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Little Egret On Floating Boardwalk
This guy is starting to change to breeding colours. The bit of skin around his face is changing from yellow to green. Species: Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)
John Harvey Photo > Hong Kong 10 > Little Egret On Floating Boardwalk
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Floating Boardwalk
Floating Boardwalk John Harvey Photo > Hong Kong 10 > Floating Boardwalk
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Red-Base Jezebel
When your 100mm lens gets close enough to really see a butterfly, it is really close to the butterfly. Often the butterfly just flies away well before you get that close. This individual was really patient. Species: Delias pasithoe (redbase Jezebel)
John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 11 > Red-Base Jezebel
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Marsh Sandpiper Wading
The guide identified this as a Marsh Sandpiper but the Common Greenshank sure looks similar. (Common Greenshank has a bit of an upturned bill - Marsh Sandpiper is flatter. These two birds are very closly related (both Tringa Genus) Species: Tringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)
Tags: Mai Po Nature Reserve
John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 9 > Marsh Sandpiper Wading
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Black Face Spoonbill
Everybody is excited about this bird because there is only a few thousand of them left in the world and only a few hundred come to Hong Kong. There was a flock of about 30 of them in a larger pond and a few individuals wading. John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 9 > Black Face Spoonbill
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Photographers In A Blind
There are several blinds at Mai Po - this blind is three stories high. John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 9 > Photographers In A Blind
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Mudskippers Showing Fins
Mudskippers Showing Fins Species: Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (大彈塗魚)
John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 12 > Mudskippers Showing Fins
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Eurasian Curlew In Flight
Eurasian Curlew In Flight Species: Numenius arquata (Eurasian Curlew)
John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 12 > Eurasian Curlew In Flight
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Chinese Pond Heron Eating Crab
Chinese Pond Heron Eating Crab Species: Ardeola bacchus (Chinese Pond Heron)
John Harvey Photo > Trips out of the Country > Hong Kong 11 > Chinese Pond Heron Eating Crab
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Eurasian Curlew And Marsh Sandpiper
The Eurasian Curlew is the much larger bird on the left with the crazy long beak. The two Marsh Sandpiper appear to be sleeping. John Harvey Photo > Hong Kong 10 > Eurasian Curlew And Marsh Sandpiper
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