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[Boobies] (修正) 紅腳鰹鳥 幼鳥 Red-footed Booby Immature

(修正) 紅腳鰹鳥 幼鳥 Red-footed Booby Immature

2010.06.18 09:00am 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
I feel sick
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#3 one more

thx Pippen for ID

[ Last edited by nlinyau at 18/06/2010 18:17 ]
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Nice shot , Yau

I should go with you today
I am just an inexperienced birder/ birdwatcher/ twitcher/ photographer with no long lens.

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wow.! congra!
Tony Hung

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勁呀~!!

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Booby!Booby! 我D影雀神經開始有番D反應...

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congratulation!~ good photo

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congratulation....Yau

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Excellent, we can include Red-footed Booby in the next Photoguide.

HF Cheung

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Quote:
I should go with you today
邊個叫你懶
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What a nice photo and good record!! Congratulation!!

I wish I were there too!

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congratulation!

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Graham Talbot found the booby this morning (Saturday 19 June) sitting on the sea near Wu Kai Sha, Ma On Shan. The bird looks settled.

Directions: Go to the roundabout opposite Villa Rhapsody where the Ma On Shan Bypass intersects with Sai Sha Road. Turn left at the roundabout into Nin Wah Road  and then immediately right into Nin Ming Road. Look for a small BBQ sign on the left and go down a bumpy road here which leads to a carpark. Foom here, scan the sea for the booby.

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2010.06.19 吐露港 Tolo Harbour 多謝YAU發現,感謝各鳥友便車與鳥訊!













[ Last edited by hpippen at 19/06/2010 17:39 ]

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Wow !!! congratulation! pippen

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19 June, 2010
吐露港 Tolo Harbour

非常多謝Yau兄發現及分亨,並感謝通知位置的觀鳥朋友  



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Up to about two o'clock the bird was just off Sham Chung pier, and thus easily visible from land if you walk round there from Yung Shue O.

Mike Turnbull

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Thanks Yau, Martin, HF and lchunfai, also nice to meet you Today ajohn, you are such a kind person~!









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Congratulation to all of you.

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Nice to meet everyone down at the Tolo Harbour today!
extra thanks to Graham T for the call!

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Did the bird look like it was staying? I might pop down early doors tomorrow

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咁高興, 我又jam




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多謝晒各位鳥友






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Roughly where is it? I am desperate to see it!

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多謝YAU發現, 感謝各鳥友鳥訊同安排...








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Thanks Yau (of coz XD) , FaiGou , vicky , kwok jai , amy , cherry and my dear friends













A happy day ~
I am just an inexperienced birder/ birdwatcher/ twitcher/ photographer with no long lens.

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As I indicated in an earlier post in the middle part of the day in was just off Sham Chung pier, about a kilometer or so from where first seen as I understand it ie near United World College, where there is a seaside restaurant called the Country Inn, and loads of parking. Again as I said, while at Sham Chung it could be seen very well from land, if you walked the 30 mins (or so?) from where the road ends at Yung Shue O.

However, I believe it had been fairly mobile, having been over near Plover Cove at one point. When I found it it was actually on the rocks c 50 m S/W of Sham Chung pier, and then on the water, and it flew once while we were with it.

It does not seem seriously ill  - though who knows? - and was a bit of a 'booby', allowing quite close approach and drifting towards the boat quite happily.

It became a nicer little earner for one boatman - who looked very familiar, does he crew on the boat we go out onto southern waters in? He was charging $600 for the trip, but was generous with his time really and very pleasant in his manner.

Mike Turnbull

[ Last edited by tmichael at 19/06/2010 22:05 ]

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Thanks for the heads-up Mike - looks like the kids are going to the seaside in the morning!

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Many thanks to Graham for re-finding it this morning!!

Cheers
PWMK

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Many thanks to Graham and all members info.
Extra thanks to kwok jai & Michelle boat trip arrangement.

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Does this bird have a feather disease?

If so, it's rather like the Glaucous-winged Gull last year and the Japanese Murrelet in 2007.

Is it coincidence that these are all rare sea birds, or is the disease the reason why they come into coastal waters like Hong Kong?

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 20/06/2010 07:31 ]

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I would think that the bird is molting as the damage of the feathers are symmetric for left and right side....
Therefore I think she demand much enegy to overcome this period, and need a rest on the sea... just my guess...

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多謝晒各位鳥友








[ Last edited by kw223 at 20/06/2010 22:38 ]

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啊!個個都影得好靚,重有數毛添,而家先知道幾位都係鳥攝人,同道也

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There is a large Red-footed Booby colony (about 10000 birds) in the South China Sea, south of HK.  From June to August, the sea current near HK is generally from SW to NE.  I think that helps to bring this bird to HK.  Let's say, this is just after the breeding Season.  After the chicks leave the nest, the parants start moulting even though they are not fully recovered from the tired breeding process yet.  Then the sea current bring it here.

The bird that I saw in Dong Ping Chau many years ago is very similar in behavior to this bird.

HF Cheung

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Quote:
Original posted by VRII at 21/06/2010 00:32
啊!個個都影得好靚,重有數毛添,而家先知道幾位都係鳥攝人,同道也
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近到爆, 靚到震呀..............

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真係越近越開心呀!

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