A brief trip to Halla Arboretum earlier in the week yielded the regular species, plenty of Large-billed Crows, Magpies, Bulbuls, White-eyes, Bush Warblers etc. A couple Yellow-bellied Tits (possibly more?) was a nice surprise.
Another interesting encounter was a somewhat orangey Yellow-throated Bunting. Usually they're fairly yellow, like a lemon, but this one was almost orangey like... an orange. I got some photos but the colouration doesn't exactly stand out as it did in person. I'm not sure if this is within normal colour variation for the species, or something more unusual. After discussing it with others, it seems a high level or carotenoids in the diet, particularly while moulting, could be the cause.
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| Yellow-throated Bunting looking particularly orange. The photo really doesn't reflect the actual colours seen in person. |
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| The orangey Yellow-throated Bunting |
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| The back of the head was particularly orange. |
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| One more shot of the orangey feathers. |
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| As usual, Large-billed crows were ubiquitious and active throughout the area. |
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| A sneaky shot of an Eastern Buzzard before it saw me and took off. |
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