That's the second breakdown near the Black (Magic) Holiday Inn Detention Centre...do they have some sort of jamming device operating against birders cars? ;D
Spooky isn't it :eek!:
That's the second breakdown near the Black (Magic) Holiday Inn Detention Centre...do they have some sort of jamming device operating against birders cars? ;D
hey, a comedy of errors is my usual style of doing things! If you're game enough we sure can try again next time I'm back through. Jess had fun, but not when I made her run for the train (I forgot she had filled her bag with rocks! :-O)Frogfish said:Yesterday we went on a run down to XYS and Nan Hui to try to add a few lifers to Chlidonias' list whilst he is here in Shanghai, however it turned out to be a comedy of errors; the Suzhou - Shanghai train was over an hour late, there was more traffic on the road due to the holidays, XYS was extremely quiet (assuming the Northern wind, much stronger out at sea (ca. 20kph) than in Shanghai (6 kph), was being taken advantage of by the migrant birds) and to top it all off my wife's Mercedes (we were using this one as Chlidonias' girlfriend was also with us) broke down (the car told me it was it's alternator) just as we arrived at the Nan Hui reed-bed coastline, 2-3 kms from the Holiday Inn, dashing all hope of visiting the new wader marshes and the consistent Reed Parrotbill & Great Crested Grebe location.
Finally to compound everything the breakdown company's tow vehicle took hours to arrive, meaning Chlidonias' return train had long gone and they were forced to go to the old Zha Bei Shanghai train station to get a very late train back to Suzhou. Sorry mate, happy to try again when you pass through here next month !
HI Kevin
The robin does look like Rufous-tailed this time - the grey scalloping is a good indicator. This is a juvenile bird - never seen them so streaky in Hong Kong.
Your shrike looks like a Bull-headed to me
Cheers
Mike
Swinhoe's robin is on there. I won't include the shrike though because I only saw it for a second. Same with those juvenile yellow wagtails you noted -- I actually didn't even bother looking at them because of all the white wagtails around, so I still don't have yellow wagtail on the trip list.....Chlidonias - note the above for your China list. When you are next passing through Shanghai let me know and we'll pop back down to XYS and also get you those Reed Parrotbills, hopefully it should then be Thrush and Robin migration time.
FWIW, the Alexandrine parakeets in Kowloon Park are not native - they're feral. Some people count 'em, some people don't.
Tht's hell of a red snipes i'm seeing. Congrats Kevin. Please show us some of the crackers from the hide. I have seen Neil's Videos before, so i'm hoping you would have got some jaw-dropping shots.
That shot of the spoonbill looks so clear it almost looks like you photoshopped the bird into the background! Nice pic, Kevin.
I love the tailorbird shot!
Lovely shots of the Black-faced Spoonbill Kevin. The northern Shoveller looks great too. It's been a long time since i had a close encounter with that duck. Never a close enough range in Chongming.
The spoonbill shots are a great example of how the flat light at the Mai Po Boardwalk can produce some wonderful images.
Agree with Jeff about the tailorbird!
Cheers
Mike
I love the tailorbird shot!