Greetings, Goshawk

It was after the rain and the air was cool, so I should not be surprised to see this immature out enjoying the evening air.  Still, I was pleasantly surprised, truly delighted to spot it.

And almost at the same time, the Crested Goshawk sensed my presence.

Must be looking enquiringly at the reflecting glass of the camera!

I went round immediately to try and capture its back image, and was thrilled when it started to stretch, displaying its fresh pristine feathers, and what a beauty!

And again it must have sensed my presence, to gaze back.

As suddenly, it hopped around to face me.  
It's indeed a birder's dream to encounter a bird in such an open manner.

Barbet vs Magpie Robin

Guess who came a-calling, and it was certainly not welcome.
The look on the Lineated Barbet was priceless.  Fortunately the Oriental Magpie Robin is not known to raid another's nest, also, by size alone, it's non-threatening.

Nevertheless when the Magpie Robin flew off, it looked like the young one couldn't contain its curiosity, as it started to look for the trespasser.

Earlier, I was simply absorbed with and captivated by this young Barbet when it stuck its head out, calling and seeking.

And its parent did appear in response.

But was it unhappy as its parent had appeared without any food; after all feeding had been non-stop before this.
Nevertheless, as any parent would, only looked indulgently and lovingly at the young.

And the young's 'manja' reaction.

Then, off the adult went, in search of food.

And back it came with not one but three fruits!  And what a sight, as I have not seen before the young reacting this way, with upturned mouth.

And what a mouthful, just look at that bulge!

Visitor pigeon

It's rather strange that Rock Pigeons do not frequent the taman, so to see one is rare.  In fact, when I sighted this, it flew off almost immediately and was not seen again as I circled the taman.  These pigeons are more commonly seen flying around and resting on ledges of surrounding buildings.

Charmed by Barbet

About the only time to sight the smallest barbet, the Coppersmith Barbet, is when certain trees are fruiting, and not just any trees.  These fig fruits seem to be its favourite for it's the only type that it could be seen to frequent when the fruits are ripe.
The next best thing is when I was able to sight a sub-adult as well, quite rare too, and very difficult because its entire greenish body simply blends into the green foliage, and even if sighted this bird is always on the go, feeding, similar to the adult.

Compare it with the adult, and its adorable expressions.

 

It's a charming bird, and couldn't seem to have enough of it.

 And images of the adult feeding.

A Goshawk addition to the taman

It's another exciting and heartening discovery that there's a new addition to the feathered population in the taman, a young Crested Goshawk; it was a well kept secret, until now, as the nest was not found in expected places in the taman.
However I have noticed this nest before and only suspected that there could be a chick soon, but for the lack of monitoring of goings-on, it had happened earlier than expected.  Thus it came as a thrilling surprise when I zoomed in on the adult and discovered an immature by its side, already much older than expected.

It is indeed heart-warming to see this immature for the previous loss of one is still fresh in the memory.  See post of 15 March -  http://rimbakiara.blogspot.com/search/label/Goshawk?updated-max=2018-03-19T01:30:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=7&by-date=false
And this immature already grown ably this old, compared with  the previous one, will certainly reach adulthood soon. 

As usual, the sharp eyes of even the immature can make out that it has been spotted.

A gorgeous bird, beautiful from any angle.

And finally the adult realised that it was observed.  It had been busy with something in the nest, perhaps a prey, as it was seen to be tugging at that for as long as I was observing it.