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Also known as Large Pied Wagtail and is the largest of all the wagtails. During my last trip in 2014, I saw three other types of wagtails; however, this is the first time I have seen a White-browed wagtail. They are endemic to Indian subcontinent. There were two of them, foraging by the side of the river Ganges. Sankhai, West Bengal, India.
The Turquoise-browed Motmot is surely one of the most flamboyantly plumaged of a remarkable family, and it is sufficiently distinctive from other motmots to be afforded its own genus. Given its relatively small range, in the Yucatán Peninsula of eastern Mexico and northernmost Guatemala, and on the Pacific slope of Middle America, from southern Mexico south to northwest Costa Rica, it might seem remarkable that as many as seven subspecies are generally recognized. Virtually all of them have largely olive-green underparts with a cinnamon or rufous belly, and a darker reddish patch on the mantle, but the most eye-catching features are the turquoise flash in the flight feathers, the similarly colored eyebrow contrasting with the black mask, and the long graduated bright blue tail, which has the central feathers twice as long as the rest. Although they are reduced to mere shafts over more than half their length, they are ‘capped’ by black-tipped turquoise rackets. The dark bill is relatively long and slightly decurved.
The 1 in 132 gradient at Eden Brows ensures that Stanier 'Jubilee' 45699 'Galatea' works for its keep with its 11 coach trailing load and dead weight of a class 47, the 1Z84 16:31 Carlisle to Finsbury Park 'Cathedrals Express' on Tuesday 26 August 2014, scheduled to arrive at its destination at 00:59! The temporary speed restriction that was in place here for at least two years, has now been lifted, making the location another attractive option at long last. Thanks are due to Ian Cawthorne (The Talkin Lens) for reminding me of this fact with his image of 'The Waverley' taken on the previous Sunday.
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I took a walk through Shepherds Bush late this afternoon. These were out in force. And this one skipped briefly through a narrow shaft of sunlight that fell on this branch. Was in that position for about 1/4 second, and, somehow, my shutter click coincided. Happy. (This is cropped; otherwise straight from camera).
White-browed Babblers (Pomatostomus superciliosus). These two were part of a family group near Halls Gap, Victoria.
Like most Coucals this tends to be a rather shy skulking species though with a bit of patience it is usually possible to get a good view.
This is the default Coucal species of East Africa.
Framed by a friend.
The White-browed Wagtail or Large Pied Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) is a medium-sized bird and is the largest member of the wagtail family.
Phylloscopus inoratus. A rather poor record shot, but you can just see the diagnostic double wing-bars and yellow eyebrow. They breed in Siberia from the Ural Mountains eastwards and winter in south-east Asia. They used to be quite scarce visitors to Britain, but their numbers have increased dramatically during the last forty years. This pattern has also been recorded across northern and western Europe. There has been much speculation about the cause of their increase in Europe, with some suggesting that they are evolving a new migration route and wintering grounds. The last few years have seen a bit of a dip in numbers, but this year many hundreds arrived in Britain during late September. Most records have been on the east coast with very few inland. I photographed this one inland at Rowntree Park in the centre of York. When I arrived, the bird wasn’t in the location reported so I checked out some woodland nearby and heard it calling. The disyllabic call is quite distinctive xeno-canto.org/935200. It was flitting about in the canopy and only briefly came down to some lower branches where it was still difficult to follow and photograph. Even though it’s a poor shot I thought I’d post it as it’s one of my favourite warblers and a great bird to see in York.
Name: Snowy-browed flycatcher (male)
Scientific: Ficedula hyperythra
Malay: Sambar Dahi Putih / Sambar Kening-salju / Sambar Kudong
Family: Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2017): Least Concern
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Another from a brief local birding session just down the road from home.
Plenty of flowering shrubs and bushes for these little guys to play around and feed in - but tough to get a clear shot on them as they're so flighty and the bushes fairly densely bunched together!!
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