My camera is set to take three shots after 10 seconds, so one usually comes out OK.

Another fine broom picture. You seem to live in Broom Paradise.

Nailed it!

Wll, that looks likely to me too. Thanks for getting back. Either way, it’s a pretty interesting bird.

I've had reply from the local bird watching group and they reckon it's a young Malayan Night-Heron - Gorsachius melanolophus.

Yup. Got it! Thanks. I’m able to access and make sense of the website. I’ll throw this into a file for now while we mull over plans for the year.

I also emailed you.

Thanks! This is really good to know. I doubt we’d use if for long distance. I’m thinking more of situations like getting past the tunnels north of Hualien.

It's possible to get a bike (unboxed/unbagged) on a commuter-type train, like Debbie and I did here. They leave roughly each hour. The trains are now getting upgraded and some have hangers, like we had on the return trip.
You have to pay for the bike (50 percent of ticket) and they check if there's room when you buy your ticket. Usually there's no problem, but obviously national holidays and weekends can see more cyclists move around by train.
This site gives details of departure times and which trains take bikes... I usually search for just 'local/semi-express' ones:

https://tip.railway.gov.tw/tra-tip-web/tip/tip001/tip113/gobybiketime

If you want to go long distance, the commuter trains take forever and in that case it's best to send the bike ahead the morning before as luggage. Most smaller stations and the biggest, like Taipei, don't offer this service.

We’re thinking we’ll come to Taiwan again next winter. You’ve been on the train quite regularly, but the last time we were there I think there was only one train a day that took unbagged bikes and you had to check them in at baggage. Is this something new having cars with bike capacity?

Grin!

:)

You're welcome.

It seemed a shame to crop the image. I think that paint is a recent.

I had a punchy 1960s song called 'Dust My Broom' going through my head most of the day - it's an Ike and Tina Turner number that I reckon borrowed from a song by the legenary Blues artist Robert Johnson.