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Mike Kilburn
More to come Andrew . . .
This afternoon I brought my wife to Pui O to see the Water Buffalo and walk on the beach in the soft late afternoon light. OK . . . and to do a little birding.
We scored well with the buffalo and did event better by finding a lcal lady selling organic-ish betroot that Carrie will ferment in whey to make a virulent purple electrolyte that is a great restorative after my hockey matches!
New birds for me at Pui O were a monstrous Peregrine that barreled through without stopping and a couple of snipe sp. that were too far away to sort out with bins.
The superb male Verditer from two weks earlier had moved to the campsite along the sandbar and flock of well over 100 Crested Mynas were gathering to roost in the same area.
As the winterers begin to thin out I'll be looking forward to see how Pui O does as a spring migration watchpoint in the coming months.
The real highlight of the visit was watching a hapless young lad hurl his flip flops across the river and then carry his girlfriend across, only to discover that one of her flip flops had fallen short and was drifting merrily upstream on the rising tide. Having landed his damsel he was immediately urged back into the water and waded for a good 100 metres before rescuing it as she bleated useless advice from the safety of the shore.
Cheers
Mike
This afternoon I brought my wife to Pui O to see the Water Buffalo and walk on the beach in the soft late afternoon light. OK . . . and to do a little birding.
We scored well with the buffalo and did event better by finding a lcal lady selling organic-ish betroot that Carrie will ferment in whey to make a virulent purple electrolyte that is a great restorative after my hockey matches!
New birds for me at Pui O were a monstrous Peregrine that barreled through without stopping and a couple of snipe sp. that were too far away to sort out with bins.
The superb male Verditer from two weks earlier had moved to the campsite along the sandbar and flock of well over 100 Crested Mynas were gathering to roost in the same area.
As the winterers begin to thin out I'll be looking forward to see how Pui O does as a spring migration watchpoint in the coming months.
The real highlight of the visit was watching a hapless young lad hurl his flip flops across the river and then carry his girlfriend across, only to discover that one of her flip flops had fallen short and was drifting merrily upstream on the rising tide. Having landed his damsel he was immediately urged back into the water and waded for a good 100 metres before rescuing it as she bleated useless advice from the safety of the shore.
Cheers
Mike