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  1. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Hobby ! Very nice :t: ! Hobbies are few and far between here too, Mike. Still need one for my Taiwan list.
  2. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Trapping! Big problem here, too. They removed the protected status of many species late last year and things are seriously spiraling out of control with trapping here. Interesting about the Coucals. I've never been aware of them being targeted here but then it may be a case of out of sight, out...
  3. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Sorry to hear about the egretry, Mike. We got some of the rain as the typhoon passed south of Taiwan but no high winds or flooding.
  4. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    You'll find for much of South-East Asia and East Asia it's Tree Sparrows. Not many House Sparrows in this part of the world.
  5. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Some great birds, Mike :t: ! Yellow-billed Grosbeak. That must be pretty rare down in your part of the world? They're vagrant on Taiwan. I've only seen them once, in Korea.
  6. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    I'm surprised, Mike. I thought Taiwan and HK were similar when it came to wintering ducks given the similar latitude. No real shortage of wintering Mallards here. They're a fairly common sight. We likely have between 5-10 wintering Falcated Ducks.
  7. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Mallard, now scarcer than Falcated Ducks ! Has it always been that way in HK, Mike ? Not many Falcated Ducks here but no shortage of Mallards.
  8. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Happy New Year to you and yours, Mike :t: ! Congrats on the Pipit and that Taiga Flycatcher is great !
  9. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Well done, Mike ! Some super birds on that walk, Mike :t: !
  10. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Some good birds, Mike. Picked up a Long-billed Dowitcher yesterday while looking for a Laughing Gull. A Laughing Gull was spotted and photographed in Budai, Chiayi County on Thursday. It had seemed to have disappeared but there was a sighting yesterday morning and then a mate and myself found it...
  11. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Silky, very nice ! We don't get very many of those, uncommon winter for us. We get more Chinese Starling for winter and Chestnut-cheeked Starling on passage.
  12. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Yeah, that Dollarbird was a strange sight, Mike. I was up in Taipei County when I saw it. Quite close to the migrant trap of Yehliu. With summering Grey-faced Buzzards on Taiwan now, wintering Dollarbirds don't seem so weird. If your Siberian Rubythroat are calling, I must listen for ours. I've...
  13. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Some good birds, Mike :t: ! 2000 rounds with the Hula Hoop ! Sounds very painful !
  14. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Citrine Wagtail ! Wow ! That's great, Mike ! Saw a Dollarbird on Sunday which is a rather strange sight for November. We only get Dollarbird as rare, on passage.
  15. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Things pretty slow here, too, Mike ! Possibly that huge circular weather system is doing something. I've not seen some of our more common migrants like Daurian Redstart and Black-faced Bunting yet.
  16. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Cheers, Mike ! Yeah, strange month for Upland but there is a July record so not the first summer record. I believe young Uplands are pretty nomadic and move around quite a bit in late winter early spring. Those White cheeked Laughingthrushes must have been super to see :t: ! We've got big...
  17. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Hi Mike, Here's the link to the buzzard shots http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=120378. Would like to know what you think? Haven't been able to get out so must be missing some good stuff. Hainan Blue Flycatcher ! Very nice !
  18. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Hi Mike, Good on the coucal. Keep dreaming, Mike. That Fairy Pitta is indeed possible ! Mixed reactions to the Upland Buzzard. Some yes, others not sure but nobody's said a definate no. We do have accepted Taiwan records so it's an unusual sighting rather than a new record. I've been very...
  19. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    How's movement through HK, Mike ? Picked up a Hoopoe on Saturday. Very rare on Taiwan. A few Yellow Wagtails about. First Huben record of a Japanese Para last week. I didn't get to see it :-C. Brown Shrike, both L.c. supercilious and L.c. lucionensis, moving through in high numbers. Redshank...
  20. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Mike, We've got a bit of movement here, too. Mainly Calidris and Tringa spp. Got an Upland Buzzard about two weeks ago and a Common Snipe on Sunday.
  21. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Velvet-fronted Nuthatches, Mike ! I'm very envious !
  22. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Mike, send the Dollarbirds our way :t:. We don't get to see them that often. It looks like the density has increased in the north of Huben which will compensate a little for the numbers (perhaps 10 pairs or so). How this will increase competition it's too early to tell. It is clear that the...
  23. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Caught me by surprise, Mike. No time to go in and get a camera. I suspect the bird was a young male. It likely came down in our area that night or late the previous afternoon. The pitta was on the move when I saw it and headed off in the direction of northern Huben. It was probably heading to...
  24. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Lovely shots, Mike. Dollarbirds are few and far between here. On Friday a real surprise! A Fairy Pitta for my garden list.
  25. Mark Bruce

    Ng Tung Chai, Hong Kong

    Mike, yeah, it could well be. Any chance you could pm or e-mail me the details of the sighting? There's very little in the way of wintering and migration records. Cheers, Mark
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