kmike

While Dylan was up in the forest I was birding around She Shan.

The best birds were a juvenile Dollarbird (dark bill), an Arctic Warbler, "Swintail" Snipe in the marsh just south of the She Shan Road, and a couple of Olive-backed Pipits. There were also a few Zitting Cisticolas.

Also of interest were some rather vocal Bright-capped Cisticolas a, Lesser Coucal, two White-browed Laughingthrushes, two Hair-crested Drongos and two Sooty-headed Bulbuls.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

On checking the Avifauna and the Annual Reports since then, it appears yesterday's Olive-backed Pipits by 13 days.

Before anyone asks, no they weren't Pechora Pipit, which is the usual pipit to pass through at this time.  I wish they were, as Pechora  would be  new for Lam Tsuen.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

No John, sadly not.


Cheers
Mike

kmike

Quiet and very hot in Lam Tsuen around She Shan this morning

Migrants:

Richard's Pipit - 1
Siberian Stonechat - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
Black-winged Cuckooshrike -1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A fine reward for sloth today. Having stayed at home and in bed for most of the day because of the heat and lack of wind I was unjustly rewarded with the following birds seen from my home between 4:45 and 5:45:

Falcon sp.  -  3 birds distantly on power lines above Lin Au (either Hobby or Amur Falcon)
Dollarbird - 2 above Ng Tung Chai
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1
Siberian Stonechat - 1 in the veggie patch
Black Drongo - 5, including a juv in the veggie patch

Cheers
Mike

kmike

a few more birds from the She Shan end of Lam Tsuen

Hobby - 2

Green Sandpiper - 3
Swintail Snipe - 1

Richard's Pipit - 5

Siberian Stonechat - 5

Dusky Warbler - 6
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 1


Brown Flycatcher - 3
Red-throated Flycatcher - 1
Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1

Black Drongo - 12 (including Dylan's 9)

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

More signs of passage in Lam Tsuen today included the following:

Hobby - flying with prey (presumably a bat) at 6:30pm - She Shan

Dollarbird - She Shan
Black Drongo - 6 Tin Liu Ha
Ashy Drongo (seen by Dylan)

Olive-back Pipit - 2 She Shan
Richard's Pipit - 4 She Shan
ocularis White Wagtail - 1 Tin Liu Ha

Siberian Stonechat - 5 Tin Liu Ha

Oriental Reed Warbler - 1 She Shan
Lanceolated Warbler - 1 (seen by Dylan) Lung A Pai
Dusky Warbler - 5 She Shan
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Tai Om Shan
Eastern Crowned Warbler - 1 Tai Om Shan
Pale-legged leaf Warbler - 1h Tai Om Shan

Asian Paradise Flycatcher -1 Tai Om Shan
Sooty Flycatcher - 1 Tai Om Shan
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1 She Shan
Red-throated Flycatcher - 1 She Shan

Chinese Grosbeak - 1 (f) She Shan

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

More migrants in the NE corner of Lam Tsuen across the road from Kau Liu Ha this morning:

Green Sandpiper - 2

Common Kingfisher - 2

White Wagtail - 6 (leucopsis)
Grey Wagtail - 3
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Richard's Pipit - 3
Olive-backed Pipit - 2

Ashy Drongo -2
Black Drongo - 1

Brown Shrike - 1

Siberian Stonechat - 4

Greenish Warbler - 1(tree nursery)
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 2
Oriental Reed Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 6

Red-throated Flycatcher - 1(tree nursery)  (+1 seen by peter and Michelle at She Shan fung shui wood)

Little Bunting - 1

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

The weedy patch at Kau Liu Ha was again good today:

Brown Shrike - 1 (same bird as yesterday)

Oriental Reed Warbler - 2 (Lam Tsuen high count)
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3 (+ 1 near tree nursery)
Lanceolated Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 8

Asian Brown and Red-throated Flycatchers were both in the tree plantation again.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

A quieter morning today at Kau Liu Ha/ She Shan

2 x Black-browed Reed Warbler
10 x Dusky Warbler
4 x Little Bunting
2 x Bunting sp (suspected Yellow-breasted)

alo reported from Lam Tsuen (not by me) this week a White-Ahroated Rock Thrush,  and Alstrom's Warbler + Asian Para, Grey-streaked Flycatcher and Eastern Crowned Warbler.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

A few more birds today

From the house:

Grey Bushchat - female
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1
Chinese Blackbird - 1 m
Common Rosefinch - 1m (completely missed until I saw the photo)

Kau Liu Ha/She Shan:

Red Turtle Dove - 3
Brown Shrike - 1
Oriental Reed Warbler - 1
Little Bunting - 2
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1
Blue Whistling Thrush - 1
Red-throated Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Cooler weather and a fresher NE wind brought some good birds to Lam Tsuen this morning:

Green Sandpiper - 1

Crested Goshawk

White-throated Kingfisher - 1
Common Kingfisher - 1
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike - 1


Eurasian Skylark - 2
Richard's Pipit - 6
Olive-backed Pipit - 2

Stejneger's Stonechat - 2
Grey Bushchat - 1 (female on veggie patch)
Chinese Blackbird - 1

Black-browed Reed Warbler - 2
Thick-billed Warbler - 1  First record for Lam Tsuen. Seen next to the river at She Shan.
Dusky Warbler - 12

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2
Red-throated Flycatcher - 2

White-cheeked Starling - 1 - rare in Lam Tsuen
Common Myna - 1

Blue Magpie - 1
Ashy Drongo - 1
Hair-crested Drongo - 1

Black-faced Bunting - 1

Cheers
Mike

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kmike

Adding to a good day in Lam Tsuen, the following were seen between Ping Long and Tai Om Shan:

Red-Turtle Dove - 1  

Grey Bushchat - 1 (f)
Stejneger's Stonechat - 2
Thrush sp. (most likely Eye-browed, but not seen sufficiently well for confirmation)

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Radde's Warbler - 1
Russet Bush Warbler - 1

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2

Pygmy Wren Babbler - 1 seen + 2 heard
Lesser Shortwing - 3 heard

Cheers
Mike

[ Last edited by kmike at 21/10/2012 20:29 ]

kmike

Another good morning in the Kau Liu Ha / She Shan area:

Crested Serpent Eagle - 1
Common Buzzard - 2 (first of the autumn)
Amur Falcon - 2 (second Lam Tsuen record)

Red-throated Pipit - 1 flyover
Ashy Drongo - 1

Daurian Redstart - 2 (plus one in the afternoon)

Black-browed Reed Warbler - 4
(Koel Ko also had the Thick-billed Warbler close to the Yellow container near Kau Liu Ha, and a Chestnut-eared Bunting).
Dusky Warbler - 1

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2
Red-throated Flycatcher - 1

Chestnut Bunting - 4
Black-faced Bunting - 1
Little Bunting - 2

Monk Parakeet - 1 - first Hong Kong record! (an obvious escape)

Cheers
Mike

[ Last edited by kmike at 23/10/2012 21:38 ]

kmike

Kau Liu Ha/She Shan (0715-1030)

Possible Amur Falcon - 1 distant
Common Buzzard - 1
Crested Goshawk - 1 (+ 1 in Sun Tong Fung Shui)

Collared Scops Owl - 1 (Weds- Friday nights)

Watercock (juv/female type) - 1

Red Turtle Dove - 1

Richard's Pipit - 3
Olive-backed Pipit - 5

Daurian Redstart - 1f
Siberian Stomechat - 3

Black-browed Reed Warbler - 4
Dusky Warbler - 8
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1
Lanceolated Warbler - 3 flood channel next to

Red-throated Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Black-faced Bunting - 4

Hair-crested Drongo - 6

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A quieter morning at She Shan / Kau Liu Ha.

Hobby- 1 migrating SW
Common Buzzard - 1 also migrating SW

Collared Scops Owl - 1 before dawn

Siberin Stonechat - 1
Grey Bushchat - 1
Daurian Redstart - 1

Black-browed Reed Warbler - 2
Lanceolated Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 7

Black-faced Bunting - 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Saturday 3 Nov Ping Long to Kau Liu Ha via She Shan

Crested Goshawk - 1 display flight

Eurasian Skylark -1

Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1

OBP 8
Richard's Pipit - 4

Rubythroat - 1 m
Grey Bushchat - 1 f
Daurin Redstart - 6 (5 f, 1 m)
Stejneger' Stonechat 6

Lanceolated Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 4
Bright-capped Cisticola - 4
Fantail Warbler - 1

Red-throated Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Silky Starling - 1 m

Oriental Greenfinch - 1 flyover
Black-faced Bunting - 1
Bunting sp (flyover - 4)


Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Tai Om Shan 7:00 - 0940

Little Egret  2

Crested Goshawk - 1

Daurian Redstart - 4

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 4
Radde's Warbler - 1
Greenish Warbler - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1

Ashy Drongo - 1 Tai Om.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

This evening at She Shan/ Kau Liu Ha

Great Cormorant - 27 circling then heading north (second Lam Tsuen record)

Stejneger's Stonechat - 5
Daurian Redstart - 2
Siberian Rubythroat - 2

Chinese Blackbird - 3

Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Sunday 11 Nov 0815 - 11:45

Kau Liu Ha- She Shan + Ping Long

Common Buzzard
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Goshawk

Japanese Quail

Red-throated Pipit
OBP - 8
Richard's Pipit - 4

Siberian Rubythroat
Stejneger' Stonechat - 4
Daurian Redstart - 1

Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3
Bradypterus sp. - 1

Black-faced Bunting - 2
Bunting sp - 5

Asy Drongo - 1
Hair-crested Drongo - 6

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Kau Liu Ha - She Shan - Ping Long

Common Buzzard - 1

Japanese Quail - 1

? Baicalensis White Wagtail - first Lam Tsuen record (but around for several weeks)
Ocularis White Wagtail - 1

Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1

Bluethroat - first Lam Tsuen Record
Daurian Redstart 5
Grey Bushchat
Stejneger's Stonechat - 2

Chinese Blackbird 45
Grey-backed Thrush - 1
Thrush sp. - 9

YBW - 2
Raddes Warbler (photographed, but not see by me)
Japanese Bush Warbler - 1
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3

Grey-headed Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Little Bunting - 2
Black-faced Bunting - 4

Cheers
Mike

[ Last edited by kmike at 18/11/2012 07:15 ]

kmike

This morning at Tai Om Shan and Ping Long

Red-rumped Swallow - 2 (rare in Lam Tsuen)

Daurian Redstart - 2 (+ 2 at Ping Long)
Grey Bushchat  - 1 (long-staying female at Ping Long)
Stejneger's Stonechat - 2
Siberian Rubythroat - 2h
Red-flanked Bluetail - 2
Rufous-tailed Robin - 1
Lesser Shortwing - 4h

Grey-backed Thrush - 2
Chinese Blackbird - 2

Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3
Radde's Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 1
Asian Stubtail - 4
Russet Bush Warbler - 1
Japanese Bush Warbler (2 at She Shan in the afternoon)

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Little Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 1 (= 4 at Kau Liu ha in the afternoon)
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1 male at Ping Long

Cheers
Mike

kmike

I birded the other end of Lam Tsuen - Kadoorie Farm, the grasslands above, and Ng Tung Chai today:

Asian House Martin - 11

Rufous-tailed Robin - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 2
Daurian Redstart - 1

Asian Stubtail - 4
Mountain Bush Warbler - 4
Pallas's Leaf Warbler - 6
YBW - 4
Goodson's Leaf Warbler - 2
Fokhiensis -type Blyth's Leaf Warbler - 1

Mugimaki Flycatcher - 2 (woods opposite entrance to KFBG)

Chinese Grassbird - 2
Striated Yuhina - 40

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Another good day in Lam Tsuen - at Kadoorie Farm

Great Barbet - 1

Scarlet Minivet - 2
Grey-chinned Minivet - 1
Asian House Martin - 2

Orange-bellied Leafbird - 1 f

Grey-backed Thrush - 12
Japanese Thrush - 3
Pale Thrush - 2
Eye-browed Thrush - 3
Blue Whistling Thrush -3

Red-flanked Bluetail - 5
Rufous-tailed Robin - 1
Daurian Redstart - 2 (+2 at Ping Long)
Grey Bushchat - long-staying female still present
Stejneger' Stonechat - 1

Bianchi's Warbler - 1
Sulphur-breasted Warbler - 1
Blyth's Leaf Warbler - 1 (creamy tinge to underparts)
Greenish Warbler - 1
Palas' Leaf Warbler - 12
Yellow-browed Warbler - 12
Asian Stubtail - 8

Striated Yuhina - 40

Cheers
Mike

[ Last edited by kmike at 8/12/2012 21:14 ]

kmike

Sulphur-breasted Warbler indeed (now corrected). Nice to get it in the same bird wave as the Bianchi's and a rather creamy-bellied Blyth's.

Cheers
Mike

[ Last edited by kmike at 8/12/2012 21:16 ]

kmike

Thanks Brendan

The thrushes were near the three big water tanks at the top of the farm - where the bus turns round near the Brothers Pavilion, and the warblers were on the Jackfruit Jaunt trail just below the helipad.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

KFBG 0940 - 1215

Female Small Niltava

The bird was found by the bridge just below the butterfly garden at about 1015.

Other birds included:

Rufous-tailed Robin - 2
Mountain Bulbul - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1
Blue Rock Thrush - 1

Please note that KFBG will be closed until 2pm tomorrow.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A few birds in Lam Tsuen  (Hong Lok Yuen Roundabout - She Shan) this morning:

Great Egret - 1

Oriental Honey Buzzard - 1 dark phase

Green Sandpiper - 2

Grey Bushchat - 1
Daurian Redstart - 3
Grey-backed Thrush - 2
Chinese Blackbird - 2

Little Bunting - 4
Black-faced Bunting - 2

Common Myna - 2 (new high count for Lam Tsuen)

Cheers & Merry Christmas!

Mike K

kmike

At Ng Tung Chai this morning between 0830 and 1140:


Blue Rock Thrush - 1
Blue Whistling Thrush - 1
Pale Thrush - 2
Chinese Blackbird - 1

Red-flanked Bluetail - 1
Lesser Shortwing - 1 seen + 3 more heard

Asian Stubtail - 2
YBW - 5
Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 1

Chinese Blue Magpie - 1


Cheers
Mike K

kmike

A quieter weekend in Lam Tsuen at Ng Tung Chai/ Tin Liu Ha

Moorhen - 1
Woodcock - 1
GreenSandpiper - 1

Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1
Mountain Bulbul - 2

Grey Bushchat - 1
Stejneger's Stonechat - 1
Daurian Redstart - 1

Pale Thrush - 1
Grey-backed Thrush - 4
Chinese Blackbird - 4

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Looking at my own pix I came to the same inescapable conclusion last night, John and have just got back from confirming my fears this morning. It is indeed an Asian Brown.


Cheers
Mike

kmike

Yesterday at KFBG


Red-flanked Bluetail - 8
Daurian Redstart - 2
Rufous-tailed Robin - 2
Pale Thrush - 5

Leopard Cat - 1

Cheers
Mike