As I recall that a few years ago CNN listed the sunset in Hangzhou West Lake as one of the 12 great sunset sceneries in the world. There are several places to watch the sunset of West Lake in Hangzhou, including Lakeside Park, Changqiao ( Long Bridge) Park, etc. This afternoon I walk along the…
In Changqiao Park, a tourist threw a piece of plastic food wrapping paper on the lawn on the side of the road. It appeared that there was still some food left on or around the food wrapping paper. Several magpies flew down from the trees to eat food. A moment later, a black cat came…
Today, I saw an intermediate egret in the creek in our community, Fuyang, Hangzhou (my hometown), China. It is rare to see intermediate egrets in Hangzhou. Most the egrets found in Hangzhou are little egrets. There are 13 species of egrets all over the world, which four of them are common in China: Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, little…
In the evening, a Chinese bulbul was found eating flower petals in the bushes in the distance. I leaned against a big tree and snapped the moment with my 100-400mm long-lense when the light-vented bulbul was eating the flower petals. It’s a little far away, and the sharpness of my pictures is greatly reduced after…
It is still early spring here in Mid-February in my hometown – Hangzhou, China. I live in a community compound known as Shanglinhu, largely situated on a hillslope in the memerizing Fuyang District, west of Hangzhou. This afternoon, I spot several collared finchbills singing and dancing in a tree about 2 meters high. Collared…