An unexpected sighting is almost always the most thrilling of any avian find.
I was halted immediately in my track by an unmistakable soft whistling, and seconds later a Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) came into view, with another unmistakable trait of rapidly flitting its tail.
A total surprise as I thought this migrant visitor would already be on its way home.
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And I thought this was all the view it would afford me.
And then I thought I was absolutely lucky that it obliged me with this.
And then I accepted that I couldn't have asked for more, when it flew in again just metres away.
And hung around here for a few seconds.
The tree stump was like a perch awaiting its appearance.Almost fearless that I had to back off.