lrichard

Below is a (probably incomplete) list of birds found by a group of about 10 birders on Po Toi and from a boat in southern waters today (5 April).

Birds on Po Toi island:

Chinese Pond Heron 3
Reef Egret 1
Cattle Egret 1
Grey-faced Buzzard 1
Sanderling 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Greater Coucal 4
Lesser Coucal 1
Brown Hawk Owl 1
Pacific Swift 2
Common Kingfisher 1-2
Grey Wagtail 1
White Wagtail ocularis 1-2
Ashy Minivet 5
Chinese Bulbul √
Crested Bulbul √
Sooty-headed Bulbul 1
Red-tailed Robin 1
Daurian Redstart 2 (m, f)
Red-flanked Bluetail 1
Grey-backed Thrush 1 (+ several thrush sp)
Masked Laughingthrush √
Common Tailorbird 2
Pallas's Leaf Warbler 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 4
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
Narcissus Flycatcher 2
Ferruginous Flycatcher 5
Black-faced Bunting 1 (+several bunting sp)
Crested Myna c 12
Chinese Starling 5
Large-billed Crow 2 (seen carrying nesting material)

Seen in southern waters:

egret sp 3
Black Kite √
White-bellied Sea Eagle 2
Eastern Curlew 1
Red-necked Phalarope 30
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 (at one stage attacked by a Long-tailed Skua & forced to disgorge)
Aleutian Tern 1
Arctic Skua 3
Long-tailed Skua 40 +
Pomarine Skua 1-2

Also, at least 5 Finless Porpoises seen.

All in all a very enjoyable trip!

Richard

lrichard

An initially disappointing trip turned into a big collective high for everyone on the boat with stunning views of a Great Frigatebird.


Birds seen in southern waters:

Great Frigatebird 1
Great Crested Tern 1
Common Tern c. 8
Aleutian Tern 6
Gull-billed Tern 45
Black-naped Tern 30
Little Tern 10
Red-necked Phalarope 3


Birds seen at Po Toi:

Chinese Pond Heron 2
Little Egret 1
Chinese Goshawk 6
Japanese Sparrowhawk 1
Dollarbird 1
Common Kingfisher 1
Yellow Wagtail 10
Grey Wagtail 4
Brown Shrike 8
Blue Rock Thrush 2
Eyebrowed THrush 5
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 3
Narcissus Flycatcher 1
Arctic Warbler 8
Black Drongo 5
White-shouldered Starling 1
Chestnut Bunting 15
Little Bunting 2
Black-faced Bunting 2
Large-billede Crow 1


Big thank you to Peter & Michelle for arranging the trip & to Paul for finding the frigatebird.