A sightly less slow morning on the patch (compared to last weekend produced better numbers of common winterers including three
Thick-billed Warblers, three
Yellow-browed Warblers, two
Brown Shrikes, two
Asian Brown Flycatchers and a couple of
Taiga Flys. Many birds are still in some stage of prenuptial moult, so looking quite scruffy.
I spent a while chasing Pond Herons to document the various stages of moult that birds are currently in. A few examples are included below:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtqg4zxtFxRvsuLvCGcxqMAHwigJbCE5MCGyFOQlWurYOnAF2V4j-cfEO_-ditdupLjIiqL8kyvhHLALOSzPrmwEmvKZ4SGKG5IggVD3jtrQmfEpVkDFu6P4aJ5L-NxjZw0p-9NhdHagK/s1600/DSC_5921-3-2+Chinese.jpg) |
Bird 1: small areas of maroon suggest this is a Chinese PH |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiFvljrTTSRc37RBt_7vuxUGLjryHHasvauqRI2fTMFabUdIYp1xQIdZuFsOeGazvLkuzke34iBJffAXgxhBAfrPD2FNKnAsnpP9djL9ddZiH1qkcuQn-jFUmRtyfQGF4OY0_Re8HJUlC/s1600/1st+winter+Chinese.jpg) |
Bird 1: dark coverts and primary shafts suggest it's a 2CY |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyenCIsZTt1HJDsQRLK2c2eD4LA30xM1vWqT4chkx-psYs7b1Cd2nl5nq0KFI5Zkyo6SvgZbKmPx5uFQ3-St3ef6SqCy3G-TNo6cBSFUGh_2GU-2zRxQ3CIVkXimfA33XCbru-jCL0ntA/s1600/1st+winter+PH+chinese.jpg) |
Bird 1: tail seems pretty clean, but dark primary shafts (& tips) obvious here |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9VFnUDkCWV6uRddT85kCel4tumXBT5FAov-2Y3qYpZs2wMA33ct1BM752gqOGoIZh62Hej_ElbslY3SDdHypLyctxrvXZpH0qUIOZU7LTzPVmjc6WLJA7dkt7joU4v8rEVxUFNRMpuTD/s1600/moulting+javan+2.jpg) |
Bird 2: I think this is going to turn into a bright Javan PH in breeding plum |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZorTkzZXOs-WMjdtwFitNZECaCVD9GeCfHcxD63NsYlaCrWAU9125oVCzRh416uOp6kJvp98F92BnbOn83hjt7YTOP6vvw6zE9YSKihLa-SLzgDxQXBZnfK5RTqfLT-DQ9rLNWS1lGXO/s1600/DSC_5872-10.jpg) |
Bird 2 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbhjouQtAwekeqbAXfD3WoF3yiq5mo_C4K0R7B9LzrXL3va5J7EGuJskLV-9RXbt22NztLGKKMIlzPTrAPXPovMbr0QTdIAkCIsbKX51jIOdDj3glKUDZ3W2UYOlWhchtyZe1L6R3-PHU/s1600/DSC_0121-3.jpg) |
the colour of Bird 2 is closer to this Javan (from April 2011) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq48KhG692xRXE4oR2RSHTuEKznWSNnKe0L8YKqr4MvhV26cBBt6omOWBQSAclY0uue4ssAfTSaLnyHflTeNhkSqH4ZU2ZpSd0HmR8qSayglokk7mp0v313Ryui0TwMp61bvu70HDM43jH/s1600/ad+br+Chinese.jpg) |
compare Bird 2 with this Chinese PH photographed a few seconds earlier |
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