black-faced spoonbill

Actually there were 2 ES and 4 BFS seen in the same group, like a family.

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Quite a few of them this morning

Three Black-Faced Spoonbill made for a nifty catch on this afternoon's outing. Not a shot to brag about, except for the subject.

a black-faced spoonbill, a favorite winter visitor in Hong Kong.

A couple of Spoonbills enjoying the winter sun

The Spoonbills have started arriving back in Hong Kong for the winter and they were a bit hungry after their long flight so they have been feeding furiously. Great Cormorants are also arriving so they tend to follow the spoonbills around as they stir up food.

Having fun digiscoping again with the new Nikon 1 V1. Out at sunrise to get the best crack at good light.

There are still about 40 spoonbill hanging around in the wetlands, with some some breeding plumage.

An immature bird

My birding partner Tom let me know about a Eurasian Spoonbill that was in our favorite small pond down in southern Okinawa. I made it down there yesterday and found it and also several Black-Faced Spoonbills. The Black-Faced are much rarer birds with only some 1,500 remaining in the wild. We are...

Coming in on the falling tide to feed near the hide.

We were surprised to see about 50 spoonbill drop down in front of the hide on a rising tide. Yesterday they were out about 500 metres. Neil.