This has got to be the longest stay by any Chinese Pond Heron in the taman after it has assumed breeding plumage. It has been almost a month now and the pair are still seen about, and getting more used to human presence too, at least one of them.
I was especially pleased to chance upon its rare display of preening, up on a tree.
Looked like no feathers left untouched.
Fluffing, reminding me of Old Scrooge.
And cleaning up included clearing the throat too, I guessed, as I have seen done with birds like the goshawk too, before it finally took off after a good 15 minutes of display.
Ready to leave, simply because of the approach of other birders that were now alerted to its presence.
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