澄靜齋

3rd Mar 2014  in Mei-Feng, Ren'ai
I heard that some co-workers talked excitedly when I stay in my dormitory. I went out to see what happened, then saw one of aborigine co-workers, Wu-gine grabbed a raptor with his hand. Oh! It’s quite worth to be excited. I realize this event form their description .
First Wu-gine found this raptor pull off feathers from a pigeon on the trees beside the dormitory before. After he left, this raptor took pigeon through trees to laundry area. Then A-Fen, another co-worker lives in the same building with me rode scooter pass clothesline area. This raptor got a shock from her and flew away immediately. A-Fen saw the pigeon corps then found the raptor stood on the trestle of blueberry yard. It might be too rash to get hooked by net of blueberry yard. Wu-gine’s being at this dormitory at this moment was coincidence. He caught this raptor from the net easily. I followed him to office and shew it to co-workers ,because watching a raptor so closely is very rare. Wu-gine had to finish duty, so he gave me this raptor and left. Finally I placed it on a peach tree, but it didn’t stood on the tree then just flew away. Then the raptor was disappear in the wall of trees.

I recognize it as Crested Goshawk, Accipiter trivirgatus formosae at the outset. The second day I knew it was Besra, Accipiter virgatus fuscipectus after my friend reminded on website.

 Besra was in Wu-gine’s hand when I went out.

Some meat was still plasted on its bill. 

Besra looked at me.

Besra’s tail and legs. Their legs are thinner than Crested Goshawk.

These dropped feather were come from a pigeon.

Besra were stuck in the net of blueberry yard.

This pigeon corps was Oriental Turtle Dove, Streptopelia orientalis oril.

I held it carefully with hands. (Photo by Chao, Li-Ya)

A stripe was significant on the middle of its throat.

Besra’s back.

Its eyes were full of spirit. (Photo by Chao, Li-Ya)

I tried to place it on peach tree. (Photo by Chao, Li-Ya)

Besra seemed to fly. (Photo by Chao, Li-Ya)

It flew away immediately. (Photo by Chao, Li-Ya)

DATA of Besra

Scientific name : Accipiter virgatus fuscipectus
Common name: Besra, 台灣松雀鷹
Size : Body length 25~36cm. Spread width 51~70cm.
Diet : Bird majorly, insect, lizard, mice ,frog.
Habitat: They like to hide in forests at low or middle altitude. This subspecies is smallest resident raptor and endemic in Taiwan.

Classification
Kingdom: Animalia 
Phylum: Chordata
Class:   Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
           Accipiter virgatus fuscipectus (Temminck, 1822)