Mrs.Ha was taken to Yin Kong near Mai Po today. You may know Yin Kong as "Long Valley". HK's answer to the "Swampy affair" was the lengthy and successful protest against the KCRC's madcap scheme to build a spur line across HK's last remaining scrap of agricultural wetland. Long Valley is that site and it remains superb habitat for birds. Here are a few snaps of our romantic morning out (surely some mistake? ed.)
Sadly the big gun was not with us so the images are not good, taken with a 400mm lens boosted by a 2x TC. Next time I shall take the 500mm and use a tripod. Monopods are better than nowt but not a lot.
The birds are: Ruddy-breasted crake, Skylark, Snipe sp. and Wood sandpiper.
2 comments:
That snipe pic is so unusual! I've never seen a bird in that pose before. How come the underside of its wings are so patchy looking?
Nice Wood Sandpiper Andrew. One day I will have to get out to Hong Kong for a weeks birding/photography. I doubt it will be soon with a lad off to university next year and another going in a couple of years.
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