Mai Po Boardwalk Hides - mid-October 2024

 

All the usual suspects, then !

Black-chinned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri) at Mei Foo, Kowloon

Discovered yesterday in a public park, this native of the Philippines is a "First Record" for Hong Kong.

Word spread on social media, but we had gone out to a nice air-conditioned cinema downtown, and hadn't got our binoculars when we heard the news. We went along to Mei Foo anyway and joined a group of birders, frustrated that the bird wasn't showing.

After a couple of hours we dispersed peacefully....

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Having dipped yesterday afternoon, we were luckier this morning.

A debate about the origins of this bird is ongoing.....watch this space !

Sunshine at Mai Po's boardwalk hides - 17th May 2024

 

By mid-may, most of the migration excitement is over, but there are still a variety of "gettable" waders and terns at Mai Po Nature Reserve, when conditions are right.

3rd May 2024 - an Ashy Woodswallow "Twitch"

A report by John Allcock - and a well-dropped location "pin" - of HK's fourth Ashy Woodswallow - brightened a dull morning.

Unlike HK's three previous Ashy Woodswallows, this one stayed for a couple of days, to the delight of many, including us.

 Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus) -     Lam Tsuen Valley, Hong Kong.       3rd May 2024

Impressions of Vietnam - 18th to 29th March 2024

 Just a few impressions, and I've spared you the travelogue !