Bus, train and tunnel bus (170 Hung Hom to Wah Kwai) got me to Aberdeen Public Pier in good time for the 07:30 sailing. The public ferry at 10:00hrs to Po Toi would have been rather cheaper, but the society’s hired boat had a good head start.
Choppy weather, but it looked like experienced sailors weren’t worried.
Grey-headed Lapwing is a long-distance migrant and winter visitor to HK. Still, it came as a surprise to find this group flying over the sea near Repulse Bay.
Grey-headed Lapwing
Tin Hau Temple, mouth of Po Toi Harbour
Eastern Reef Egret
Ashy DrongoMore migrants were in the woods of Po Toi itself. Bird of the day – and a “First” for Po Toi - was a White-throated Rock Thrush. This was missed by me, but there are photos on the HKBWS website here: -
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?tid=12246&goto=lastpost#lastpost
Some other migrants below.
Lime Butterfly - Papilio demoleus
Red-throated Flycatcher
Er... small raptor - working on this IDDEBATE here :
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?tid=12308&goto=lastpost#lastpost
But the return boat trip (13:00 to 16:00) to Victoria Harbour via the West Lamma Channel was seabird-free.
lovely trip...and too bad i missed it. Typhoon Megi is coming in, any chance for birds shelter in Po Toi? I wanna go see, but i don't think the ferry will run. Do you think there's a gd chance for birds to take shelter at the Cape D'Arguilar?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Typhoon Megi will bring some interesting birds to Hong Kong, but - as you say - the ferries will not run to and from Po Toi in rough seas.
ReplyDeleteAs this Typhoon is so big, I think it's a good idea to stay well away from Cape D'Aguilar.
I tried to bird there a few years ago but my binoculars kept getting too wet to see anything !