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| Eastern Buzzard - Buteo japonicus |
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| Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis |
Out and about, it seems like autumn passage birds are giving way to winter visitors.
But even the winter birds may not linger, and it seems like we can’t take seeing them two days in a row for granted.
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| Chestnut-eared Bunting - Emberiza fucata |
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| Peregrine - Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine - Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine - Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine - Falco peregrinus |
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| Mai Po boardwalk hide, with Shenzhen high rise behind |
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Buff-bellied Pipit - Anthus rubescens
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| Grey-chinned Minivet - Pericrocotus solaris |
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| Blue-winged Minla - Minla cyanouroptera |
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| Blue-winged Minla - Minla cyanouroptera |
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| Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus |
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| Grey-chinned Minivet - Pericrocotus solaris |
Finally, thanks to Mike Kilburn for this season’s probably one-and-only Pallas’s Reed Bunting !
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| Pallas's Bunting - Emberiza pallasi |
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| Pallas's Bunting - Emberiza pallasi |
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| Pallas's Bunting - Emberiza pallasi |
And I finally got one of these in the open......
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| Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus |
I shall ignore them for the rest of the winter now.
It’s happening here too, John. Virtually all of the departing migrants have left, except for a few Golden Eagles perhaps, and most of the winter birds have arrived. We had our first snow yesterday. Snowy Owls can’t be far behind.
ReplyDeleteYou're just teasing me with the prospect of Snowy Owls.
DeleteBTW - I've been reading, and enjoying "Wideawake Island" by Bernard Stonehouse - as you recommended for Ascension.
Very nice pictures, I learn about Hong Kong birds, all unknown for me.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Thanks, Hernan - I've been enjoying your blog too. Argentina is a huge country with, obviously, lots of good birds !
DeleteGreat stuff John, always wanted to see a Dusky Warbler.............
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to get a view of one - otherwise it feels like being teased all day !
DeleteBy the way John, when you have time, check your messages on facebook.............
ReplyDeleteYep, done !
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