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Next: Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago. More:
<1> trinidad_and_tobago.htm
Panama
ABC_Islands_trip.htm
2023
HK. Europe. Florida Keys & Caribbean. Forget to
retain (1) GPS, (2) GPS holder, (3) cell phone holder and (4) sunglasses
when I park my car at his place. TODO: buy a USB connector because
the GPS USB cable is short.
2022 Florida &
Georiga. Bonaire & Curacao. Portugal.
2021 Florida.
Oregon. Texas.
2020 Cape Cod
& Berkshire, MA
2019 1. Cayman
Islands. 2. Iceland. Baltic Sea ( Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden,
northeast Germany
and Russia )
[link] 3. Barbados.
2018 Tucson, AZ.
Pittsburgh, PA. Bonaire & Curacao. HK (trips to China).
2017 Cayman Islands /
Bonaire & Curacao / HK (1 day trip to China with Siu Ming)
2016 celebrate birding 10 year anniversary - 決志: 矢志不渝
、堅定不移地 進行觀鳥, 成為一生一世的嗜好, 天長地久的興趣.
2016 (Aug-): HK
2016 (Jan-Jul): Mexico
(4/7)
2015 (8/14-): Curacao
/ HK
2015 (Jan-8/8) log:
South Carolina / Seattle
2014 log: Jamaica /
Canadian Rockies / Curacao
2013 log: New
Orleans, Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan, & Cozumel / HK (
東龍洲, 1/2 day China with Siu Ming) Periodical Cicada
at SI
This is a special photo to me.
It is taken by 5 seconds (very long) shutter at Kowloon Park 6:15pm.
Luckily the cooperative Black Crowned Night Heron stood still for me.
2012
(after Hurricane Sandy) log
2012
(Jul-before Hurricane Sandy) log (Netherlands, UK,
Scotland, Norway,
Denmark) (birdList.b4_split2_b_and_c.htm)
2012
(Jan-Jun) log (Costa
Rica)
2011 log (HK,
Punta Cana)
2010 log (
1. Mar. Caribbean Cruise : Fort Lauderdale / Cozumel, Mexico / Cayman
Islands ; 1b. HK ; 2. Nov. Caribbean Cruise : Puerto Rico / St Maarten /
Half Moon Cay & Florida)
2009 log (Las
Vegas; HK, Mainland China and Taiwan)
2008 log (South
Caribbean Cruise - Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Grenada, Bonaire
& Aruba; Toronto;
Palm Beach, Florida)
Photo
and Video @ Punta Cana
pic01.htm others
HK trips
ducks and geese
Note
on Dragonfly and Damselfly my
insect spider list Macro
butterflyMoth.htm
frog kissena_rare_encounter.htm
Postings of NY Birding List
34
TYPES OF TURTLES FOUND IN THE USA
Favorites
in 2013 Favorites
in 2012 Favorites
in 2011
Bees
Wasps Cricket
myInventory myNationalPark.htm
Costa
Rica info
Costa Rica, 2012 - Photo
costa_rica_mybirdlist.htm
Birding in Shetland Islands Norway cruise
pc_stuff.htm
pc_stuff2.htm
Google Voice t-mobile
(6/2014) 多部未华子
cull_CanadaGeese_at_JBWR.htm
samsung_s3600.note01.htm smart_phone.htm
car_problem.htm pedometer.htm
http://www.nycgovparks.org/news/notices
Biblical_problems_caused_by_translation.htm translation
resource
how_can_i_make_a_very_sharp_phot.htm
flash_wont_sync_in_slave_mode.htm Camera/Camcorder for birding
cam4underwater
infrared_photography.htm
snorkeling
comet_PANSTARRS.htm
Jamaica_bird.htm
2015plus_jamaica_trips.htm
Glacier Hay fever Glacier
& Canadian Rockies
Curacao-1
Curacao-2 Bermuda
Cancun Snorkeling
Cozumel Reefs (El Cozumele�o Resort)
St. Maarten St.
Eustatius
Saint Martin: The best snorkeling on the island lies on
the French side, where the government religiously protects the calm
waters, which are populated with schools of brilliantly colored fish. Find
a tiny cove and explore the shallow reefs along its shores, especially in
the northeastern underwater nature reserve.
Barbados is called the land of flying fish.
Cuba
[mirror] Ethiopia
[Rockjumper's standard tours (as we classify this PNG tour) are aimed at
the keen birder who wants to see as many birds and as much wildlife as
possible without extreme effort or arduous hours in the field i.e. the
average birder.
src]
NewFoundLand
South Carolina
Seattle Bird
in Arizona Desert
Lead Adventures 3-Week Galapagos
program - doc
Quito - Monastery of San Francisco -
pic1 quito.htm
The best month for me to visit Galapagos is probably
Feb.
https://www.quasarex.com/blog/galapagos-climate-february-weather-in-the-galapagos-islands
https://www.quasarex.com/galapagos/when-to-visit
List of whale and
dolphin species List
of birds of HK
Tourists to China can finally use the country�s massively popular mobile
payment systems
door lock
Lifer:
Rufous Hummingbird (2/25)
In Caribbean: Green-throated Carib. White-cheeked Pintail (seen in
3/2022 too)? Brown Booby.
鬼头明里
In anime of 2024 winter season:
上田麗奈
In anime of 2024 winter season:
异
修罗(远方钩爪的悠诺[47])
肌
肉魔法使-MASHLE- 神觉者候补选拔试验篇(第二季)(雷蒙�厄文[48])
我
独自升级(向坂雫[49])
魔
都精兵的奴隶(若狭佐原[50])
北
海道辣妹金古锥(夏川怜奈[51])
我
内心的糟糕念头(半泽百合音[52])
治
愈魔法的错误使用法(瑟丽亚[53])
1/25/2024
2023 fourth quarter GDP growth:
Hong Kong: Expect fourth quarter GDP data release to confirm further
recovery in the economy, with fourth quarter growth rising 4.9% YoY.
US: Real GDP rose by 3.3% (annualized) during the fourth quarter of 2023,
well above the consensus forecast of 2.0%* and The Conference Board's
forecast.
Taiwan: Expected to rise to 3.6% YoY, which would mark the third
consecutive quarter of higher YoY growth.
Philippine fourth quarter GDP should expand by 5.5% YoY
src
Q: Are owls polygamous?
A: They're monogamous. Polygyny has been recorded in related species, such
as barn owls and Eurasian eagle owls, but is still very rare among
raptors. Bird
experts are surprised by the first known observation of polygamy in
great horned owls
Q: Do owls get divorced?
A: About 25% of barn owls will find themselves in the midst of a divorce
at some point or another, National Geographic reports. Researchers who
observed the species in Switzerland for 24 years say that although the
birds are typically monogamous, they'll part ways if breeding isn't
successful. src
3/28/2024 (Thu)
I order refurbished Canon EOS R7 from usa.canon.com - $1,119.00 + tax
3/24/2024 (Sun)
Baisley Pond Park
No wintering duck.
3/16/2024 (Sat) whole day with Ivy
Inwood Hill Park & Untermyer Park and Gardens (945 N Broadway,
Yonkers, NY 10701)
Do not see: Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
Cowbird, FOS. Robin eats earthworm. Flycatcher.
Photo:
Robin -
Cowbird -
I have not visited Inwood Hill Park since 8/28/2010 (Sat). 13.5
years! Today may be my second visit in my life.
3/5/2024 (Tue) - 3/12/2024 (Tue)
Trip_to_St_John_USVI.html
Stay at Inn at Tamarind Court. Great location. Free breakfast
(worth $7/person). Free beach chair and towel.
3/5 Tue
8:35am - JFK Terminal 4 - Delta
Taxi to Red Hook, 30 minutes. $23 total or per person? I paid
per person with tips, totally $50.
20-minute ride to Cruz Bay, St. John.
Walk to Inn at Tamarind Court.
Dinner: take out from The Banana Deck. $89.61 - curry red snapper rice
($50+) and shrimp pasta.
3/6 Wed
Trunk Bay - see Southern Stingray.
Hike at Lind Point Trail to Honeymoon Beach. See White-tailed deer.
3/7 Thu
am: Cinnamon Bay / Little Cinnamon Bay Beach
pm: Maho Bay - see Southern Stingray, 2 Green Turtles and 1 Lobster.
- has no cell phone signal.
3/8 Fri
Unique Sea Turtle Snorkeling & Boat Excursion
3/9 Sat
Salt Pond Bay - excellent snorkeling site
3/10 Sun
St. Thomas - Coki Point Beach. Secret Harbor Beach.
3/11 Mon
am: a bird-watching stroll along Francis Bay Trail and salt pond
pm: Honeymoon Beach. Taxi ($8/person/ride) then a private ride
($12/person round trip). See: Peacock Flounder.
Yellow-tailed Damselfish, intermediate stage.
3/12 Tue
Before checkout from hotel, I go a hike to Honeymoon Beach.
Notes:
(1) Yellow-tailed Damselfish -
When they're juveniles, they have these dark blue, almost black bodies that
are littered in bright blue dots, with clear tail. Then in their
intermediate stage, like high-school for humans, their dots shrink and their
tail becomes a bright yellow.
(2) See:
Yellow-tailed Damselfish.
Squid (7 at a time).
Trunkfish.
Scrawled Cowfish? Or other Cowfish.
Black Durgon (aka Black Triggerfish).
Gray Angelfish or French Angelfish.
Foureye Butterflyfish. And other [Saltwater] Butterfly Fish?
Sergeant Major.
Needlefish.
Bluehead Wrasse.
Synodus intermedius, the common sand diver.
beaugregory damselfish. (not Spanish hogfish?)
French Grunt (aka Yellow Grunt).
Barracuda.
Blue Tang.
Palometa.
Trumpetfish.
Filefish.
horse-eye jack?
rockfish?
etc.
(3) Pearly-eyed Thrasher. Bananaquit, dark morph. Green-throated
Carib.
White-cheeked Pintail at (1) Small Pond at Frank Bay Wildlife and Marine
Sanctuary and (2) Francis Bay salt pond. I saw it in 3/2022 at trip of
Jacksonville
& St. Augustine, FL and Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island &
Brunswick, GA. But it may not be in wild but in some man-made
facility. I cannot remember the detail.
Black-necked Stilt. Spotted Sandpiper.
Lesser Yellowlegs. Greater Yellowlegs.
Brown Booby. Brown Pelican. Peacock, near Frank Bay.
Black-faced Grassquit, many M & F. Gray Kingbird.
White-winged Dove? Zenaida Dove. Eurasian Collared-Dove.
Scaly-naped Pigeon. Magnificent Frigatebird. American
Kestrel. Great Egret. Common Gallinule.
Don't see any Smooth-billed Ani. But may heard its sound.
(4) While other species have visited one or more of the islands on rare
occasions, but the U.S. Virgin Islands only have two regular hummingbird
species, the Green-throated Carib and the Antillean Crested
Hummingbird. src
(5) See goats & sheep. Green Iguana and many different
lizards. Miss the chance to see donkey while I am on the taxi from
airport to Red Hook. Lady at the Francis Bay Trail sees Mongoose.
(6) In fact, the only endemic land mammal found in the U.S.V.I. is the bat.
Six different species, actually, including the red fig-eating bat, greater
bulldog bat, Jamaican fruit-eating bat, Antillean fruit-eating bat, velvety
free-tailed bat, and the Brazilian free-tailed bat. All of the donkeys,
goats, sheep, pigs, and mongooses are non-native species. src
(7)
https://rollingharbour.com/2023/01/23/bluehead-wrasse-private-life-laid-bare-2/
(8) https://www.snorkelstj.com/beaugregory.html
(9) https://reefs.com/fish/spanish-hogfish/ - This is a group of fish that
can get very large, anywhere from 4 inches to more than 2 feet.
My Note: Many are bicolor - features a patch
of blue (to me, look more like purple) highlight on a golden-yellow body.
(101) bonaire-reef-fish-and-creatures.png
(102) My note
My Snorkeling History (see the summary on Bird
List 2016b):
(1) I actually start doing real snorkeling with my own gear from
4/24-30/2014 at Jamaica.
(2) Continue:
2017 - Cayman Islands. Bonaire & Curacao.
2018 - Bonaire & Curacao
2019 - Cayman Islands. Barbados.
2021 - FL, see Manatee.
2022 - FL (any snorkeling?). Bonaire & Curacao.
2023 - Florida Keys & Caribbean (Jamaica, Cayman Island &
Cozumel)
2024 - St. John & St. Thomas, USVI.
Next time, if visit St. John again, tips:
<1> No more Trunk Bay. Honeymoon
Beach: visit again if go alone via hiking trail.
<2> Recommended: Maho Bay. Salt Pond Bay. OK to visit
again: Cinnamon Bay / Little Cinnamon Bay Beach
<3> Oppenheimer Beach.
2/25/2024 (Sun) morning with Ivy
Prospect Park
Lifer: Rufous Hummingbird
Photo:
Rufous Hummingbird -
Note:
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, first noted in Prospect Park on February
10th, was still present today on Breeze Hill where it has been
visiting a hummingbird feeder and the nearby honeysuckle plants
near the hairpin turn on the Prospect Park Lake side of Breeze
Hill.
2/24/2024 (Sat) morning
Oakland Lake
Common Loon (1). Double-crested Cormorant (1). Green-winged
Teal, many M and F; someone saw 8. Bufflehead (1M). Gadwall
(M+F). Ruddy Duck, many. Mallard copulation. Coot.
etc.
Photo:
Green-winged Teal -
Mallard, female, after copulation -
2/17/2024 (Sat) morning with Ivy during snow falling / afternoon
with Winnie. Also visited Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge (not
open to public) and Heckscher State Park.
Brentwood Country Club / Kissena Park
三隻雪國小紅狐
Kissena: Hooded Merganser is very close to us for a long
time. Rusty Blackbird (1). Mourning Dove. Wood Duck
(1M&1F). Canada Goose in hundreds. Mute Swan, a
pair. Shoveler, many, perhaps 20+. Mallard. House
Sparrow. White-throated Sparrow.
Photo:
Red Fox -
Hooded Merganser -
Rusty Blackbird -
House Sparrow -
2/10/2024 (Sat) Chinese New Year early morning
Baisley Pond Park.
Got pictures of both female and male Redhead. 今朝影到紅頭鴨 今年就鴻運當頭
American Wigeon. Gadwall. Ring-necked Duck. Ruddy
Duck. Northern Shoveler. Mallard. Coot.
Geese. Swan, a few; I think they are one family (saw mother,
father and 5 young ones on 12/9/2023).
RWBB. White-throated Sparrow. Crow, a lot (20+, 30+).
在公園見到很多烏鴉 好似電影凶兆 Rock Dove. Gull. Double-crested
Cormorant (2). Great Blue Heron (1). The Monk Parakeet
colony.
Photo:
Redhead - 1M+1F
2/3/2024 (Sat) whole day with Ivy & Terri
Brentwood Country Club / West End beach, jetty, & US Coast Guard
Station, Jones Beach / Cammanns Pond County Park
GPS of Brentwood: 100 Pennsylvania Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717.
Red Fox (6).
Ivy finally see Harlequin Duck today.
Harlequin Duck (about 9). Long-tailed Duck, a lot in tens.
Sanderling. Dunlin, a lot in hundreds. Black Scoter
(3). Loon, many. Horned Lark, a group (10+ or even more).
Photo:
Red Fox - <1>
<2>
<3>
1/14/2024 (Sun) am (leaving Jones Beach at 9am)
US Coast Guard Station, Jones Beach
Red-breasted Merganser (a group of M & F). Loon, a few.
Scoter possible, female.