Where art thou, winged ones?

It does look like only resident birds are active nowadays in the taman.  The migrant birds are gone, probably terrified by the fire crackers that shatter the taman almost nightly. 
I just managed to spot these Brown Shrikes a day ago.

Then I was pleasantly surprised to see these flocks of Purple-backed Starlings making their stop-over the next morning.  Here's hoping that I'll be able to get closer images next time.

Then I was also thrilled to sight a couple of Ashy Minivets, considered common migrants that could have come from China, Korea, Japan or Taiwan islands.

16/2018