I guess after birding for some time now, one does get to have an 'extra' feeling when encountering a bird. When I spotted a flurry of splayed brown tail feathers my heart almost skipped a beat, that this one might be worth tracking if I was able to, as it came in a bird wave which is always now you see now you don't.
And I was glad I persisted, and the bird almost got me little crazy, moving from spot to spot trying to nail an identifiable image, and finally it obliged although from a far, but enough.
It's a male Amur Paradise Flycatcher with slight but discernible elongated tail feathers or rectrices that will be truly grand in a couple of months!
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