What with last Sunday's hike having been heavy on the steps (and sweat shed) but rather light on the critter spotting, I wasn't expecting to catch sight of as many wild creatures this late summer afternoon as I did; particularly since my friend and I were out again today in Tai Lam Country Park, albeit a different section of this large country park which occupies more than one fifth of the total land area of Hong Kong Island if you also include its Quarry Bay Extension into the equation. But even before we made it up to the first of the two Violet Hill peaks whose ascents we included in today's hike itinerary, I already had made two critter spottings that I consider to be greater hike highlights than the "conquests" of the two peaks!