Thunder but near zero migrants
A band of thunderstorms swept east across Hong Kong this morning; afterwards overcast with light rain, southwesterly winds. I went to se Cheung Chau, to see if any migrants had been brought in. I seawatched from Nam Tan (looked over the sea with binoculars and telescope, hoping to see seabirds such as terns), walked the woods, but no passage migrants: four Chinese starlings at Nam Tan might be planning to stay around and breed.
Back at Siu Kwai Wan, saw another Chinese starling, and heard an ashy minivet.
Late info from Fri 19th: visiting Finnish birder Gustav told me of Dollarbird at cemetery in sw Cheung Chau, and a crested goshawk displaying over southern Cheung Chau. I later saw a crested goshawk displaying over Siu Kwai Wan in north of the island (maybe the same bird), and two hair-crested drongos at Fa Peng valley.
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