Eric's Beijing Diary

This is actually a pretty common scene in China. Old men taking their birds out for a walk. This guy had no problem with me taking a picture of his bird, but he quickly moved it away from in front of him when he saw my camera. He set it up on a ledge in the bus so that I could get a good shot. But he stayed out of the picture. When he set it on the ledge, there was a woman sitting in the seat behind. She immediately fled. Country folks are generally a little shy about pictures.