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Friday, March 31, 2006

Birding - Tai Po Kau, Hong Kong




As mentioned in the previous post, went bird watching with Andy, the Englishman, and his son Niall. They showed me around the Nature Reserve and I continued on without them after lunch. It was a good day's birding and pleasant weather.
  • Little Egret
  • Black Kite
  • Crested Serpent-Eagle
  • Crested Goshawk
  • Spotted Dove
  • Rock Dove
  • Large Hawk-Cuckoo (heard)
  • Great Barbet (heard)
  • Barn Swallow
  • Grey-throated Minivet
  • Black-winged Cuckoo-shirke
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • Chinese Bulbul
  • Chestnut Bulbul
  • Oriental Magpie Robin
  • Yellow-bellied Prinia
  • Yellow-browed Warbler
  • Pallas' Leaf-Warbler
  • Common Tailorbird
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher
  • Ferruginous Flycatcher
  • Silver-eared Mesia
  • Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler
  • Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
  • Rufous-capped Babbler
  • Blue-winged Minla
  • Great Tit
  • Yellow-cheeked Tit
  • Fork-tailed Sunbird
  • Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  • Japanese White-eye
  • Large-billed Crow (heard)

Also saw a pig-tailed macaque (a kind of short tailed monkey).

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