Eurasian Siskin and friends

deadly Ussuri Mamushi Pitviper (aka '2-step snake')

Daurian Redstart - male

Daurian Redstart - female

  Got a bunch of these moving in lately for winter.  I just found a quiet little birding spot in my backyard, on a quiet mountain stream.  Wish I'd found it in the spring, musta been going off.  Damn, time to dust off my poor stagnating birding blog.  Oh, tons of Daurian Redstarts around.  Buckets full.