April 30 2011 -at last
Much delayed first visit to Monticello Park turned up some great view of black-throated green, a showy blue-winged and an early Blackpoll
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
April 20 2011 - then sprig was here
Snatch of house wren song outide corp apartment in PA - just one,at 5am-ish!
Monday, April 11, 2011
April 12 2011 - *YAWN*
12 hour time diff = 24/7 firefighting :( oh problems please just resolve yourself sometimes :)
April 11 2011 - here we go....
Late Night e Clarkson with subtitles - was I dreaming ?
Apparently not
Jumped in a taxi to go 1 mile to work central plaza is PRIMO location Nieghbours are eBay and Paypal up here on floor 32
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Chinese banquet at lunchtime on day 1 - apparently my chopsticks skills are GOOD - or Agnes is just very polite and ignores the debris on the tablecloth
The usual challenge of keeping people on task but superenthusiastic group
Use the triangle!
Team dinner - at the local Italian - surreal.
HK at night is Times Square on steroids!
Apparently not
Jumped in a taxi to go 1 mile to work central plaza is PRIMO location Nieghbours are eBay and Paypal up here on floor 32
.
Chinese banquet at lunchtime on day 1 - apparently my chopsticks skills are GOOD - or Agnes is just very polite and ignores the debris on the tablecloth
The usual challenge of keeping people on task but super
Use the triangle!
Team dinner - at the local Italian - surreal.
HK at night is Times Square on steroids!
Saturday, April 09, 2011
April 2011 hk birds - april 10 update
Black-eared kites beneath my window - tum ling twisting and locking talons, one caught some paper floating up high
Small egrets on bay
Tree sparrow
black-billed magpie
Sunday am
Red-whiskered Bulbul - everywhere!
Black-collared Starling - serious nice looking but darn hard to photograph (with a phone anyway)
Spotted Dove
Tree Sparrow
Black-eared Kite flying even in dank humid conditions early
Japanese White-eye
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Barn Swallow
Little Egret
Chinese Pond Heron
Crested Myna
Black-crowned Night Heron one with bubble gum pink coloured legs - is this a breeding plummage? another closeby had standard yellow legs
Small flock of Masked Laughthrush
Chinese Bulbul
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Small egrets on bay
Tree sparrow
black-billed magpie
Sunday am
Red-whiskered Bulbul - everywhere!
Black-collared Starling - serious nice looking but darn hard to photograph (with a phone anyway)
Spotted Dove
Tree Sparrow
Black-eared Kite flying even in dank humid conditions early
Japanese White-eye
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Barn Swallow
Little Egret
Chinese Pond Heron
Crested Myna
Black-crowned Night Heron one with bubble gum pink coloured legs - is this a breeding plummage? another closeby had standard yellow legs
Small flock of Masked Laughthrush
Chinese Bulbul
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Apr 9th continued
A huge ( somehow predictive text turned that into' UBS Jesuits' !!!) powernap after the best shower EVER kinda wipes out the rest of daylight.
Walk aroun the park after dusk - the impressive light show from the sky scrapers begins.
There a tennis center with some fine young player playing under the floodlights - must though I don't much care for the game.
For the umpteenth time this evening a feral cat crossing my peripheral vision make me jump
No such action on the lawn green bowling next door - such an English game feeling a little out of place in this warm oriental environment
A few starling like squeals can't be located - could be good in the morning, I the cats don't get them first lol
Elected for dinner in schmancy 27th floor restaurant looking down over my domain for the next week or so. Tiger Prawn - now THAT'S some shellfish !
Walk aroun the park after dusk - the impressive light show from the sky scrapers begins.
There a tennis center with some fine young player playing under the floodlights - must though I don't much care for the game.
For the umpteenth time this evening a feral cat crossing my peripheral vision make me jump
No such action on the lawn green bowling next door - such an English game feeling a little out of place in this warm oriental environment
A few starling like squeals can't be located - could be good in the morning, I the cats don't get them first lol
Elected for dinner in schmancy 27th floor restaurant looking down over my domain for the next week or so. Tiger Prawn - now THAT'S some shellfish !
Apr 9 2011 so that was a short Friday
Almost ready for the third leg - the United desk opens at 4:30 and off we go....
Upgrade 3 in business on the jumbo for 3.5hours, next to chatty Jon on his way home from Jakarta to Columbus, OH.
Right now we're flying into a stunning sunrise...
Oh they make the materials for the smelting pots btW
The Chicken Rice for breakfast was an interesting experiment - probably should have taken it a little easier on the chilli sauce buy hey
And no, toilet seat comes crashing down on Jumbos - sorry (formerly?) sleeping peeps on ya fancy flatbeds. :0
And so after 20 yrs or so I complete my circumnavigation of the globe ....
FUUUUUUUCK I'm in Hong Kong all alone Yikes! And safely reunited with Natasha
I hope the first bird Is more exotic than the shops traveled, HSBC and'bucks
Ahhhhhhh that would be a feral pigeon then....
Astonishing sights so far - never seen so many tower blocks and shipping containers...
So the first thing Park Lane Hotel offers me? Why a flagon if the finest local brew..... Carlsberg
One THIS is a room
Upgrade 3 in business on the jumbo for 3.5hours, next to chatty Jon on his way home from Jakarta to Columbus, OH.
Right now we're flying into a stunning sunrise...
Oh they make the materials for the smelting pots btW
The Chicken Rice for breakfast was an interesting experiment - probably should have taken it a little easier on the chilli sauce buy hey
And no, toilet seat comes crashing down on Jumbos - sorry (formerly?) sleeping peeps on ya fancy flatbeds. :0
And so after 20 yrs or so I complete my circumnavigation of the globe ....
FUUUUUUUCK I'm in Hong Kong all alone Yikes! And safely reunited with Natasha
I hope the first bird Is more exotic than the shops traveled, HSBC and'bucks
Ahhhhhhh that would be a feral pigeon then....
Astonishing sights so far - never seen so many tower blocks and shipping containers...
So the first thing Park Lane Hotel offers me? Why a flagon if the finest local brew..... Carlsberg
One THIS is a room
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Monday, April 04, 2011
March 31 2011 wilson bridge
First Osprey sighting of the season as I approached the wilson bridge coming south down 295
April 2 2011 - i see no ships
A quick weekend for Rhiannon's birth and towards dusk we grabbed just a few minutes to look off Selsey South Beach
A small flock of Brent geese flew low over apart from that Herring Gulls were hanging in the wind calling loudly and a Great Cormorant was on it's usual perch just off shore
After a good curry - one or more Robins were singing in budgens car park and a Barn Owl over the road at Siddlesham Ferry
A small flock of Brent geese flew low over apart from that Herring Gulls were hanging in the wind calling loudly and a Great Cormorant was on it's usual perch just off shore
After a good curry - one or more Robins were singing in budgens car park and a Barn Owl over the road at Siddlesham Ferry
April 4 2011 - Sparrowpalooza!
Considering it started as just a quick glance st the feeders today turned into quite something.
A couple of Chipping Sparrows around the deck including one on the Niger feeder were the immediate surprise
Shortly after a Fox Sparrow flew into the tree from the lower are of the garden - both species reappearing later in the afternoon ( but with only quick photo ops ).
3-4 different White-throated Sparrows were around throughout the day abs the Song Sparrows remain the only ones interested in the mealworms on offer.
It was generally busy all day with an unusual visit from 2 Starlings and the appearance early afternoon of a pair of Cowbirds - probably a new garden species
A couple of Chipping Sparrows around the deck including one on the Niger feeder were the immediate surprise
Shortly after a Fox Sparrow flew into the tree from the lower are of the garden - both species reappearing later in the afternoon ( but with only quick photo ops ).
3-4 different White-throated Sparrows were around throughout the day abs the Song Sparrows remain the only ones interested in the mealworms on offer.
It was generally busy all day with an unusual visit from 2 Starlings and the appearance early afternoon of a pair of Cowbirds - probably a new garden species
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