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Plus bee! I just can't get over the colour of that bill!
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And a brief but photographically satisfying encounter with a Red-headed Trogon.
Things continued to get better with my first sighting of a Cutia - now Himalayan Cutia - for about 19 years!
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The female was a little reticent.
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But the male was stunningly obliging!
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Despite a deterioration in the weather in the afternoon, I managed these shots of a Chestnut-backed Scimitar0Babbler.
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And this Grey Wagtail was the only fruit of my frequent searches for roadside thrushes!
2 comments:
Amazing shot of the cutia!
Wah nice la this Cutia hahaha
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