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zep · Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 6:20 am Post subject:

It's a bit of a mystery. Quoting Avifauna of HK: " While migrant cattle egrets undoubtedly pass through Hong Kong, the proportion of birds that are winter visitors, summer breeding visitors or residents respectively is unknown."

HarryLi · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:

This maybe the ugliest breeding plumage photo of the Cattle Egret ...

There are 4 of them arrived Yung Shue Long about a week ago. This is the third spring seeing them passing by. I am actually expecting them. I believe they are the same group in every spring and autumn.

zep · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

A bit scruffy maybe, but I suppose cattle egrets have feelings too and we wouldn't want to hurt his self-esteem. Nice to see them around on Lamma, anyway. I sometimes see them flying over Tai Peng in the very early morning.

Nancy · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:32 am Post subject:

I am with you Zep! I think the red highlights are nice. Better than a plain old white and well-groomed cattle egret.

HarryLi · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:02 am Post subject:

Something new to me ... commonly heard but not seen .. Chinese Francolin.....

Plus a pair of White Shouldered Starling hanging around nearby my home ...

And a nosy Yellow-bellied Prinia just pop up my way .....

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject:

Wow, Harry! Several Wildlife Photos of the Day in a single post from you, as most of these photos are amazing!
My favourite: the Francolin in mid-song!

zep · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 5:32 am Post subject:

Nice shots - especially that middle one of the francolin. They are quite common and you can hear them all the time, but it's very hard to get a picture.

Anonymous Guy · Over 1,000 messages posted Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 1122

Francolin is very good considering how difficult it is to get a clean shot.

Hair-crested Drongo........

Marc Antony · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:18 am Post subject:

Great pics. The other day I saw a couple of drongos giving a crow a really hard time, dive-bombing very close. I have yet to see a francolin closer than about 50 metres away - they're very shy. I imagine that francolins would make good eating - perhaps the greater coucals too for that matter. I imagine if this was China, there'd be rather fewer of these birds about...thanks be...

HarryLi · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:41 am Post subject:

Some photos from last week when it was still sunny ...

Tree Sparrow chick from my balcany ....

A White-throated Kingfisher was figuring how to swallow a crap on a tree .....

One more Chinese Francolin from yesterday which was much further away ......

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zep · Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

The thunderstorm in the early hours of this morning must have challenged even the most waterproof of hiding places for the birds. When the rain eventually stopped this morning, this black-eared kite and greater coucal both felt the need to hang themselves out to dry.

HarryLi · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

In the last week, there were about 12 Cattle Egrets arrived in YSL. Here is a collection of what I have recorded :

zep · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

Nice shots Harry. Good to see the cattle egrets around. I like the back-lit shot at the beginning.

As summer rolls in, the number of interesting species is declining, so back to some old faithfuls. Here a demanding, hungry, black-collared starling youngster is giving its long-suffering parent some verbal.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject:

Harry, see home page yesterday, May 27!

HarryLi · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:11 am Post subject:

Thanks L-G ! I hope it would arouse more people to appreciate
the birds that live in Lamma together with us.

I have been trying to organize a list of birds in Lamma. If Zep, AG, LYC or
other birders want to make a supplementary list,
please feel to do so. Here is what I get :

Common Birds

Barn Swallow
Black Drongo
Black Kite
Black-collar Starling
Brown Shrike
Cattle Egret
Chestnut Bulbul
Chinese Bulbul
Chinese Francolin
Chinese Goshawk
Chinese Pond Heron
Common Blackbird
Common Buzzard
Common Kingfisher
Common Koel
Common Magpie
Common Sandpiper
Common Tailorbird
Crested Myna
Crested-hair Drongo
Cuckoo
Dusky Shrike
Dusky Warbler
Fork-tailed Sunbird
Little Ringed Plover
Greater Coucal
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Grey-backed Thrush
Hoopoe
Hwamei
Japanese Thrush
Japanese White Eye
Large-bill Crow
Little Egret
Long Tail Shrike
Magpie Robin
Masked Laughting Thrush
Night Heron
Olive-backed Pipit
Pacific Reef Egret
Plain Prinia
Red-bill Starling
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Rock Dove
Scaly breated Munia
Sooty-headed Bulbul
Spotted Neck Dove
Tree Sparrow
Violet-whistling Thrush
White Wagtail
White-bellied Sea Eagle
White-breasted Waterhen
White-rum Munia
White-shouldered Starling
White-throated Kingfisher
Yellow Wagtail
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Yellow-browed Warbler

Uncommon Birds

Ashy Minivet
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Black Nape Oriole
Black Naped Tern
Black Wing Stint
Black-faced Bunting
Black-naped Monarch Flycatcher
Blue Rock Thrush
Blue Throat
Buff-bellied Flowerpacker
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Snipe
Common Stonechat
Common Teal
Daurian Redstart
Dollar Bird
Emeral Dove
Eyebrowed Thrush
Forest Wagtail
Grey Nightjar
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
Lesser Coucal
Little Bunting
Orange-headed Thrush
Pale Thrush
Red Flank Blue Tail
Red Turtle Dove
Rubby Throat
Rufous-tailed Robin
Savana Nightjar
Scaly Thrush
Tiger Shrike
Woodcock
Yellow Bittern

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject:

Wow, that's a most impressive list!

OK, birdos, now we just need a picture of EVERY bird on this list, plus a recording of their typical sound(s), if possible!

That would make a nice permanent addition to this website, don't you agree? A little fun project for the Community of Birdos on Lamma Island: COBLI!

Anonymous Guy · Over 1,000 messages posted Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 1122

Off the top of my head. Will think of others later

Amur Falcon (page 20 something)
Arctic Warbler
Asian Stub-tailed Warbler
Asian Paradise Flycatcher - white morph (page 20 something)
Blue Magpie (no photo)
Bonellis Eagle (no photo, but several in HKBWS from Lamma)
Jungle Crow (bad photyosomewhere)
Pied Kingfisher (no photo)
Red-rumped Swallow (no photo)
Sharpes watsit (teens page somewhere)

possible Black-faced Spoon bill a couple of months ago

HarryLi · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:04 am Post subject:

Guy, thanks for your supplement.

L-G, pictures of birds in my list should be found somewhere in this thread or another "Rarely seen birds in Lamma". "Sound" will be funny but it is a harsh task anyway. For those who really want to start bird watching, the first homework is to flip over all 42 pages of this thread and it is already a very good chronicle record of birds to be seen in Lamma.

chuckm · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

Harry, I'm so impressed with the quality of your photos ... right up there with Guy! You, Guy, Zep and other contributors should think about collaborating on a book about the birds of Lamma. No kidding.

L-G ... perhaps a contest for the most intriguing title for the book?

Just twisting a few arms, Hehe! Wink

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

chuckm, Lamma's bird watchers are usually solitary creatures and rarely flock together for any reason anywhere, except in these forums. I haven't met or even seen Zep and Guy in many months, never met HarryLi and as far as I know they all very rarely meet each other.

A book sounds like a doomed and impossible proposition, unfortunately. Much better chance of success if one of them does it by himself, like Guy's Lamma Wildlfife 2007 calendar which you can now even spot being used in some restaurants on HK Island.

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