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<blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3020735" data-attributes="member: 21760"><p>On my second morning I walked over to a patch of forest on the hillside to the west of the plain. On the way I picked up a single <strong>Plain Prinia</strong>, a couple of distinctly dark-backed <em><strong>przewalskii</strong></em><strong>Siberian Stonechats</strong> (at least according to Cheng) that are definitely not the same as the <em>stejnegeri </em>birds that winter in HK. Other bits and pieces on the cultivated floodplain of the small river included a family party of <strong>Grey-backed Shrikes</strong>, more singing <strong>Black-faced Buntings</strong> and a couple of <strong>Oriental Turtle Doves</strong>.</p><p></p><p>As I began climbing the birdlife swiftly changed – a <strong>Long-tailed Shrike</strong> with an all-dark head perched on a pine, four or five White-browed Laughingthrushes scrambled noisily around in a hedgerow and a superb male <strong>Verditer Flycatcher</strong> popped up hunting on a roadside tree just as the first of three <strong>Grey-headed Flycatchers</strong> sang out and ten <strong>Oriental Turtle Doves</strong> crossed the road and dropped down to feed in a field. As I got into the forest edge above the new holiday village, I immediately pished in a fulvetta with distinctive rich brown cap above a dark supercilium. They didn’t fit at all with my mental picture of Brown-capped Fulvetta, which doesn’t have pale edges on the closed wing and the cap was just too distinctive for them to be either Chinese or Streak-throated Fulvettas, so with a bit more research when I got home I was delighted to confirm them as <strong>Spectacled Fulvetta</strong> both from pix and the fact that sound recordist Frank Lambert appears to have recorded them from exactly the same spot. There were also a couple of curious <strong>Black-headed Sibias </strong>that came in very close, <strong>Long-tailed Minivets</strong>, a briefly seen pair of <strong>Godlewski’s Buntings</strong> and a tiny <strong>Collared Owlet</strong> that materialized in front of me but disappeared before I could get either bins or the camera onto it. Pishing a bit futher in I pulled in a couple of <strong>Green-backed Tits</strong> and a <strong>Greenish Warbler </strong>before regretfully retracing my steps as the area held huge promise . . . </p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MKinHK, post: 3020735, member: 21760"] On my second morning I walked over to a patch of forest on the hillside to the west of the plain. On the way I picked up a single [B]Plain Prinia[/B], a couple of distinctly dark-backed [I][B]przewalskii[/B][/I][B]Siberian Stonechats[/B] (at least according to Cheng) that are definitely not the same as the [I]stejnegeri [/I]birds that winter in HK. Other bits and pieces on the cultivated floodplain of the small river included a family party of [B]Grey-backed Shrikes[/B], more singing [B]Black-faced Buntings[/B] and a couple of [B]Oriental Turtle Doves[/B]. As I began climbing the birdlife swiftly changed – a [B]Long-tailed Shrike[/B] with an all-dark head perched on a pine, four or five White-browed Laughingthrushes scrambled noisily around in a hedgerow and a superb male [B]Verditer Flycatcher[/B] popped up hunting on a roadside tree just as the first of three [B]Grey-headed Flycatchers[/B] sang out and ten [B]Oriental Turtle Doves[/B] crossed the road and dropped down to feed in a field. As I got into the forest edge above the new holiday village, I immediately pished in a fulvetta with distinctive rich brown cap above a dark supercilium. They didn’t fit at all with my mental picture of Brown-capped Fulvetta, which doesn’t have pale edges on the closed wing and the cap was just too distinctive for them to be either Chinese or Streak-throated Fulvettas, so with a bit more research when I got home I was delighted to confirm them as [B]Spectacled Fulvetta[/B] both from pix and the fact that sound recordist Frank Lambert appears to have recorded them from exactly the same spot. There were also a couple of curious [B]Black-headed Sibias [/B]that came in very close, [B]Long-tailed Minivets[/B], a briefly seen pair of [B]Godlewski’s Buntings[/B] and a tiny [B]Collared Owlet[/B] that materialized in front of me but disappeared before I could get either bins or the camera onto it. Pishing a bit futher in I pulled in a couple of [B]Green-backed Tits[/B] and a [B]Greenish Warbler [/B]before regretfully retracing my steps as the area held huge promise . . . Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]
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