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    all yr: 2012-now          FOS in NY

    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 [mirrorEthiopia [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

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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.