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Title: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David_Diskin on Sep 3rd, 2006, 7:12pm Long Valley - Sep 3, 2006 - afternoon Birds additional to those mentioned in the Long Valley: Summer 2006 thread were 5 Black-winged Stilts and a single Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler. There are still good numbers of Pintail Snipe going through. Yellow Wagtail numbers continue to increase with a pre-roost gathering of 50+ on the fields. The vast majority of these were tschutschensis, but there was at least one taivana. david |
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Title: Re: Long Valley: Autumn 2006 Post by LUN on Sep 3rd, 2006, 10:30pm Same day morning over 100 Great Egret were passed |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 5th, 2006, 9:41am 5th September 07.00-08.00 Still very hot today even early morning Only birds of note were Oriental Reed Warbler 1 Plantive Cuckoo 1 Swinhoes/Pintail Snipe 30+ Black Winged Stilt 5 Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David_Diskin on Sep 8th, 2006, 7:43pm Long Valley Sep 8,2006 5-6.45 pm Great Egret - 1 Little Egret - 15 Cattle Egret 16 Chinese Pond Heron - 53+ (inc. 40 flying NW at dusk) Greater Painted-snipe - 6 Black-winged Stilt - 6 Green Sandpiper - 2 Wood Sandpiper - 39 Common Sandpiper - 5 Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe - 30 Red-necked Phalarope - 1 Alexandrine Parakeet - 1 Large Hawk Cuckoo - 1 heard briefly Common Kingfisher - 1 White-throated Kingfisher - 1 Barn Swallow - 15 Yellow Wagtail subsp - 10+ Siberian Stonechat - 1 Black Drongo - 5+ Collared Crow - 1 |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by Gary on Sep 8th, 2006, 9:16pm Alexandrine Parakeet !? is this the first record for Long Valley? Gary |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 9th, 2006, 4:14pm Long Valley 11.00-13.00 Little Egret Chinese Pond Heron Greater Painted-snipe - 2 Black-winged Stilt - 9 Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe - 40 Red-necked Phalarope - 1 Common Kingfisher - 1 White-throated Kingfisher - 1 Yellow Wagtail - 6 Black Drongo - 2 Collared Crow - 2 Palla's Grasshopper Warbler #313 Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David_Diskin on Sep 9th, 2006, 5:56pm Gary - Regarding Alexandrine Parakeet at Long Valley - apparently it's not the first record. The Avifauna states that one was at Long Valley from 29 October to 9 November 1994 (although I've checked my notes which indicate that I first saw this bird on 27 October 1994.) I don't know if there have been any other occurrences between then and now. Cheers, Dave. |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 16th, 2006, 8:22pm Long Valley and Lo Wu 06.00-08.00 and 16.00-19.00 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler 12 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher 2 Plaintive Cuckoo 2 Cinnamon Bittern 2 Hobby 1 (#317) Red-necked Phalarope 1 Greenshank 1 Pin-tailed/Swinhoe's Snipe 60 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Great Egret 500 migrating south Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 18th, 2006, 9:26am Long Valley 18 - 9- 2006 06.30 -08.00 A stomp round this am produced my first Red-throated Pipit of the Autumn and 4 Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers plus a good selection of waders on the new pools which are excellent Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HF_Cheung on Sep 18th, 2006, 4:58pm 17 Sept 2006 Bonelli's Eagle 1 flying over the Chau Tau direction Daurian Starling 3 near the worm ponds Arctic Warbler 1 in short bushes in a piece of farmland Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 among the Little-ringed Plovers HF Cheung |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by LVMA Project Officer on Sep 19th, 2006, 4:00pm 17 Sept 2006 3 Pacific Golden Plover I just found that the Broad-billed Sandpiper is the first record in Long Valley! ;D |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Sep 21st, 2006, 9:57am 21 September 2006 07.00-09.00 A stomp round this morning produced the desired Wryneck plus the folowing Common Teal x 1 Black-winged Stilt Pacific Golden Plover Little Ringed Plover Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Pintail Snipe Swinhoe's Snipe Plaintive Cuckoo x 2 White-throated Kingfisher Eurasian Wryneck x 1 (#319) Yellow Wagtail Richard's Pipit x 1 Common Stonechat Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler x 6 Oriental Reed Warbler Dusky Warbler x1 Yellow-breasted Bunting x1 Scaly-breasted Munia White-shouldered Starling Black Drongo Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by Mike Kilburn on Sep 24th, 2006, 1:03am an evening visit produced the following (highlights only) birds: Cinnamon Bittern - 1 Juv Chinese Starling - 120 Daurian Starling - 6 Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1 Cheers Mike K |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by machick on Oct 1st, 2006, 1:01pm Long Valley 30th Sept 2pm - 5:30pm Highlights! 1X Oriental Reed Warbler 1X Hoopoe 1X Yellow Browed Bunting |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David_Diskin on Oct 1st, 2006, 7:28pm Long Valley October 1st 3-5 pm Little Egret - 5 Cattle Egret - 4 Chinese Pond Heron - 10 Common Teal - 1 Common Moorhen - 1 Greater Painted-snipe - 3 Black-winged Stilt - 13 Green Sandpiper - 2 Wood Sandpiper - 12+ Common Sandpiper - 1 Pintail Snipe - 3 Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe - 5 Common Snipe - 12 Alexandrine Parakeet - 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - 1 Common Kingfisher - 1 White-throated Kingfisher - 1 Black-capped Kingfisher - 1 Barn Swallow - 8 Yellow Wagtail - 20 White Wagtail (leucopsis) - 13 Richard's Pipit - 4 Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike - 1 Common Stonechat - 3 Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1 Oriental Reed Warbler - 6 Dusky Warbler - 4 Arctic Warbler - 1 Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1 White-shouldered Starling - 53 Black-naped Oriole - 1 Black Drongo - 11 David |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by Yat-tung YU on Oct 3rd, 2006, 3:56pm A short stop at Long Valley this morning (3 Oct), a few migrants noted: Chestnut Bittern - 1 male, Red-rumped Swallow - 1 flew over, Common Greenshank - 1, Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1 male, Blue Rock Thrush - 1 female/imm, Red-throated Pipit - about 20, and many snipes! Tung |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HF_Cheung on Oct 3rd, 2006, 8:42pm The Banyan tree at the basketball court in Yen Kong has its fruit ripen. It attract a very good number of birds (50 birds any time, overall must be above 200 in 2 hours). Special birds include a Black-wing Cuckoo Shrike and a Black-naped Oriole. Here are some observation on the feeding behavior of the birds. 1. They first land at a higher position on the tall tree. 2. After watching for several minutes, they will come to feed on the fruits. The feeding time last not more than 1-2 minutes. 3. During this time, they swallow as many as their stomach allow them. Here are some high counts: Japanese White-eye 2 pieces, White-shouldered Starling 5 pieces, Chinese Bulbul 6 pieces. 4. After eating, they will move back to the tall tree to rest for some time before leaving the area. HF Cheung |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Oct 10th, 2006, 5:09pm Long Valley 10-10-2006 06.00-08.30 An early morning stomp produced the following Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 Water Rail 1 (#330) Greater Painted-snipe 2 Oriental Pratincole 3 Red-throated Pipit 20 Common Stonechat 10 Lanceolated Warbler 1 Oriental Reed Warbler 20 Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by HK_Twitcher on Oct 11th, 2006, 11:48am Long Valley 11-10-2006 06.00-08.00 A stomp round before work produced the following Cinnamon Bittern 1 Lanceolated Warbler 1 Ruddy Crake 1 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler 1 The bird which I reported as a Water Rail yesterday was in fact a Slaty Breasted Rail. so its only #330 Graham |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David Stanton on Oct 13th, 2006, 6:17pm I had a stroll around Long Valley this morning 0615-0900. Highlights included: Plaintive Cuckoo x1 Eurasian Wryneck x1 Black-Winged Cuckoo Shrike x1 Black-Winged Stilt x12 Wood Sandpiper x12 Green Sandpiper x2 Red-Throated Pipit x10 Rose-Ringed Parakeet x1 Oriental Reed Warbler x8 Stonechat - at least 7 Zitting Cisticola x1 Dusky Warblers - at least 20 Black Drongo x2 Snipe - x40 (I need to brush up on field id of these, particularly calls as they rise when flushed - does anyone know of where I could get recordings of these?) Also: Bunting sp - from other posts yellow-browed is mentioned, and though this was probably the same, I haven't got a decent picture of a Yellow-browed in winter plumage - does anyone know any good links? This bird seemed to have a lighter mantle/back and tail that the Y-B, more along the lines of a Reed Bunting. Possible Juv. Cinnamon Bittern - I'm guessing this from recent posts, though it could be a juv bittern species. Is this a species that occurs in HK as a Juv? Sooty-headed Bulbul - 2, I know these aren't uncommon birds generally, but this was the first time I've seen them here. All these questions - I just hope they are in the right thread, I dont want to get into trouble! Thanks in anticipation of any answers/help. David |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by Mike Kilburn on Oct 13th, 2006, 7:10pm Hi Dave Your post is fine here. Sooty-headed Bulbul is regular at Long Valley. A pic of the bunting was posted a few daya ago on this site, but can't remember where. Cinnamon Bittern is a regular passage migrant at this time. You should probaby get a HK bird book - The Birds of Hong Kong and South China by Viney Phillips and Lam is the best for HK. And for info on the status of birds (arrival & departure dates, status) etc the Avifauna of Hong Kong is a essential purchase from the HKBWS office (they have copies of the field guide too). It also serves as the foundation for the HK list. Cheers Mike K |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by miket on Oct 13th, 2006, 7:19pm Hi David, Concerning field ID of snipes Common vs Pintail/Swinhoe's is straightforward on basis of white trailing edge/paler underwing of Common, but Pintail vs Swinhoe's in flight is not considered reliable, above all due to overlap in size. Separation on the ground seems next to impossible. I don't know where you can currently get tapes - usual sources I suppose. It's not clear what exactly your bunting might have been - the putative Yellow-browed from late September (wasn't it? thus unlikely same bird) was a juvenile, I think. Juv Cinnamon Bittern certainly occurs here - it breeds commonly in south China - separation from Schrenck's is the main issue. Sooty-headed Bulbul is quite common in HK, but nowhere near as numerous as other common bulbuls and rather localised - very regular at Long Valley though. Hope that helps. See you in the field some time no doubt. Mike Turnbull. |
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Title: Re: Long Valley 塱原 Autumn 2006 秋 Post by David Stanton on Oct 13th, 2006, 7:29pm Mike, thanks for that, appreciate the prompt response. I do have both books, apologies for my lazinness, I don't crossreference back to the Avifauna as regularly as I should, I must get into the habit! I'll have a look for the Bunting picture on the BBS, the bird I saw was much lighter generally than picture on the plates in Birds of HK and South China - I wasn't sure if there was much variation in the winter plumage. Thanks again David |
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