Swinhoe's Pheasant

Just back from Taiwan! What a cool birding experience! As it was my first Asia trip, I was introduced to all sorts of new species and even new families! My group managed to find 26 of the 27 recognized Taiwan endemics, this Swinhoe's Pheasant among them. These guys are montane, preferring thickly wooded alpine slopes to the open fields of North American pheasants. Light in their surrounds is quite hard to come by, so I was stoked when this bird appeared at roadside and climbed up onto the stump!

I have posted the first part of my Taiwan travel/birding write-up on my blog for anyone who is interested. The next installment, complete with all sorts of bird photos, will be out in another week or so.

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Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-4.5 IS II on EOS 5D Mark IV
1/250 at f/5.6, ISO 3200.

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