Long-tailed Shrike at Dusk: I usually see them hunting alone in this patch of scrub, though now and then two turn up together in the same tree. Seems like they just tolerate each other ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Black Drongos are masters of aerial acrobatics, launching from a perch to snatch insects mid-air before returning to the same branch. You often spot a Black Drongo by its aerial acrobatics first ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

#CaughtinMotion is the #BirdoftheDay theme for today I believe. This Sooty-headed Bulbul is feeding on spider egg sacs in the dead leaves, they discard the silk and eat the eggs inside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Last shots of the new year's break 😒 back to the grind tomorrow. Sooty-headed Bulbuls raiding spider egg sacs hidden in dead leaves, they discard the silk and eat the eggs inside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Crested Myna — a year-round resident in Hainan, commonly seen perching on oxen using them as moving lookout points or “taxis.” It forages around livestock, taking insects flushed by their movement … #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

White-headed Starling: A year-round Hainan resident with odd, electronic-sounding calls (think R2-D2). A familiar bird of the island’s countryside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

White-headed Starling harassing a Eurasian Hoopoe.
Usually mild behaviour, starlings can become surprisingly assertive when defending feeding areas or competing for perches and insect-rich ground #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Rural Coexistence: Black drongo and ox, a familiar interaction from the fields of the Hainan countryside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Hainan Countryside at its Best: Black Drongos perched on a pair of very relaxed calves ... a perfect snapshot of typical rural life in Hainan Island ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited

Black Drongo: Catching the last light of the day ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶

Known as the “butcher bird,” the Long-tailed Shrike is a small but deadly predator. It hunts insects, lizards, and even other birds, it's known for impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire to store and tear it apart ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

Change of plans: That perch looked better from further away … #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #Myna #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

Schoolyard Bully: Competition for food turns physical. A Common Myna dominates a Crested Myna on the ground, Haikou, Hainan Island ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #Myna #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

A Crested Myna ... opting for ground transport this morning, Why fly when you can catch an ox? #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #Myna #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

Mallards' webbed feet provide powerful propulsion as they push against the water during takeoff, launching with a burst of energy and creating quite the splash! #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #Mallard #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

Mallards' webbed feet provide powerful propulsion as they push against the water during takeoff, launching with a burst of energy and creating quite the splash! #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #Mallard #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds 🪶

Fiercely territorial, Kingfishers live solitary lives outside the breeding season, aggressively defending their hunting spots and chasing off others of their kind. Small but fierce! #WildlifePhotography #Chinabirds #NatureLovers #Kingfisher #addBirder #birds 🪶

Fiercely territorial, Kingfishers live solitary lives outside the breeding season, aggressively defending their hunting spots and chasing off others of their kind. Small but fierce!

#WildlifePhotography #Chinabirds #NatureLovers #Kingfisher #addBirder #birds 🪶