While I will later certainly regret not keeping this sighting for my regular monthly post on Shanghai birds (it can be difficult to find interesting birds in June), it is just too tempting to show some photos of a Fairy Pitta migrating through Shanghai on June 1st, 2024. Just photos, no words.
Kai has lived in Shanghai for 21 years. He only started birding after moving to China, so he is far more familiar with Chinese birds than the ones back in his native Germany. As a birder, he considers himself strictly average and tries to make up for it with photography, which he shares on a separate website. Alas, most of the photos are pretty average as well.He hopes that few clients of his consulting firm—focused on China’s chemical industry—ever find this blog, as it might raise questions about his professional priorities. Much of his time is spent either editing posts for 10,000 Birds or cleaning the litter boxes of his numerous indoor cats. He occasionally considers writing a piece comparing the two activities.
Jaw dropping ?
That little iridescent blue stripe on the wing…
So well named — with that coloring, it seems like it must have been painted by a fairy!
33 pictures are worth 33,000 words! Beautiful.
Stunning!