green magpie

After the regular afternoon rain, I spotted a pair of them perching on the trees not far from the hotel. I was delighted to have captured a couple of photos before they flew away.

First stop on our 3 month trip around the southern national parks of Thailand was at Kaeng Krachan. 3 of the colors of that park.

Aka Short-tailed Green Magpie. Seen regularly on road up to Mount Kinabalu but they just wouldn't come out into the open to pose for photos

The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller. It is a vivid green in colour (often fades to turquoise in captivity), slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill (through...

Our guide in Beijing said we might see green magpies at the Temple of Heaven, but no such luck ... or maybe just no time to wait for it. That was day before yesterday. Yesterday, in Xi'an, at the Great Wild Goose Pagoda, I got to stroll on my own for half an hour enjoying the green and shade of...

Had been longing to shot this guy for sometime and finally managed to.

7 am,misty and raining a bit