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geoff_welch
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #15 on: Sep 16th, 2006, 7:30pm » |
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Mike
I'm pleased you saw the Tiger Shrike, hope Peter & Michelle got some good photos today.
I've got two questions about today's sightings
1. I think I have seen the same cuckoo this week, in fact I have a poor long-distance photo of it.
The back and wings are a browny grey with a scaly appearance so I eventually marked it down as an Indian Cuckoo, although I did originally say Oriental. What does Horsfield's look like?
2. Where was the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher? I have yet to see one this autumn on Po Toi.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #16 on: Sep 17th, 2006, 12:36am » |
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Hi Geoff,
Thanks to you Geoff for finding the Tiger Shrike, and making sure it hung around.
Your photo doesn't look like Indian Cuckoo to me, but I don't know if I can say why - too neatly marked below and grey around head to me. Our bird today may well have been the same - it appeared very long-winged to me, and Paul Leader said something about the underwing bar, which I, from a different vantage point, just didn't see - he said probably Horsfield's.
Yellow-rumpeds in big group of trees behind main restaurant, where most flycatchers were, +near School House.
Neither they not Arctic Warblers seem v. numerous this year.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #17 on: Sep 17th, 2006, 6:26am » |
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Thanks Mike. I take the point about the finer neater breast banding on the Cuckoo, I'll amend my records to Oriental/Horsfields.
Hope to see Yellow-rumped Flycatcher on Po Toi next week. Also it seems the Swiftlet I saw coming on to the island last Tuesday has stayed on the island.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #18 on: Sep 17th, 2006, 3:17pm » |
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An omission from my list of birds for Saturday was a Greenish Warbler seen by Geoff Carey only at the top of the steps leading to the cafe.
I hear there was Blue-throated Bee-eater at 7am this morning (Sunday 17th).
Mike Turnbull.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #19 on: Sep 17th, 2006, 11:19pm » |
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Dear Geoff and Mike,
1. Thanks for everyone's effort in finding this very secretive Shrike. Sorry Geoff , this is the best i can do. For record only.
2. We did spotted a Juv. Blue-throated Bee-eater this morning, but it was driven away by 2 Black Drongos.
3. Also found a cuckoo and may be this is the same one as Geoff's, found last week.
Po Toi 16 Sept 2006
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Po Toi 17 Sept 2006
Po Toi 17 Sept 2006
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #20 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 11:37am » |
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I wonder if this is actually an Asian Lesser Cuckoo! The barring although well defined on the flanks appears to break down into scallops on the central breast. It is also very cold and dark around the head and on the upperparts. It also looks small and delicate with a fine bill. Do you have more pictures showing the underpart pattern?
It is not the bird present on Saturday which was an adult.
In addition I think Geoff's adult from the previous week looks more like a Common Cuckoo due the rather fine barring - are there more pictures of this bird?
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #21 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 12:45pm » |
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Another point in favour of Lesser is the heavily marked under tail coverts.
What a weekend!
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #22 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 2:52pm » |
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I'm with Paul on the second cuckoo being a juvenile Asian Lesser Cuckoo, for the reasons he states especially the rather delicate legs, small bill and broken barring across the breast. It is also very short winged.
I'm not sure about the first one though. It shows a hint of a slightly brownish breast band which seems to be a feature of first summer saturatus - any more pictures?
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #23 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 3:43pm » |
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Sorry, no more photos of mine. I discarded them.
I shall take more care with my cuckoos in future.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #24 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 9:09pm » |
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The Cuckoo was unusually co-operative, lucky for me.
Hopefully these are alot more helpful!
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #25 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:45am » |
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Excellent photos, the underparts are classic Asian Lesser Cuckoo
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #26 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 8:55pm » |
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on Sep 19th, 2006, 9:45am, Paul Leader wrote:| Excellent photos, the underparts are classic Asian Lesser Cuckoo |
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Paul & Mike,
Thanks very much for the ID lah.
Just this weekend alone we had 3-4 ticks, so happy. Also we must thank Geoff for every thing.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #27 on: Sep 22nd, 2006, 7:07am » |
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A quieter week than last week but migration continues at a good pace. The best migrants were a probable Button-quail sp on Wednesday on the SE peninsular and a Watercock on Thursday in the marshy area just past the small cafe at the top of the steps leading out east. This area was the original rice and vegetable growing area for the islanders and retains some water most of the year. I have thought, if we could cut back some of the elephant grass and clear the view, it would be an excellent area to find migrant crakes, rails and perhaps other water birds.
No photos of the Button-quail or Watercock but other photos for the week are Verditer Flycatcher, an early record for Hong Kong, 9 Black-naped Orioles in the same tree, the first Yellow-browed Warbler, a bird found freshly killed probably by a shrike and the first Dusky Warbler.
   
Some common but interesting migrants on Po Toi
Tree Sparrow – definite migrants on Po Toi. There were no over-wintering birds, the first arrived on 2 April with a spring maximum on the island of 43 on 15 May and the last on 25 May. No birds over summered, but the first autumn migrant Tree Sparrows were 13 flying SW on 6 Sept and the first land arrivals were 3 on Tuesday this week. There are now 5.
They seem much scruffier than their urban cousins, real country birds.
Black Kite – evidence of Black Kite migration out of Po Toi came when the summer resident family of 4 disappeared on 11 Sept, just before the storm and have not been seen since. There are now only 3 local birds.
This is my last week on Po Toi for September, I am in UK next week. So my next report will be for the first week in October. Good birding to everyone, this website is great to keep in touch with HK birds when you are away.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #28 on: Sep 22nd, 2006, 11:32am » |
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Po Toi 21/09/06
11:00- 14:00
A walk around the island today produced much the same as everyone else has been seeing recently, though I did see an Blue and White Flycatcher in a dense bit of scrub of the footpath adjacent to the the wet flus, south of the restaurant lose to the pier. I assume this is an early record for HK?
Other species included:
Dollarbird (x2)
Black-naped Oriole (max 6 seen at one time)
Grey-streaked Flycatcher
Forest Wagtail
Brown Shrike (3 Juv)
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike (max 3 seen)
Arctic Warbler
Striated Heron
Common Kingfisher (x2)
Black-capped Kingfisher
On the boat back, Geoff spotted a common tern off of the Ocean Park Peninsular.
Small pod of finless porpoise (max count=4) off of Stanley on ferry trip to Po Toi, with a singleton seen on the return trip. Which was nice.
A nice trip for me, though noticeably less flycatchers around since the Sunday HKBWS trip, and I'm gradually picking up more HK species.
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Re: Po Toi 蒲台 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #29 on: Sep 24th, 2006, 7:46pm » |
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Po Toi
24-9-2006
0915-16.30
A few of us braved the elements and gave Po Toi the once over. The is the total of our sightings
Striated Heron x1
White-bellied Sea Eagle x1
Eurasian Hobby x1
Oriental/Horsfields Cuckoo at least one probably two
Asian Lesser Cuckoo (a small Cucko seen well in fight was thoughtto be this species)
Dollarbird x1
White Wagtail x3
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike x3
Ashy Minivet x1
Brown Shrike x8
Common Stonechat x 1
Blue Rock Thrush x2
Blue Whistling Thrush x1
Dusky Warbler x2
Arctic Warbler x1
Greenish Warbler x1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher x2
Dark-sided Flycatcher x1
Asian Brown Flycatcher x6
Asian Paradise Flycatcher x1
Purple-backed Starling x3
Black-naped Oriolex15
Black Drongo x10
Ashy Drongo x 1
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