2010/10/30

Bloedel Floral Conservatory - Part 7

Finally the weekend has arrived! This afternoon was the office Halloween party. I dressed up as a pirate (with a pirate set and pirate hat bought from the dollar store), although some people thought I looked like a ninja and some even said a Viking. So I guess I was a Viking ninja-pirate. How cool!

Anyways, I hope the weather will be decent tomorrow for another outing - not sure where I am going yet though.

Pictures of the birds in Bloedel are almost all finished, just two more species to go. There were many Red-winged Laughingthrushes (Garrulax formosus) around, especially near the feeding areas, and I noticed that they seemed to travel in pairs running around in the low undergrowth.

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)
The Laughingthrushes have lovely whistling songs and they are native to soutwest China and northwest Vietnam and belong to the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae).

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)

Red-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax formosus)
These birds are not afraid of humans at all, with some just inches away from me perching on a branch at eye-level. Despite their surrounding, I really like this shot because of how "natural" it looked, almost as if they are in their native habitat.
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