Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts

The Bird of Wuhan

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The most common type of bird on campus is sky blue and black, and quite large; I see them all the time.  I don't remember ever seeing this kind of bird before, but they're really pretty.  I've been wanting to get a picture of one of them ever since I got here, but it seemed whenever I saw one up close I never had my camera ready.  Finally, this morning, a few came along and perched for a moment in the trees in front of my building.  I grabbed my camera and tried to not to scare them off by opening the window.  I got this shot, not that great, but at least you can see it, before they flew off.


Edit: One of the other American teachers here in Wuhan already found out: it's an Azure-winged Magpie.