3 Dec 2021

2nd Dec 2021 - A clear winter morning at the Mai Po boardwalk.


A clear cold morning, and the tide came higher than predicted.  

I didn’t find anything unusual, but some typical early winter birds presented some photo opportunities
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

Dunlin - Calidris alpina
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
Chinese Pond Heron - Ardeola bacchus
Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope
Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope
Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
Black-faced Spoonbill - Platalea minor
Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi
Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi
The usual suspects

6 comments:

  1. As always, your flight shots are scintillating; in fact all of your shots are scintillating!

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    1. You are too kind, David, it’s the autumn light that is scintillating now...

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  2. More stellar pics, I especially like the one of the Curlew in flight - I miss their plaintive calls!

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    1. Plaintive, yes - there’s something about wader calls

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  3. One of the few posts of yours where I can say I've seen all of these species in Hokkaido!

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    1. I bet some of them (All Right, BFS and Saunders’ Gull) are rarities in Hokkaido, though !

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