Just back to Hong Kong and here's another one "I made before the programme started..."
I'll post this before all these winter visitors disappear and head north for their breeding seasons. The weather here is humid today, and the Large Hawk Cuckoo's "Brain Fever !" is being drowned by Asian Koels going, well, "KO _ EL !"
Over Ponds 16/17 at Mai Po..
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| Eastern Marsh Harrier - Circus spilonotus |
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| Eastern Marsh Harrier - Circus spilonotus (same bird as above) |
At Nam Sang Wai....
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| Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia |
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| Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea |
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| Northern Pintail - Anas acuta |
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| Eurasian Teal - Anas crecca |
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Eurasian Teal - Anas crecca
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And from the boardwalk hides at Mai Po...
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| Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi |
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| Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi |
And I think I've done the BIFs enough for now....
Some very nice BIFs there John and, for once, all birds I have seen in Hokkaido...............
ReplyDeleteExcellent photos!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Poland
Beautiful shots! Great that you are back home - hope you had a wonderful trip and look forward to seeing new pics etc
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ReplyDeleteGreat BIF shots! The harrier looks similar to the one we saw at hide 3 some months back.
Thanks All, for the comments : you're right Ah Kei.....the harrier IS the one we saw from hide 3
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