While the campus of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is quiet by many standards, it is now filled with bird song. The many species of birds who call our campus home have taken advantage of the lower population to wander the campus. Their calls have inspired the leaders, researchers, and staff to continue their essential work

Ms. Ying LIN, a member of the SUSTech community, is an avid bird watcher. She has taken a keen interest in the birds that inhabit our campus and has taken to photographing them on the weekends.

This gallery of her work seeks to display just a small portion of her photographic works of our avian friends.

The brown shrike can be found all over campus, flitting between tree branches. It is part of the larger family of birds known as butcher birds.

The Siberian stonechats like to spend time around the SUSTech riverside.

The black-faced ant thrush is often found in the bushes or on the lawns around campus, hunting for small insects to munch on.

Starlings are the punk rockers of the skies, coming together in vast flocks to fill the sky.

The white bulbuls protect the campus from insects and pests, just like our white-headed grandparents protected our lands in the past.

On the other hand, the red-eared bulbul looks like a young person walking around with big headphones on.

The white wagtails fear no-one, unafraid to fly anywhere and get involved in anything. They embody the SUSTech spirit.

The egret is tall and graceful, finding fish in the Dasha River before flying to its new perch elsewhere.

The cinnamon bitterns are usually seen at night, so we are lucky to see them by day,

The little ringed plover used to be one in the hands, but now they express themselves on the banks of the Dasha River

The black moorhouse hen takes like a duck to water at SUSTech

The little grebe swims in pairs

Magpies are not afraid of people and can be trained

The Daurian redstarts are like peacocks, with the males big and proud and the females remaining lowkey.

The scaly-breasted munia come together in groups to eat grass seeds

The kingfisher is built to catch fish, and its colors catch the eye as it dives into the water

The grey-throated white-eye likes to chat in groups, filling the area with noise

The tree pipits wear striped yellow shirts, looking like construction workers

The willow warbler regularly fly from tree to tree, their chirps echoing throughout the campus

The wren warblers hunt in the grass reeds by the Dasha River for insects and bugs for their daily meals.

Black-collared starlings fill the air with their voices all season long

The grey wagtails are like their brothers in white, fearless of all, just in different clothes.

The pond heron changes clothes when getting ready to find a new partner

The birds around SUSTech have filled SUSTech with life and a lilting sense of joy. They await the return of students in due course. We will see you all soon!