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"Hair-crested Drongo" appears in Shenyang!
Source: Shenyang WeChat Official Account 2022-11-10

On November 9,a bird named Hair-crested Drongo appeared in Wulihe Park in Shenyang,attracting many photography enthusiasts in Shenyang to take photos.

They took different kinds of cameras and "chased" the bird in the forest with its flying.The scene was very spectacular.

It is understood that the Hair-crested Drongo is a medium-sized bird with a body length of 28-35cm.The whole body hair is black and has a blue-green metallic luster.The bird's forehead has a hairlike crest, and the end of the outer tail feathers is curly upward.In China, the Hair-crested Drongo is a kind of summer migratory bird, mainly living in evergreen broad-leaved forests, secondary forests or artificial pine forests.It acts alone or in pairs, rarely in groups. It mainly eats beetle, ant, bee, dragonfly, cicada and other insects.

Hair-crested Drongo comes to China to breed in April every year, and generally moves south in late September or early October.It is rare to be seen in Shenyang Area in early winter.

The better and better ecological environment in Shenyang is suitable for more rare birds to inhabit.In recent years,more and more rare birds appeared in Shenyang.Come to Shenyang to watch birds!