Dragonfly

Fine day in Pui O today with a great variety of birds, although nothing highly unusual. The Hoopoe seems to be a long staying individual, spotted it on the dry grassland east of the buffalo fields (there was a truck dumping building materials on this grassland, by the way!).
Good influx of Daurian Redstarts and wagtails/pipits after the cold weather...

Species list from this afternoon:

014        Grey Heron
016        Great Egret                        
017        Intermediate Egret               
018        Little Egret
021        Cattle Egret
022        Chinese Pond Heron
024        Black-crowned Night Heron
026        Yellow Bittern               
047        Common Teal               
053        Northern Shoveler               
067        Black Kite
101        White-breasted Waterhen
106        Greater Painted Snipe         1 pair
116        Little Ringed Plover        1
136        Common Sandpiper        1
144        Common Snipe                2
194        Spotted Dove
236         Eurasian Hoopoe                1
255        Yellow Wagtail                20+
257        Grey Wagtail            1
258        White Wagtail                40+
259        Richards Pipit                12
260        Olive-backed Pipit      4
261        Red-throated Pipit      2
270        Red-whiskered Bulbul
271        Chinese Bulbul
279        Long-tailed Shrike               
287        Oriental Magpie Robin
289        Daurian Redstart        8 males, 1 female
292        Siberian Stonechat
303        Common (Chinese) Blackbird        1
312        Masked Laughingthrush               
347        Common Tailorbird
349        Dusky Warbler                        8
354        Yellow-browed Warbler                1
369        Asian Brown Flycatcher                1
377        Red-throated Flycatcher                1
389        Great Tit
397        Japanese Whiteye       
410        Black-faced Bunting                1
424        Eurasian Tree Sparrow
433        Black-collared Starling
436        Crested Myna
438        Black Drongo                1 juv
444        Common Magpie               
447        Large-billed Crow

Cheers
Morten

Dragonfly

No buntings yesterday at Pui O whatsoever (must be the only place in HK without buntings these days!). But a great day with lots of species and a bit of warm sunshine to heat up another cold November day.
Here's my list from yesterday the 18/11/2009, highlights being the Pheasant Tailed Jacana, 2 Ruddy Breasted Crakes, numerous Blackbirds and Daurian Redstarts, a flushed Woodcock and Red-rumped Swallows plus Asian House Martins over the buffalo fields plus a late Oriental Reed Warbler.

014        Grey Heron
017        Intermediate Egret               
018        Little Egret
020        Pacific Reef Egret        2
021        Cattle Egret
022        Chinese Pond Heron
024        Black-crowned Night Heron 2
047        Common Teal                1
053        Northern Shoveler                1
067        Black Kite
080        Common Buzzard                1
099        Ruddy-breasted Crake        2
101        White-breasted Waterhen
105        Pheasant-tailed Jacana        1
106        Greater Painted Snipe         2 males
116        Little Ringed Plover        2
117        Kentish Plover                3 at the beach
136        Common Sandpiper       
141        Eurasian Woodcock        1 flushed
142/143        Pintail/Swinhoes Snipe        10+
144        Common Snipe                10+
192        Oriental Turtle Dove        1
194        Spotted Dove
229        Common Kingfisher        2
230        White-throated Kingfisher        2
236        Eurasian Hoopoe                1
251        Barn Swallow                2
252        Red-rumped Swallow        4
253        Asian House Martin        4
255        Yellow Wagtail                10
257        Grey Wagtail                        2
258        White Wagtail               
259        Richards Pipit                5
260        Olive-backed Pipit                10+
261        Red-throated Pipit                5
270        Red-whiskered Bulbul
271        Chinese Bulbul
279        Long-tailed Shrike                2
287        Oriental Magpie Robin
289        Daurian Redstart                9
292        Common Stonechat                1
303        Common (Chinese) Blackbird        33
312        Masked Laughingtrush
340         Oriental Reed Warbler                1
345        Yellow-bellied Prinia
347        Common Tailorbird
349        Dusky Warbler                        15+
354        Yellow-browed Warbler                1
369        Asian Brown Flycatcher                6
389        Great Tit
397        Japanese Whiteye       
424        Eurasian Tree Sparrow
427        Red-billed Starling                        36
432        White-cheeked Starling                2
433        Black-collared Starling
436        Crested Myna
444        Common Magpie               
447        Large-billed Crow