Birds and I

It is a male Hen Harrier. It breeds in Eurasia. It migrates to more southerly areas in winter. Eurasian birds move to southern Europe and southern temperate Asia. It is a female Hen Harrier.

These are scenes of a male Common Pheasant flying beautifully in a wide field.

It breeds in southern Siberia, northern and eastern China, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It is fairly non-migratory but northern birds move south as far as southern China and Taiwan.

The plumbeous water redstart is typically 14 centimetreslong in total, with an average weight of 22 grams for males and 18.8 gramsfor females. The male birds are slate blue in colour with a tail that is rusty red. On the other hand, female birds are pale grey and feature a white rump. This is a femail photographed at Water Fog Park on November 29, 2016.

While filming the Hill Pigeons at Yeoncheon, I met a Lucism Oriental Turtle Dove. Lucism refers to a disease in which the skin, fur, feathers, scales, and cuticle layers, excluding the eyes of animals, appear white, bright, or mottled due to partial pigment loss. Unlike albinism, melanin as well as a number of pigmentation deficiencies are the cause. These are normal Oriental Turtle Doves.