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Topic: Kowloon Birds 14/5 and before 九龍零碎鳥況 (Read 3843 times)

Joe Yip
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Re: Kowloon Birds 14/5 and before 九龍零碎鳥況
« Reply #15 on: May 17^th, 2006, 1:41pm »

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on May 16^th, 2006, 9:20pm, miket wrote:

but are you sure there were 3-4 of them - that sounds very odd.

Mike Turnbull

Hi All,

Thank you for your kindly reply.

Identifying Warbler is very very ~~~ very difficult to me.

What can I do is :
Just take the pics and tell what I remembered.

At the same time, I understand that human biasing is an important factor to be considered.
Birdwatcher may get the wrong message at a short glance.

Besides, the place is not near to the birdmarket. And I've never seen warbler in cages in the Birdmarket.

Good luck.

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Etta
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Re: 旺角迷城 14.5.06 及以前的紀錄 Mongkok Birds 14
« Reply #16 on: May 17^th, 2006, 4:35pm »

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on May 15^th, 2006, 9:27pm, Joe Yip wrote:

其實，香港各處，只要有些時段　渺無人跡，又是候鳥遷徙季節，
若碰上天氣變化，
加上運氣，
或會有別的發現．

喂！又颳風了．試試出動罷．

細細聲問祖葉師主：珍珠來了，有無出動丫？

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HF_Cheung
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Re: Kowloon Birds 14/5 and before 九龍零碎鳥況
« Reply #17 on: May 19^th, 2006, 6:50pm »

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In view of Mike's comment on a possible Syke's Warbler, I now post a photo of Syke's Warbler that I took in Xinjiang 2001 Summer. One can see for yourself how the two birds fit each other.

HF Cheung

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Re: Kowloon Birds 14/5 and before 九龍零碎鳥況
« Reply #18 on: Jun 16^th, 2006, 5:25pm »

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I'd missed out on the discussion about this warbler but have just stumbled upon it. My personal feeling is that this actually appears to be a species of phylloscopus. The third picture clearly shows a long supercilium behind the eye, and the 'jizz' in all three is not quite right for an acro. Even the second of the three pictures (which is the one originally posted which prompted this discussion, and does look slightly acro-like) seems to show some sort of supercliium behind the eye, but the angle of the head makes this slightly unclear. On my screen there is a slight green tinge to the upperparts, again consistent with a phyllosc.

If this is a phyllosc, it would also explain the problem of habitat and behaviour (it would certainly be very unusual for any species of acrocephalus or hippolais to be travelling in a fast-moving flock in a tree-top!)

So for me, the question is which species of phyllosc? There I must admit I struggle slightly more. My first reaction was arctic warbler but I think the completely pale lower mandible rules this out, and the date would be unusual. My best guess would be eastern crowned warbler, but the bird does not seem quite bright enough, especially the undertail coverts. A trick of the light maybe?

Incidentally, with reference to the comments about trade in warblers, I have in the past seen eastern crowned warbler for sale in one of the bird shops in Yuen Long. So maybe there is some trade at a very low level?

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Re: Kowloon Birds 14/5 and before 九龍零碎鳥況
« Reply #19 on: Jun 17^th, 2006, 2:41am »

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Acro, Hippo, Phyllosc!

An interesting selection of personal opinions, which given the topics residence in the 'Birding Reports & Tips' section, is perhaps being missed by the birding 'masses' as John has pointed out. Any chance of it being moved to the 'Bird identification' section, where it could be better discussed?

For what it's worth I'm still sticking with an acrocephalus