Gull-billed Terns (Geochelidon nilotica) have been menacing the crabs and mudskippers on Deep Bay’s mudflats.
The best views are from Mai Po’s boardwalk hides.
On a clear day you can see forever....well, Shehou in Shenzhen, anyway.
Migrating waders - asleep here is Nordmann’s Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
...and Oriental Pratincoles (Glareola maldivarum) on a drained fishpond in San Tin
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
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Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) |
Most of oueEMHs look like this....
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Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
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...so, distant and heavily-cropped, here are record shots of an unusual-for-HK adult male Eastern Marsh Harrier:-
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Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus) |
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Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
Some of the winters’ more spectacular duck have lingered into April - |
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Baikal Teal (Anas formosa) |
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Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata) |
And, last but never least, some of the
Black-faced Spoonbills (Platalea minor) have gained spectacular golden tints in their plumage prior to departure back to their Korean breeding grounds.
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Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) |
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Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) |