HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組    Discussion Area 討論區    Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得 (Moderators: BBS Moderators, Webcreeper)    Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥  (Read 1165 times) HF_Cheung Committee Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 224 Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « on: Apr 6th, 2006, 2:13pm » Quote Modify There were good numbers of Skuas on the sea near Po Toi yesterday (5 April 2006), including many Arctic Skuas (see first photo) and a Promarine Skua (second photo).     HF Cheung   « Last Edit: Apr 6th, 2006, 10:04pm by Webcreeper » Logged HF_Cheung Committee Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 224 Re: Seabirds near Po Toi « Reply #1 on: Apr 6th, 2006, 2:55pm » Quote Modify Several Common Terns were seen on 2 April 2006 at the same site.  This is close to the earliest record of this species in HK.  They are of the subspecies longipennis, I think.     HF Cheung « Last Edit: Apr 7th, 2006, 11:58am by HF_Cheung » Logged Mike Kilburn Committee Member BBS God     Posts: 334 Re: Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « Reply #2 on: Apr 7th, 2006, 8:32am » Quote Modify The day after the busy Skua passage the additional survey produced the following seabirds:   Red-necked Phalarope - several hundred   Long-tailed Skua - 8 Arctic Skua - 1   Heuglin's Gull - 2   Greater Crested Tern - 1 Common Tern - 4   Ancient Auk - 1   Also on Po Toi :   Wryneck - 1 Ashy Minivet - 2 Little Bunting - 2 Yellow-browed Warbler - 6-7 Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 1   Cheers     Mike K Logged Mike Kilburn Vice Chairman Chairman - ConservationCommittee HKBWS Mike Kilburn Committee Member BBS God     Posts: 334 Re: Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « Reply #3 on: Apr 8th, 2006, 11:00pm » Quote Modify Today the following birds were seen on a challenging and enjoyable outing:   Seabird survey:   Streaked Shearwater - 2   Swinhoe's Egret - 1 Cattle Egret - 2   Peregrine - 1 White-bellied sea Eagle - 1   Red-necked Phalarope - 300+   Pomarine Skua - 1 Arctic Skua - 3 Long-tailed Skua - 16   Common Tern - 20   Brown Hawk Owl (!) - 1 (see pix in the identification section)   In addition, the following were seen on Po Toi:   Chinese Goshawk - 2 Besra - 1   Ashy Minivet - 1   Mugimaki Flycatcher - 2   Chinese Starling - 4   Brambling - 1 cracking male (v good feather condition)     Hopefully more pix to come from the army of photographers out today.     Cheers   Mike K       Logged Mike Kilburn Vice Chairman Chairman - ConservationCommittee HKBWS John Holmes BBS Member BBS God     Posts: 103 Re: Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « Reply #4 on: May 2nd, 2006, 11:06pm » Quote Modify   Two shots of a Sooty Tern taken south-west of Po Toi during the Sea Bird Survey on May 2, 2006.     It was with three Bridled and 150 White-winged Black Terns.  We also saw Common, Aleutian and Black-naped Terns.   Two Short-tailed Shearwaters were seen in the morning.  One, possibly two Brown Hawk Owls were noted flying over the sea. Logged http://johnjemi.hkbirds.net/ miket BBS Member BBS God I'd rather be birding!     Posts: 257 Re: Seabirds near Po Toi 蒲台島附近的海鳥 « Reply #5 on: May 5th, 2006, 11:47pm » Quote Modify Another very good trip today.   I don't have exact numbers, and I wasn't on the first leg of the trip, but in the afternoon we had some very good views of Streaked and Short-tailed Shearwaters (about 15 and 10 of each), all three skuas (with some of each species giving stunning views, including the biggest Pom I think I've ever seen), at least two very photogenic Crested Terns, +Aleutian, Common, WW Black, Whiskered, Bridled and Black-naped Terns.     We also had another example of that bird which the seabird survey has most surprisingly transformed our knowledge of, i.e. a Brown Hawk  Owl.   I know that Geoff Welch had 960 terns past Po Toi in the early am too - Aleutian, Common, WWB, Whiskered and Bridled I think , + one or two skuas and shears.     On Po Toi the birds were much the same as yesterday, but  Graham Talbot and I saw a Lanceolated Warbler near the Lighthouse.   My final one of the Seabird Surveys, so for my part thanks to Tung for what he did to make them possible and to the crew of the boat for their understanding and cooperation, and safe stewardship of the boat and its occupants.     Mike Turnbull Logged Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement 簡訊通告 -----------------------------  - Membership Affair 會員事務   - Outings / Activities 戶外活動 / 講座   - Projects 項目計劃   - Crested Bulbul Club 紅耳鵯俱樂部 ----------------------------- Discussion Area 討論區 -----------------------------  - General 一般問題   - Conservation 自然保育   - Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 => Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 I   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 II ----------------------------- Special Topics 特別主題 -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu 野鳥與禽流感   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley 塱原可持續生態管理計劃   - Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺   - Goodbye Penfold 告別彭福   - Tern Conservation 燕鷗保育   - Black-eared Kite 鳶(麻鷹)   - Swifts and Swallows 燕與雨燕   - China Birdwatching Network 中國觀鳥活動網絡   - Winter Altas Survey 冬季鳥類普查   - Nature Conservation Policy 自然保育政策 ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing 知識分享 -----------------------------  - FAQ 常見問題   - Archive 資料重溫 « Previous topic | Next topic »

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