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Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips)
« on: Oct 11th, 2004, 3:07pm » |
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For members' interest. A kite watching event organized by HKBWS Kite Research Group will be held in November. It will include a lecture and two evening kite watching trips, with an aim to promote bird-ecotourism and kite conservation. The event will be conducted in Chinese, with brief English summary.
Lecture:
Date: 12 November 2004 (Fri)
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Venue: M167 Main Building, The University of Hong Kong
Field trips:
Date: 13 or 20 November 2004 (Sun) choose one
Time: 3:00 - 6:30pm
Members are welcome to join. Registration is free, but space is limited. Please register by filling in the following form and send us by fax at 2314 3687, or send us an e-mail with (1)your name, (2) contact address, (3) mobile phone, (4) e-mail, and (5) the reason for interest in this event.
Details of the event and registration form (Chinese only):
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #1 on: Oct 11th, 2004, 8:19pm » |
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #2 on: Oct 12th, 2004, 10:31am » |
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Thanks for your question. All are welcome to join.
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #3 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 6:37pm » |
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A pamphlet on "Black Kite" is produced. It will be distributed at the "Black Kite in Hong Kong" event. There are a few places left, don't miss the chance.
Thanks for the effort of the HKBWS Kite Research Group.
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #4 on: Nov 13th, 2004, 8:07am » |
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Thanks for the effort of HKBWS Kite Research Group (Etta, Beta, Henry, Karin, King, Maria, Siu Yuen, Mrs Chan and Tin Lok) for preparing the "Black Kite in Hong Kong" seminar yesterday. A total of 80 people attended the event, there were also some interesting discussion on field observation.
For members' interest, please find below pictures of the event yesterday.
Chance of seeing Black Kite in the urban area:
Bird survey location:
Sharing of story by Etta:
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2004-11-13[6] 觀麻鷹活動 Kite watching
« Reply #5 on: Nov 14th, 2004, 2:18am » |
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2004-11-13[6] 觀麻鷹活動 Kite watching
二零零四年十一月十三日星期六的黃昏麻鷹觀賞活動約有三十多人參加。
該活動由香港觀鳥會及國際鳥盟聯合主辦，日本環境基金贊助。
活動時觀察到的鳥種如下:
More than 30 people participated in the kite watching outing on 2004-11-13[6].
This activity is organized by HKBWS and BirdLife International, and is sponsored by Japan Fund for Global Environment.
The species recorded in the activities are listed below:
麻鷹 Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
珠頸斑鳩 Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡 Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
紅耳鵯 Crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
白頭鵯 Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
紫嘯鶇 Violet Whistling Thrush (Myiophoneus caeruleus)
黑喉噪[眉鳥] Black-thorated Laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis)
大山雀 Great Tit (Parus major)
暗綠繡眼鳥(相思) Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonica)
大咀烏鴉 Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchus)
懷疑發現鳥種:
Suspected species:
銅藍鶲 Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)
Regards,
YIP Chi Lap [Beta], Kite Research Group.
麻鷹研究組 葉志立
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #6 on: Nov 14th, 2004, 7:00am » |
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Kite Research Group,
1. How many kites were seen on 13/11 ?
2. Where was the location of observation ?
1. Will there be kite watching on next Sat. 20/11 ?
Thanks
Betty
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #7 on: Nov 14th, 2004, 1:34pm » |
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The location is the same place I went last year. 
香港賞鷹 (Black kite watching in Hong Kong)
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #8 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 3:26am » |
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2004-11-20[6] 觀麻鷹活動 Kite watching
二零零四年十一月二十日星期六的黃昏麻鷹觀賞活動有三十七人參加。
該活動由香港觀鳥會及國際鳥盟聯合主辦，日本環境基金贊助。
活動時觀察到的鳥種如下:
37 people participated in the kite watching outing on 2004-11-20[6].
This activity is organized by HKBWS and BirdLife International,
and is sponsored by Japan Fund for Global Environment.
The species recorded in the activities are listed below:
麻鷹 Black kite (Milvus migrans)
小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡 Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
紅耳鵯 Crested bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
暗綠繡眼鳥(相思) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonica)
喜鵲 Magpie (Pica pica)
大咀烏鴉 Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchus)
參加者如看見或聽到其他鳥種，歡迎報告。
雖然沒有正式數算，但麻鷹數量高峰時估計有超過五百隻同時飛翔。
Participants sighting or hearing other bird species are welcome to follow up
this post to report.
Though there was no formal counting, it was estimated that at the peak
time there were more than 500 black kites flying at the same time.
Regards,
YIP Chi Lap [Beta], Kite Research Group.
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #9 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 3:33am » |
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2004-11-20[6] 觀麻鷹活動 Kite watching
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #10 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 4:42am » |
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Betty> 1. How many kites were seen on 13/11 ?
We haven't formally counted but I think at one time there have been around 300 flying.
This is not as many as the number observed on 2004-11-20[6]. One possible explanation is that the day was rather hazy and kites come back at a lower rate over a longer period of time for night roosting. On more sunny days like 20th, we observed that kites come back at a higher rate over a shorter period of time.
A formal snapshot count involves counting every kite we see, flying or roosting, and will have a number higher than 300. Accumulative count, on the other hand, count the number of kites coming into and going out of a virtual bounday in the surveyer's mind and wil give a higher result since roosting kites that can't be seen would probably be counted when they go into the valley.
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #11 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 6:48am » |
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21/11/04
The Black-eared Kite is a common sight of the Hong Kong skyline. The HKBWS organized a public kite watching activity at Magazine Gap to promote its conservation yesterday. The HKBWS Kite Group explained that despite their raptor appearance, Kites are relatively shy birds that won't catch live chicks for dinner. (“Kite Snatch Chicks” is a Chinese children's game). Caution was also given against disturbing the birds.
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Re: Black Kite in Hong Kong (seminar + field trips
« Reply #13 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 7:58pm » |
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