Caterpillar vs Fly

The colours were beckoning and soothing, until the twigs and leaves move vigorously.

... to reveal a little disturbance within.

 

Flycatchers

I guess it could be a minor get-together before this mixed flock of visitor flycatchers fly home together to their breeding ground, as they normally do late March/early April.

 

The shyer of the trio that flew off, not to be seen the duration I was there.

Fauna

Four-spotted Moth aka Field Bindweed Moth (Tyta luctuosa)

 

Forest ants

Jambu Fruit-Dove

Not the first time, but always a rare treat to sight this Near Threatened (IUCN status) female Jambu Fruit-Dove in the bukit.

Crossing my fingers that henceforth the next lucky encounter would be with a male JFD.

There's never a haste to capture its images for this one will feed at its own pace, move to its own indulgence and without self-consciousness if one doesn't hound it.

Aware but unwary

A classic case of I Spy You Spy, and nobody gets anybody, which is perfectly fine with me!

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

It was simply delightful to chance upon what was a sheer picturesque sight.

The Pink-necked Green Pigeon only proceeded to continue feeding when I stationed myself quietly.

And then sheer delight turned to super delight when my eyes fell upon this!

Siberian Blue Robin

 An unexpected sighting is almost always the most thrilling of any avian find.

I was halted immediately in my track by an unmistakable soft whistling, and seconds later a Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) came into view, with another unmistakable trait of rapidly flitting its tail.

A total surprise as I thought this migrant visitor would already be on its way home.

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And I thought this was all the view it would afford me.

And then I thought I was absolutely lucky that it obliged me with this.

And then I accepted that I couldn't have asked for more, when it flew in again just metres away.

And hung around here for a few seconds.

The tree stump was like a perch awaiting its appearance.

Almost fearless that I had to back off.