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        Special Topics 特別主題 >> Tern Conservation 燕鷗保育 >>  Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
        
(Message started by: Steenheilesen on May 12^th, 2006, 8:25pm)

Title: Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
Post by Steenheilesen on May 12^th, 2006, 8:25pm

This afternoon at 6 p.m. I saw 2 of this birds in Sai Kung harbour. Last time I saw terns in the harbour was last year when a typhoon passed Hong Kong.
12-05-2006 6 p.m.
Sai Kung harbour

Nikon D70 + Nikon 200mm F4 micro.
Sorry the quality of the photos, but I didn't bring my 300mm.

http://images4.fotop.net/albums3/Steenheilesen/seagull/seagull_2556.jpg

http://images4.fotop.net/albums3/Steenheilesen/seagull/seagull_2562.jpg

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour
Post by Sze on May 12^th, 2006, 11:22pm

cannot see ar! :(

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour
Post by Steenheilesen on May 12^th, 2006, 11:39pm

sorry - it should be OK now!!

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
Post by miket on Jun 6^th, 2006, 9:46pm

For the record the tern in the photos is a Whiskered Tern.

If you go to Sai Kung Harbour now, or more accurately to the Sai Kung Public Pier area and the small rocky island a couple of hundred metres or so to the north, there are Black-naped Terns around, and possibly able to be photographed.

Mike Turnbull.

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
Post by Tern Group on Jun 7^th, 2006, 12:54pm

Thanks Mike!

Yes, we also found Black-napes near Sai Kung Public Pier on 27/5/06. We should find more during the survey this Sunday.

Alan

on 05/27/06 at 22:08:57, Tern Group wrote:

27/5/06

西貢碼頭也有
Another at Sai Kung Pier

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/webcreeper/Terns/Tern%202006/060527%20P1030246.jpg

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
Post by ck151062 on Aug 16^th, 2006, 7:44pm

There are over 40pcs of Terns out of the Sai Kung Pier, but it was too far away to identify.

Title: Re: Terns in Sai Kung harbour 西貢海內的燕鷗
Post by Tern Group on Aug 16^th, 2006, 10:42pm

Thanks! They are most probably Black-napeds, perhaps with a few Roseates. They used to chase boats towards the end of the breeding season, before returning to the ocean.

See the last 2 posts here:

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=TernConservation;action=display;num=1146812788;start=15