A Second Black-headed Bunting, and a Rosy Starling Going to Roost
Following the Black-headed Bunting from the other day, I found another Black-headed Bunting. I was looking at Red Collared Doves through binoculars when I heard an unusual call. When I searched carefully, it was actually the second Black-headed Bunting of the season!!
It had been startled by something and perched on a wire, and it let me photograph it. I forgot to photograph the Red Collared Doves that were with it. ^^;
The Rosy Starling is the same as the bird from the other day. It was eating mulberries and the like, but it disappears from view, covered by leaves. It's dull, but I photographed it perched on a wire.
In the evening paddies I also met a Purple Heron swallowing a large turtle and a Crested Serpent Eagle going after crabs living on the paddy banks.
A Chestnut-breasted Bunting perched on a power line.
A Chestnut-breasted Bunting constantly looking around — perhaps sensing a raptor nearby.
A juvenile Rosy Starling. It perched on the power line in front of the roost I found yesterday.
A Purple Heron swallowing a large turtle (probably a softshell) whole. I wonder if it can digest the shell too.
A Crested Serpent Eagle waiting for land crabs nesting in the paddy bund to emerge.
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