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Mike Kilburn
Thanks Halftwo and Gretchen
These chrysanthemums are used in the funeral business for wreath-making.
I've spent the last couple of mornings at Kadoorie Farm and Ng Tung Chai. Neither was very productive, although they're both lovely spots.
The best birds at the Farm were a pair of Buff-bellied Flowerpeckers, although i did have 3 Red-flanked Bluetails, a Grey-backed Thrush and my first Blyth's Leaf Warbler of the winter. I had no luck looking or Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, for which the Farm is the only regular wintering site in HK.
Other common birds that showed well enough to b photographed included a Fork-tailed Sunbird and Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker. The real highlights were the terrific ferns near the entrance and magnificent fruiting fig at Kwun Yum Shan. The gecko sp. hibernating on the funkily retro bathroom tiles was so conked out that it let me try to pull off the wisp of unshed skin without moving a millimetre.
In the evening I heard but did not see the Brown Wood Owl again.
I had to work rather harder at Ng Tung Chai, as, unlike the Farm, there was no bus to take me up to the top. Once again the quality was all lower down - starting with an unusually showy Lesser Shortwing , a pristine Verditer Flycatcher and a Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler which got me excited my giving a very wierd call, but then gave the game away with a single burst of its whiplash song. A pair of Mountain Bulbuls gave excellent views, but apart from the usual bag of Pallas's and Yellow-browed Warblers and 3 or Red-flanked Bluetails, that was it.
Cheers
Mike
These chrysanthemums are used in the funeral business for wreath-making.
I've spent the last couple of mornings at Kadoorie Farm and Ng Tung Chai. Neither was very productive, although they're both lovely spots.
The best birds at the Farm were a pair of Buff-bellied Flowerpeckers, although i did have 3 Red-flanked Bluetails, a Grey-backed Thrush and my first Blyth's Leaf Warbler of the winter. I had no luck looking or Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, for which the Farm is the only regular wintering site in HK.
Other common birds that showed well enough to b photographed included a Fork-tailed Sunbird and Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker. The real highlights were the terrific ferns near the entrance and magnificent fruiting fig at Kwun Yum Shan. The gecko sp. hibernating on the funkily retro bathroom tiles was so conked out that it let me try to pull off the wisp of unshed skin without moving a millimetre.
In the evening I heard but did not see the Brown Wood Owl again.
I had to work rather harder at Ng Tung Chai, as, unlike the Farm, there was no bus to take me up to the top. Once again the quality was all lower down - starting with an unusually showy Lesser Shortwing , a pristine Verditer Flycatcher and a Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler which got me excited my giving a very wierd call, but then gave the game away with a single burst of its whiplash song. A pair of Mountain Bulbuls gave excellent views, but apart from the usual bag of Pallas's and Yellow-browed Warblers and 3 or Red-flanked Bluetails, that was it.
Cheers
Mike
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