I haven't been out birding out of my local patch much this month, with the only exception being the Tap Mun Tern Festival on the 28th of June. We visited Shek Ngau Chau, where we were able to see many of the resident breeding Bridled Terns.
Other than that, we also had a few Black Napes and a single Roseate sitting on a rock.
On my trip, I also had a jellyfish species which I suspect is a Acromitus flagellatus, seen on the pier of Ma Liu Shui.
Acromitus flagellatus
Birds seen at my local patch of Piper's Hill includes the same family of Nuthatches from last month, Black throated Laughingthrush, White Rumped Shama and Blue Winged Minla.
Velvet Fronted Nuthatch
Black Throated Laughingthrush - hainan race
Black Throated Laughingthrush
Blue Winged Minla
Other than that, I also had a Chinese Hwamei singing right out in the open.
In terms of other creatures, I have increased my night walks of late, and I had a few good finds. Some examples of this includes a Chinese Gecko feeding on an entire grasshopper, which should have been 1/3rd of the gecko's size.
Other interesting non - bird observations which I found was a species from the Wallacidia oculata, this was the first time seeing it and it immediately caught my eye with it's bright colors. With the typhoon passed and the rains ending, the nuptial flight of different species of termites were found, though the one I found the species I could not identify.
Termite sp. - king or queen
A brown tree frog was spotted with its eggs during the night, likely protecting and and tending to the eggs, along with an Asian Mantis seen perching on then railing.
Brown Tree Frog - with eggs
Asian Mantis
The light vented bulbuls have made their second nesting attempt since their fail last time. I would have loved to say that the birds fledged and are now immature birds, but on the 4th day after the bulbuls hatched they all mysteriously disappeared. I looked around, but found not evidence of struggle except the half-broken nest. The photo shown here is the last before the all disappeared....
Light Vented Bulbul Chicks - last day before disappearance
On a higher note, another nest of Light Vented Bulbuls which grew up near the same time at my friend's place fledged successfully! Below are the photos of the entire process of the bulbuls growing up.
Eggs - 17th of June
Chicks - 23rd of June
Chicks - 24th of June
Fledged - 28th of June
Keeping on the topic of fledging birds, I found two fledged Red Whiskered Bulbuls with their parents tending to them. I have suspected them of nesting for quite some time, but I never found their nest. Anyways, it was great to see that the parents succeeded this breeding season.
However, not all fledging birds are so luck, and I found a dead juvenile tree sparrow. I do not know what got it, a cat, or just the heavy rain the previous night?
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
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