What have I done in Year 2022?
I must admit – not much.
My travel outside HK has completely stopped.
I was worried that I may be infected with Covid 19 while travelling.
In which case, I may even end up hospitalized in a foreign country.
Not only that, I was also worried if I should do any outward travel, I could be quarantined at both the destination and also on returning home.
The local quarantine was originally 14 days. This was progressively decreased to 7 days and now 3 days.
Living with Covid 19, I took up bird watching and photographing since November 2021, in addition to my daily hike.
Prior to that, I have been photographing egrets in flocks or bulbuls nesting on my rooftop.
For this new hobby, I have acquired some equipment which allows me taking photos of birds and even flying birds.
I am still experimenting and learning how to take bird photos, especially those of flying birds which I have just started.
Below, I have prepared a list of birds which I have encountered mainly in 2022. The types I have encountered, which are mostly also photographed, exceed 90. Some of them is local, some are passage visitors.
A
Ashy Drongo
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Asian Koel
Azure-winged Magpie
B
Barn Swallow
Bay Woodpecker
Black Drongo
Black-faced Spoonbill
Black Kite
Black Swan
Black-collared Starling
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-headed Gull
Black-throated Laughingthrush
Blue-whistling Thrush
Black-winged Cuckooshire
Black-winged Stilt
Blue Rock Thrush
Blue-winged Leafbird
Blue-winged Minla
Brown Shrike
C
Carrion Crow
Chestnut Bulbul
Chinese Bulbul
Chinese Grosbeak
Chines Pond Heron
Cinereous Tit
Collared Crow
Common Coot
Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher
Common Moorhen
Common Snipe
Common Tailorbird
Cormorant
Crested Myna
Crested Serpent Eagle
D
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Daurian Redstart
David’s Fulvetta
Dusky Warbler
E
Eastern-crowned Warbler
Egrets (small/ medium/ large)
Eurasia-collared Dove
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
F
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
Fork-tailed Sunbird
G
Great Barbet
Greater Coucal
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Grebe
Green Sandpiper
Grey-backed Thrush
Grey Bush Chat
Grey Heron
Grey-tailed Tattler
Grey-throated Minivet
Grey Wagtail
H
Hair-crested Drongo
Himalayan Cuckoo
J
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
Japanese Thrush
Japanese Tit
L
Large-billed Crow
Light-vented Bulbul
Little Bunting
Little Ringed Plover
Long-tailed Shrike
M
Marsh Sandpiper
Masked Laughingthrush
Mountain Bulbul
N
Northern Red Bishop
O
Olive-backed Pitpit
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Oriental Magpie Robin
Oriental Pratincole
P
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Pied Avocet
Plain Prinia
Plaintive Cuckoo
Plumbeous Water Redstart
R
Radde’s Warbler
Red Whiskered Bulbul
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Red-billed Leothrix
Rock Dove
Rufous-capped Babbler
Ryuku Minivet
S
Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly Thrush
Scarlet Minivet
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Siberian Rubythroat
Silver-eared Mesia
Slaty-backed Forktail
Southern Red Bishop
Speckled Piculet
Spotted Dove
Stejneger’s Stonechat
Swinhoe’s White Eye
V
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Verdicter Flycatcher
W
White-breasted Moorhen
White-headed Munia
White-rumped Munia
White-throated Kingfisher
Y
Yellow-cheeked Tit
Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-wagtail
Yellow-bellied Prinia
This new hobby has taken up quite a lot of my time. It has resulted me in spending less time on Chinese Calligraphy and other activities.
I have been spending many hours on reading up books, websites on birds and practicing shooting birds.
What will I be doing in Year 2023?
I honestly don’t know.
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