Let's keep it wild.: Temperate forest songbird

Taiwan Yuhina, taken at Basianshan National Forest, Taichung County, Taiwan © John&Fish

The Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps), formerly known as Formosan Yuhina, is a small songbird endemic to the island of Taiwan.

The taiwan yuhina is 13 cm (5 inches) in length with a deep brown chestnut-colored crest and a black beard stripe descending from its beak. The bird's back, wings and tail are olive brown. Its lower breast is lighter in color. Sexes similar.

It is gregarious, active and quite tame. It keeps to lower forest. The yuhina's diet consists of mainly nectar, berries, flowers and small insects.

Taiwan yuhina may sometimes be observed hanging upside down on cherry trees. Wikipedia will tell you more.

John&Fish
John (elder brother) + Fish (younger sister) = John&Fish. They are working and living in Taipei city. They like bird photography very much, almost spent every weekend (since 2005) around the island to immortalize their beautiful shapes. To capture birds' images, John&Fish often have to drive a long way to destinations.

The photos not only amazed them by beauty of birds in Taiwan, but also awake them to their love to the nature; they decided to start photographing as a balance pole to their bodies and minds right away.

Each photograph looks like a painting. Its meaning is different for each person, but the ultimate hope of John&Fish is to inspire people to see the world in a different way. In creating a dialog with the viewer, his mind as an artist is enriched and the process becomes a creative cycle. (about John&Fish)

All taiwan yuhina photos presented here were taken in Taiwan © John&Fish.