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Neil
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Unsure Watercock at Mai Po
« on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:50pm »
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At first I thought this was a bittern the way it was behaving but the head was not right.  Is it a Watercock?  Neil
 
Mai Po Nature Reserve,
Hong Kong,
China.
 
19/09/06
 
Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 30x eyepiece and DCA adapter
 
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Re: Unsure Watercock at Mai Po
« Reply #1 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:59pm »
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Yes it is a Watercock, Neil.
 
Not perhaps one for the purist photographers, but captures the modus operandi of this species very well.
 
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