Kite photographs!   In this Kite-watching tour, it's funny that almost every time we wanted to leave a 'no-bird' location in the museum, the birds appeared.   In the afternoon, when we were 'really' leaving the museum and most of us had already entered the lift, through the window of the lift lobby, Dominic and Lisa spotted the Kites and the Collared Crow roosted on the big 'dishes' on the roof of the opposite building. The leaving us then had all came back to Kite-watching again.       Finally, one by one, we poured our binoculars, cameras and telescopes from our bags and enjoyed the watching of an exciting 'Kite story' which happened in the City. (To be continued...)   Etta   « Last Edit: Dec 1st, 2004, 9:23pm by Etta » Logged Etta BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 993 Re:Black Kite Watching@HKMCD 28/11/04®ü¨¾³Õª«À]Æ[»ð°O « Reply #3 on: Dec 3rd, 2004, 11:02pm » Quote Modify Thanks for the photographs sharing from Dominic, Mr. Lau, Lisa and Patrick. Observed through the windows of the HKMCD lift lobby, we saw one of the two Kites ate a fish for more than ten minutes. During the time, another Kite interacted with a Collared crow and a few Magpies gathered and left occasionally. There were a third Kite, roosted on the roof of another building too!         Yet we have enjoyed the Kite watching till the last minute of this tour, hehee.     Etta « Last Edit: Dec 3rd, 2004, 11:06pm by Etta » Logged Etta BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 993 Re: Black Kite Watching @ HKMCD 28/11/04 ®ü¨¾³Õª«À « Reply #4 on: Dec 8th, 2004, 5:31pm » Quote Modify Here also attached the tour information for reference: [Notice]Kite Watching at Museum Of Coastal Defence Æ[»ð®ü¨¾³Õª«À] http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Discussion;action=dis play;num=1101201092 Logged Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement ²°T³q§i -----------------------------  - Membership Affair ·|­û¨Æ°È   - Outings / Activities ¤á¥~¬¡°Ê / Á¿®y   - Projects ¶µ¥Ø­p¹º   - Crested Bulbul Club ¬õ¦Õóí­Ñ¼Ö³¡ ----------------------------- Discussion Area °Q½×°Ï -----------------------------  - General ¤@¯ë°ÝÃD   - Conservation ¦ÛµM«O¨|   - Bird Identification ³¾Ãþ¿ëÃÑ   - Birding Reports & Tips Æ[³¾³ø§i¤Î¤ß±o   - Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É I   - Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É II ----------------------------- Special Topics ¯S§O¥DÃD -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu ³¥³¾»P¸V¬y·P   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley Üñ­ì¥i«ùÄò¥ÍºAºÞ²z­p¹º   - Black-faced Spoonbill ¶ÂÁyµ\ÆO   - Goodbye Penfold §i§O´^ºÖ   - Tern Conservation ¿PÅëO¨| => Black-eared Kite »ð(³ÂÆN)   - Swifts and Swallows ¿P»P«B¿P   - China Birdwatching Network ¤¤°êÆ[³¾¬¡°Êºôµ¸   - Winter Altas Survey ¥V©u³¾Ãþ´¶¬d   - Nature Conservation Policy ¦ÛµM«O¨|¬Fµ¦ ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing ª¾ÃѤÀ¨É -----------------------------  - FAQ ±`¨£°ÝÃD   - Archive ¸ê®Æ­«·Å « Previous topic | Next topic »

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