Hmmm...the sign for the trail that led to the Pitta was....Hmmmmm, luckily we had a tobacco chewing and smoking local guide...delightful!
The Owls on the other required no guide - just a quick jump off the bus into the temple and point your bins at the gold ornate ceiling to see a couple of critters staring back with that 'Bugger off birders look - we trying to sleep' look!
Sheepy things are still around but then it is the year of the Sheep or is it the Ram ?
As well as Hello Kitty, seems the young bear also has a huge following in Taiwan
On the food front - Seaweed crisps...best left alone!
Taiwanese also have an national obsession with monitoring their BP, you find hoards of them gathered around the auto BP machine in the local 7/11! According the machine I'm still alive !
Our second to last night found us in the city of Doluim. Quick supper (more things of a green variety - looked like grass this time) we sauntered back in a jolly fashion ......beer enhanced..,. to the bus..then someone said Savanna Nightjar calling - No can't be we are in the middle of huge city....must be the pedestrian crossing bleeping! German engineering in the shape of a torch came to the rescue and we caught a nightjar in its beam flying over the buildings...I could hear them calling from the room all through the night....tweets are most awesome !
Taiwan Tit - hurrah.Gave us the run around for quite some time at Basianshan National Forest...even though their picture is on every sign.
Also spotted this sign
A - Restrooms for the small only ?
B - Carpark for small cars ?
C - Carpark for small restrooms perhaps !
A final twitch on our last day - Siberian Crane, 1st record for Taiwan, not a lifer but an suitable way to end and excellent trip.
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