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[Frogfish]

Dev has updated me to say the terns were in fact White Winged Black Terns. Cheers mate.

 

[Frogfish]

Over a month since the last post here and nothing to report now - except to mention that I have started on my Sabah, Borneo Trip Report here : http://www.birdforum.net/showthread....19#post2788119

As a 'Reconnaissance Mission' it went very well ! Definitely need more time over there (to focus on specific birds) though as Jungle birding is tough, very tough, no matter whether in 'real' lowland jungle as in Kinabatangan / Sepilok or the mountain jungles of Mt Kinabalu NP and Poring. They are all dark (especially when the mist swirls around or the heavy rains come down) and a real challenge photographically (many 600mm shots were taken at 1/125 and at high ISOs !), plus narrow, dark pathways make spotting birds, before they spot you and disappear, very difficult too !

 

[Frogfish]

Introduction & Days 1 & 2 of the Sabah, Borneo Trip Report (with the first photos) is now up here :

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2788974#post2788974

 

[McMadd]

Introduction & Days 1 & 2 of the Sabah, Borneo Trip Report (with the first photos) is now up here :

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2788974#post2788974

and lets gather the id threads together so they don't disappear...

Part 1
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263298

Part 2
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263299

Part 3
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263300

Part 4
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263305

McM

 

[Frogfish]

Thanks Mark. They will be plenty more of those ID threads to come

 

[Frogfish]

Day 3 has now been added :

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263262

 

[Frogfish]

Day 4 has now been added :

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2791143#post2791143

 

[Frogfish]

7 day Trip report, with photos, tips and logisitics, on Sabah, Borneo (July 2013) can be found here :

Sabah, Borneo : July 2013 - BirdForum

 

[Frogfish]

Yesterday Dev & I motored on down to the Turf Fields and Reed Beds of Nan Hui, aborting the original plan to meet up with Mark (McMadd) and Anders on Xiao Yang Shan following texts from Mark (dead, nothing, slow, nowt !) informing us how poor the birding was there - surprising and disappointing considering Mike in HK has already had Asian Paradise Flycatchers (and we were to get a few later that day over in the Magic Car Park).

Yet another scorching day (hasn't every day over the past 2 months in Shanghai been like that ?) in the 35-38C bracket and so copious quantities of water was consumed - in fact my coffee stayed hot in the car from 05.45 through to 15.00 when I polished it off !

Note the Oriental Reed Warblers have raised their broods (and no doubt many cuckoos too) and have left - the reedbeds were relatively quiet without them !

Despite the disappointment of XYS and the heat (and a violent, very heavy, rain-storm that curtailed our birding at 15.00) it turned out to be a real Red Letter Day for me, and wonderful birding to note Mark's sad departure from this fair city for the frozen tundra of Finland (oh OK, maybe just a little hyperbole there). Lifers for me and for Dev too (Anders I'm not sure but I know he loved the view) !

65 species (fine haul for this time of year, pre the main migration)

Bittern, Yellow (1)
Bulbul, Chinese (1)
Coot (5)
Curlew, Eurasian (>20)
Dove, Red Collared (1)
Dove, Spotted
Drongo, Black (2)
Dowitcher, Asian (5)(ID confirmed by Mark, Dev and Anders).
Egret, Cattle (<10)
Egret, Great
Egret, Little (numerous)
Flycatcher, Dark-Sided (3)
Flycatcher, Yellow Rumped (1)
Godwit, Bar-tailed
Godwit, Black-tailed (<20)
Grebe, Great Crested (1)
Grebe, Little (2)
Greenshank, Common,
Grosbeak, Chinese (Yellow-billed) (1)
Gull, Black-tailed (1)
Heron, Black-crowned Night (numerous)
Heron, Chinese Pond (<10)
Heron, Grey (<10)
Kestrel, Common (1)
Knot, Great (5)
Lapwing, Grey-headed (<50)
Lapwing, Northern (1)
Moorhen (1)
Myna, Crested (5)
Parrotbill, Reed (2)
Parrotbill, Vinous Throated (4)
Plover, Kentish (numerous)
Plover, Little Ringed
Plover, Pacific Golden (<50 mixed adults & juveniles)
Prinia, Plain (3)
Redshank, Common
Redshank, Spotted (1)
Sandpiper, Broad Billed (1)
Sandpiper, Common
Sandpiper, Curlew,
Sandpiper, Green
Sandpiper, Marsh (<50)
Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed (>20)
Sandpiper, Terek (small flock)
Sandpiper, Wood (1)
Sanderling (>100)
Shrike, Brown (<10)
Shrike, Long Tailed (100+)
Stint, Long-toed
Stint, Red-necked
Swallow, Barn (numerous)
Swallow, Red Rumped (1)
Sparrow, Tree
Teal, Common (3)
Tern, Little (1)
Tern 2 (ID TBC. Poss Juve Whiskered) (1)
Tern, Whiskered (sp. ca 15)
Turnstone, Ruddy (1)
Warbler, Arctic (1)
Warbler, Claudia's (3) (flicking wings)
Starling, White Cheeked (20+)
Wagtail, White (>10)
Wagtail, Yellow (>500 adults & juveniles)
Whimbrel (>30)
Zitting Cisticola (<10)

 

[McMadd]

We want pictures!

Add Curlew Sandpiper, Great Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Grebe, Common Redshank, Yellow Wagtail (c.500+ at turf fields and constant stream overhead all morning at Nanhui W), Long-toed & Red-necked Stint (10:1 ratio), PG Plover were nearer 50-60 IMO...an excellent wader day!

McM (still here for another few hours!)

 

[Frogfish]

Ha ha - beat me to it Mark. Here they are (now added to the original post above and here below). Thanks for the birds I was missing !

Gull anyone ?

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Congrats on the dowitchers, Kevin. Great sighting!

And that may be the scruffiest looking gull I've ever seen.

 

[McMadd]

and five AD amd the gull is black-tailed

 

[Frogfish]

and five AD and the gull is black-tailed

That's what I thought the pics showed ... thanks for doing the honours and confirming (both) !

Thanks Jeff - really is scruffy isn't it !

 

[MKinHK]

Superb shots of the Dowitchers!

68spp. is a fine score for August, but not altogther surprising as this is the peak season for wader passage.

Cheers
Mike

 

[thirudevaram]

You are the man for the "Witch"craft. Great pics.

From my end all the Great Knots were overexposed n the Ruddy Turnstone was underexposed:C I wil settle with the Sanderlings for now

 

[Dong Bei]

Nice one on the Dowitchers! I believe quality is the word. I have about 100 Black-tailed Gulls like look quite similar in my area at the moment. Feathers all over the mudflats as they molt. Wonder how they get any lift with that type of gear?!
Tom

 

[Frogfish]

Superb shots of the Dowitchers !

Thanks Mike !

You are the man for the "Witch"craft. Great pics.

From my end all the Great Knots were overexposed n the Ruddy Turnstone was underexposed:C I wil settle with the Sanderlings for now

Thank you Dev. A fine shot of the Sanderling it is though - I know I don't have better.

Nice one on the Dowitchers! I believe quality is the word. I have about 100 Black-tailed Gulls like look quite similar in my area at the moment. Feathers all over the mudflats as they molt. Wonder how they get any lift with that type of gear?!
Tom

Thank you Tom ! Good to hear about your BT Gulls looking the same, that would explain the scruffiness.

 

[Frogfish]

A few more shots from Sunday :-

 

[Frogfish]

And a couple of Terns to ID if possible ?