Siberian Rubythroat

Now considered to be an Old World
flycatcher...breeds in Siberia, winters
in Thailand, India and Indonesia.

Calliope calliope

(L 6.2")

Doi Lang Mountain

24Mar2016

Calliope is Greek for
beautiful voice.

Hurricanes and global warming have
caused bird eruptions (i.e., departure
of birds from their normal range) such
as the spotting of a Siberian
Rubythroat outside Lerwick in
Shetland a few years ago.

(Robin McKie, The Guardian)