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Magnolia Warbler (71)

Setophaga magnolia

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 10 2015

Details: male

Long Point

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2015

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Hooded Warbler (19)

Wilsonia citrina

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 10 2015

Details: male

Long Point

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2015

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Blue Rock Thrush (2)

Monticola solitarius

jimmyhu

Taiwan

Details: male, adult, winter plummage

This is one of the common thrush along the water edge of Taiwan. There are 2 subspecies in Taiwan, the blue bellied and brown bullied (this one). At a certain angle of sun, this bird can be very soft pretty blue and brown coloured. I had photoed this bird amny occasions because it is stationary on the ground, water edge,pooles and trees.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2015

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Red-flanked Bluetail (5)

Tarsiger cyanurus

jimmyhu

Taiwan

Details: female, adult, winter plummage

Female Red-flanked Bluetail is a migratory bird and showed up in Yeliu Geological Park which is a entrance point for the migration route to or through Taiwan. The male had a blue feather and I only managed a female. This bird is similar to Daurian redstart that dimorphism between male and female.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2015

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Siberian Crane (1)

Grus leucogeranus

(Critically endangered)

jimmyhu

Taiwan

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Details: adult, outside normal range

This is a local celebrity in Taiwan. A strained one year old Siberian crane came to the northern Taiwan and stayed there for a year and grow into adulthood. An endangered species with a healthy population in eastern Siberian area which had winter range in lower Yangtze river and rapid declined west Siberian area which had winter range in Iran and Pakistan. This bird came to Taiwan by unusual wind last December with light brown feather. Now, this bird displays courting dance in the morning but I reached there in the late afternoon. In the front, there is a cattle egret to compare the size. The local government and farmer took extra conservation effort to provide living area for this crane. Many tourist buses for nearby Yeliu Geological Park pass the local highway in order to see this crane. Siberian crane has black primary flying feather (not shown) and red beaks and legs, except black toes.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2015