On Sunday 13th September we were not surprised to find twenty-or-so birders and photographers on the 08:00hrs ferry from Aberdeen to Po Toi. As is usual these days, photographers (including us) were the most numerous.
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View from the end of the pier. The famous seafood restaurant is to the left, and the casuarinas, where Dollarbirds and Black-naped Orioles can while away their day, are on the right.
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We spotted a Grey-streaked flycatcher before we had left the pier, and found that there were two of them giving eye-level views
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Bold and confiding - Grey-streaked Flycatcher
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"Get off MY perch" - you might imagine they'd save their energy for flying over the ocean....
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The Grey-streaked Flycatcher show drew a good audience