We are going back to Taipei today, so had arranged a relaxing start to the day - or so we thought - we were sparked into early morning action however by a knock on our doors from the local guide who announced that the Chinese Bamboo Partridge were viewable. Throwing clothes on and rushing out of the rooms, several of us had good views of a pair of birds.
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| Himalyan Black-bulbul |
As Phil went off to try to find the early-morning birding party, the birds disappeared from view. So not always the early bird that gets the worm!
On our official pre-breakfast walk we had great views of Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, two males with lovely crimson chest patches. As we moved on down the hillside a Plain Flowerpecker was also seen, Crested Goshawk posed momentarily on a nearby branch and then shot off into the forest. A Bush-brown butterfly sp and Chocolate Pansy allowed photographs but there were many others which eluded me.
A family of Taiwan Macaque watched us as we passed, the parent holding the young close and keeping a weather eye both for us, and, I suspect the Goshawk!
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| Protective Mum |
White-bellied Erpornis was a trip addition. Blue Magpie were around the garden both before and after breakfast giving great opportunities for photography.
When we had finally pulled ourselves away from the garden, it was time to move off down the hill with a couple of stops along the way, before we hit the freeway and the long haul back to the capital for our last full day tomorrow.
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