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Neil
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Greenshank with mudskipper
« on: Oct 17th, 2005, 7:40pm » |
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I was surprised to see several Greenshanks choking down mudskippers today as I hadn't seen them do this before. They had a little bit of trouble getting them down.Neil. 17th,October,2005 MPNR, Hong Kong,China. Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski ATS80HD scope and 20-60x eyepiece. http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/50862952.jpg
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #1 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 7:48pm » |
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I also saw several Greenshanks doing that last week. Very strange! Does it mean that there is a shortage of food they normally like? Obviously they did not succed since the mudskippers were too large.
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #2 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 7:54pm » |
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Nice and interesting shot, Neil! KK Hui FRPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #3 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 5:50am » |
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I saw two of them manage to swallow the mudskippers but I saw one that wasn't able to.Neil.
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #4 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 9:38am » |
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There should be some postings on this bulletin board about a Greenshank eating a fish last yr. So, eating mudskippers is not unexpected. Its long bill can catch a lot of things ranging from small worms to fish. We should gald that they could still catch this nutritious prey. It may indirectly indicate that mudskippers in Deep Bay are still abundant enough for top predators to explore. Captain
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #5 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 10:33pm » |
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interesting sighting now the mudskippers had to find more places to hide
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Re: Greenshank with mudskipper
« Reply #6 on: Oct 19th, 2005, 12:17am » |
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on Oct 18th, 2005, 10:33pm, Jz wrote:interesting sighting now the mudskippers had to find more places to hide |
| seems they start to find on the tree..
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