I did the patch yesterday morning (Sunday, 27th) for the first time in a month. The park is not exactly inspiring in mid summer, but there was enough to justify the trip with the first birds encountered being a pair of
Stork-billed Kingfishers calling loudly and flying around the park at considerable altitude. This behaviour made me wonder if I was seeing an adult and newly fledged chick - perhaps they have bred in the park?!
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| city centre Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Other notable birds were TWO
Chinese Pond Herons - very surprising to see here in mid-summer. They were a breeding plumaged bird (presumed to be the same individual seen in late June) plus a second bird in almost full non-breeding plumage, with a few vestiges of maroon on the neck and head. A juvenile
Shikra was chased across the park by a murder of
Large-billed Crows, and I had a brief encounter with a Greater
Racket-tailed Drongo (without rackets) which might be either a post-breeding dispersant or an an escapee from the weekend market.
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| Javan Pond Heron |
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| Chinese Pond Heron |
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| Chinese Pond Heron |
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| CPH - note maroon tones in neck & head feathers |
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1 comment:
I'm glad we don't get Javan PH here in Hong Kong, I'd never work them out !
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