handrew

I was sitting in my study on a conference call when I saw this bird. I photographed it with a Canon SX50 HS through the window. This is just perched on a bush in the garden outside our house. A female Daurian redstart was just below it.

Sai Kung 23/11/12

handrew

Thanks Geoff. Clement & Hathway simply says "when disturbed usually flies into tops of tree or bushes." I don't think this bird was particularly disturbed - there was nobody in the garden at the time. I have seen Hwamei, Blackbird, Pale thrush and Grey-backed in the garden but they are always on the ground and invariably foraging in the leaf litter under the hedge.