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This Plain-backed Thrush, Zoothera mollissima, was photographed in China, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
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What you CANT see is George the hospital driver with his head in the bonnet worriedly trying to fix the old land rover in the middle of the lions hunting ground
The Plain Prinia, or the Plain, or White-browed, Wren-Warbler(Prinia inornata) is a small warbler in the cisticola family. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. It was formerly included in the Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789), resident in Africa south of the Sahara. The two are now usually considered to be separate species.
This skulking passerine bird is typically found in wet lowland grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens. The Plain Prinia builds its nest in a shrub or tall grass and lays 3-6 eggs. (The Tawny-flanked Prinia nests in herbage and lays 2–4 eggs.)
These 13–14 cm long warblers have short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short black bill. In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white supercilium and rufous fringes on the closed wings. Underparts are whitish-buff. The sexes are identical.
All our stuff has been moved from the kitchen and the living room to our little "conservatory" - havestue in Danish... Unfortunately it is totally rotten and we are having it torn down in a few weeks. But first it has to harbour all our precious things while the carpenters put down a new floor in the living room. I'm sad to see the old oak tree floor go in a way. I love all the square tiles and the way they make the light bounce in the room. But is is old and beyond salvation...
We are going to replace it with a white washed ash tree floor. It will be beautiful too...
Plains Gartersnake © Steve Frye. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on September 12, 2020.