Ashy Drongo Settles In
The Ashy Drongo from the other day appears to be in full wintering mode — when I went back to check a week later it was still in exactly the same spot.
Crested Serpent Eagles are very active on the farmland and I regularly come across pairs. Along the coast, Siberian Sand Plovers, Kentish Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, Common Greenshanks, Grey-tailed Tattlers and Common Sandpipers are all wintering.
The White-bellied Drongo was in exactly the same spot as a week ago. It was predating something in the order Hymenoptera. I hope it stays until spring.
A Crested Serpent Eagle in a field near town. I'm seeing them here and there.
Lesser Sand Plovers and Kentish Plovers are wintering at the river mouth and along the coast.
Grey Plovers are wintering in higher numbers than usual this season.
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