HKBWS BBS 香港觀鳥會新聞組


    
      
        HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組
        (http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl)
      

        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Unsure Watercock at Mai Po
        
(Message started by: Neil on Sep 19^th, 2006, 9:50pm)

Title: Unsure Watercock at Mai Po
Post by Neil on Sep 19^th, 2006, 9:50pm

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

http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/67139847.jpg

Title: Re: Unsure Watercock at Mai Po
Post by miket on Sep 19^th, 2006, 9:59pm

Yes it is a Watercock, Neil.

Not perhaps one for the purist photographers, but captures the modus operandi of this species very well.

Mike