Hi all,
today (20th September) a mid-day walk through Lenin Park turned out to be a true leaf warbler ID challenge! 12 - 15 Phylloscs were seen of which 8 were identified as:
- 1 Hume's Leaf Warbler (at the roundabout)
- 1 Blyth's Leaf Warbler (near the 'starling' tree)
- 2 Eastern Crowned Warblers
- 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
- 2 Arctic Warblers
The best spot was at a small roundabout near a badminton court in the toilet area. There's a sculpture of 2 people pulling each other. Also, construction's going on here but the birds don't seem to care.
Apart from the Warblers there were also 3 Asian Brown Flycatchers here.
The area around the 'starling' tree (which had no starlings in it today, whatsoever) was good, too. Most birds were seen in 'Keo' trees ('Flame' trees).
At the northern entrance area there were 2 more Asian Brown Flycatchers, 2 Dark-sided Flycatchers (one of them without dark sides but with dark-centred undertail coverts) and 1 Brown Shrike.
Cheers,
Falk
Forgot to mention 1 Seicercus sp. near the entrance area.
ReplyDeleteFalk
Great, Falk !
ReplyDeleteYour week took off like a bat out of hell !
I have been there soon this morning, but only observe a joggers influx.
Have you seen the pics of Citrine W ? Do you confirm the ID ? The Robson plate of adults non-breeding is not exactly what I have seen in the field, especially the colour of the back, the crown, the neck... But after some research on the web, it seems to be Citrine Wagtails. What do you think all of you?
Cheers,
Sebastien
Hi Sebastien, Citrine yes!
ReplyDeleteProbably we do a day trip to Ba Vi on wednesday, you like to join?
Thanks Florian, I`m happy it`s Citrine. You have twitch it already ?
ReplyDeleteWednesday I`m busy in the morning. So can not go Ba Vi. Maybe we can meet us in a mozzy-muddy
corner or in a bia hoi corner this week, at noon or early morning ? I think it`s time to twitch each other !
Sebastien