When bulbuls turn fly-catchers, and frogs call like cows

The first major cold front of the spring arrived this afternoon, bringing heavy rain and thunder.

Just outside our place, Chinese Bulbuls made sallies into the air, to catch termites that started flying in the rain. Bulbuls don't normally feed like flycatchers, but do so opportunistically at such times.

Weather like this can be good for seeing migrants in Hong Kong: birds that are northbound may make landfall on encountering bad weather. I went out to se Cheung Chau, lest could find migrant or two such as flycatchers; but it was way too dark at first, and even after rain eased, no such birds in evidence (tho if had arrived, may have been resting).

There were, though, some frogs and toads hopping about on paths.

Included Painted Frogs - rather lethargic looking, maybe as exude unpleasant white substance when predators try to eat them. The males call on wet spring and early summer evenings - loud call, rather like a cow calling; resonant, especially if by a frog that's tucked itself into a concrete drainage channel.

Common Toads also slow. But came across a Gunther's Frog - in photo here: managed two or three good quick leaps of maybe a metre or more.