Sunday, October 31, 2021

Birdtober Day Thirty-One: Flamecrest

 

I don't know how the prompts for Birdtober were chosen, or why some are general families and some are super-specific. This last one is super-specific, an island endemic, a tiny bird that lives only in Taiwan. It's quite appropriate, I think, because to me the whole point of learning to identify these wonderful creatures is that there's no such thing as a generic bird. Every single one is a certain species, a certain type of bird with specific habits and diet and habitat. Like people. You can only think people are generic if you aren't paying attention.


Flamecrest
Fire-headed
Hovers in conifers
In mountainous Taiwan forest
Flamecrest


© Ruth Bowen Hersey


Photo Source: eBird.com

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