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(Message started by: Mike Kilburn on Sep 1st, 2006, 10:52am)
Title: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 1st, 2006, 10:52am
A female Black-winged cuckoo shrike and two Grey Treepies  were seen below the village around 9pm this morning.

The Cuckoo shrike is 3 weeks earlier than my first autumn record here, and the treepies are four days earlier. Grey Treepie is a resident in Hong Kong, but they seem to disappear during the summer while they are breeding.

late news:  

It seems that the Cuckoo-shrike is the earliest autumn record  - by 1 day!

Cheers

Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2006 Autumn ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 2nd, 2006, 9:55pm
A good day for autumn migrants despite the late start 0830 - 1230).

All birds were seen above the temple and below the first waterfall.

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 2
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 male
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 1
Possible Sooty Flycatcher - 1

Eastern Crowned Warbler - 3
Arctic Warbler - 1

Lesser Shortwing - 1

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta - 1

I wonder if there are any records of migrants from Tai Po Kau?

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë 2006 Autumn ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 4th, 2006, 11:23am
Quieter this morning and yesterday morning between 0645and 0830.

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1 (Sun & Mon)
Plae-legged Leaf/Sakhalin Leaf  Warbler - 1 Sun
Mountain Tailorbird - 1 juv (proven breeding record for 2006 - Sun)

Grey-chinned Minivet - flock of c. 50

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 5th, 2006, 9:59am
A very strange record tday in Ng Tung Chai:

a female Mugimaki Flycatcher! - this is about 5-6 weeks earlier than the previous earliest record in Hong Kong!

also

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1
Hainan Blue Flycatcher (female) - 1

Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1
Arctic Warbler - 1
Mountain Tailorbird - 2h

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1h

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 8th, 2006, 12:54am
Following the rain last night and yesterday . . . (between 0640 and 0815, when it wasn't raining!)

1st winter male Siberian Blue Robin on the stome steps 300 m up the path from the map and entrance to Tai Mo Shan Country Park.

Also  a Pale-legged Leaf Warbler was heard.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 9th, 2006, 6:11pm
No sign of the Siberian Blue Robin this morning, but  a walk around the whole Ng Tung Chai loop (up to the top falls, then on up above to the lookout point, and down the steep path) produced the following birds between 0740 and 1400.

Crested Goshawk - 1

Mountain Bulbul - 1
Chestnut Bulbul 12

Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1
Arctic Warbler - 2
Pale-legged/ Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1
Yellow-bellied Prinia - 1 (uncommon in the forest at NTC)

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 4 (personal high count for NTC)
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 female
Sooty (Dark-sided) Flycatcher - 1

There were also more than 20 Hong Kong Cascade Frogs, a Hong Kong Newt and a Wild Boar, which ran away uphill.

The day before (8th Sept) there was a Pygmy Wren Babbler heard, an Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher and a rather early Yellow-browed Warbler.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 10th, 2006, 9:48am
This morning was pleasantly cool after the rain, but disappointing for migrants:

Hainan Blue Flycatcher (singing) - 1
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler  - 1

Resident birds

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1h
Lesser Shortwing - 1h

Cheers
Mike
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by LUN on Sep 10th, 2006, 11:31pm
and one mountain tailorbird today
i only got this >:(
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 18th, 2006, 9:30am
Aiya! a very quiet spell for Ng Tung Chai when there are top quality birds everywhere!  This morning, however, there were a few birds present in the usual area between the village and the lower falls.

Crested Serpent Eagle - 1 flushed off the path
Crested Goshawk - 2 inc 1 displaying and one being chased by a Besra

Forest Wagtail - an Ng Tung Chai Tick for me!

Arctic Warbler - 1
Greenish Warbler - 1
Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1
Mountain Tailorbird - 4, including 1 seen

Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 male
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - 1

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1 heard

Brown Shrike - 1 seen in the village - another, and long overdue, NG Tung Chai tick!

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 19th, 2006, 8:51pm
another good morning in Ng Tung Chai:

Arctic Warbler - 2
Eastern-crowned Warbler - 1
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1

Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 imm male
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
Greay-streaked Flycatcher - 1

Cheers

Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 22nd, 2006, 2:22pm
A later start than usual 0800, produced a similar range of birds.

Lesser Shortwing - 1 h
Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1h

Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1
Arctic warbler - 2
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 3h

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 24th, 2006, 1:05am
A lazy lunch-break gave me a new bird for Ng Tung Chai - a male Blue Rock Thrush - an obvious migrant - on a telegraph pole inthe field in front of my house !!

Cheers

Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 25th, 2006, 3:33pm
This morning the followingbirds were seen between the temple and the lower falls:

Siberian Blue Robin - 1 female/immature

Arctic Warbler - 1
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 2h

Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 male

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 2 singing.

Also seen: 5 Bamboo Bats - a new mammal tick for me !
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 26th, 2006, 11:10pm
The only bird of interest today was a single Dollarbird  - the first of the Autumn for Ng Tung Chai.

According to the Avifauna the first week of October is the peak period for autumn passage in HK, so hopefully there are more to come.

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 27th, 2006, 9:53am
Big News! a Speckled Piculet was seen for arond two minutes this morning in Ng Tung Chai! If accepted, this will be the third record for Hogn Kong.

The bird was seen with a loose feeding flock which included Rufous-capped Babbler, Blue-winged Minla, an Asian Paradise Flycatcher and juvenile Chestnut Bulbul.

Directions:
Follow the concrete/stone path  from the village that goes up to and past the Man Duk Yuen Temple, and go past the steep track going straight up to Tai Mo Shan (on the right hand side of the path). Do not take this track but go straight ahead (sign posted to Bottom Falls), for around 100m.

Look for an obvious tree standing alone on the left of the path - it has a distinctive fork close to the ground and and the bark is somewhat orange in tone. I have put some sticks in the fork to mark the spot. Close-by, on the other side of the path I have placed some sticks upright against a rock.

As with all forest birds it will probably range widely, so I would recommend looking between the spot marked and the lower falls, but concentrating on the lower section.

Other birds seen today include:

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1 (+1 Paradise Flycatcher sp)
Arctic Warbler - 1
Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1h

Lesser Shortwing - 1 h
Pygmey Wren Babbler - 1 h
MountainTailorbird - 4h

Cheers
Mike K
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 27th, 2006, 11:22am
I just happened to be driving past Ng Tung Chai on my way back from TBT when I got the news of the Piculet so I thought I would give it a whirl although I was not optimistic.

Tried the area where Mike had seen it but no luck so walk further up the valley and after about 50 -100m just before a U turn in the path I found a small bird wave and almost immediately found the Piculet (#320) which I watched for about 3-4 minutes before it moved off further up the valley.

Thanks for putting the news out so fast.

Graham
Title: Re: Ng Tung Chai ±ï®ä¹ë  Autumn 2006 ¬î
Post by Mike Kilburn on Oct 9th, 2006, 11:54pm
a quiet morning, but still some signs of passage:

Arctic Warbler - 2
Eastern-Crowned Warbler - 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1 (juv)

Cheers

Mike


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