Shetland Misfit: Red-tailed Minla

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Saturday, 21 March 2015

Yuksom Day One

Headed over to Yuksom, and what a place, just did around the village for the afternoon and got this lot - 2 Roufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, 3 Grey Treepie, 2 Verditer Flycatcher, 2 Oriental White-eye, 1 Small Niltava, 4 Red-billed Leiotherix, 1 Red-tailed Minla, 3 Chestnut-tailed Minla, 2 White-tailed Nuthatch, 20 Russet Sparrow, 1 Blue-fronted Redstart, 2 Common Green Magpie, 10 Grey-hooded Warbler, 7 Black Bulbul, 1 Little Pied Flycatcher, 1 Asian Barred Owlet, 1 Large Niltava, 1 Black Redstart, 4 Blue Whistling Thrush and a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike.

Asian Barred Owlet

Black Redstart

Blue Whistling Thrush

Large Niltava

Oriental White-eye

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Red-tailed Minla

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Lava - Neora Valley Main Trail

One last time in Neora Valley and this time I got a Jeep to drop me off by the cowsheds, this meant I was along the trail and in the good birding area by 07:30. Birds came thick and fast, a flock of 27 Scarlet finches to start with and then a Scaly Thrush flushed from the edge of the path followed by a White-tailed Robin. Then I came into one of the big bird waves, with birds in every direction, as a large mixed flock worked its way down the hillside. In the half hour that it took I picked out 12 Red-tailed Minla, 20 Chestnut-tailed Minla, 13 Short-billed Minivets, 2 Streaked Spiderhunter, 2 Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, 6 Gold-naped Finch, plus a rake of Warblers. As I reached the area that I had the Tragopan in on the 10^th, I played it cool and slowly snook up to the area, but it didn't matter how stealthy I was the 2 Satyr Tragopans (m+f) that were there took flight immediately and flew right past me up the hillside.
I then headed slowly back towards the cowsheds and came into another wave of birds, obviously different from the first flock. This one consisted of 10 Black-faced Warblers, 2 Grey-cheeked Warblers, 22 Golden-breasted Fulvettas, 20 Rusty-fronted Barwings, 2 Hoary-throated Barwings, 11 Striated Laughingthrush and 8 Brown-capped Laughingthrush. On top of this there was a flock of 100+ Tibetan Siskins at the bottom of the valley and somewhere along the way I picked out a Buff-barred Warbler as well.

Red-tailed Minla

Buff-barred Warbler

Brown-throated Treecreeper

Short-billed Minivet

Streaked Spiderhunter

Tibetan Siskin

Moths from last night

Neora Valley Gully

About Me

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey Steve, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.I was in my house and I was just like staring at the walls thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my wife came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Steve, Steve !” And I go “what ? What's the matter ?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong” She’s all “don't tell me that ! You're on drugs !” I go “FFS, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “just get me a Pepsi ! Please, all I want is a Pepsi !” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi !I'm sitting in my house, when a couple of my mates came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “Steve, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off on one for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided ? MY best interests ? How do you know what MY best interest is ? How can you say what MY best interest is ? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy ? They say they're gonna fix my brain. Alleviate my suffering and my pain. But by the time they fix my head, Mentally I'll be dead. They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself !
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways !!!!