Taman Rimba Kiara is a little green gem located in a corner of the TTDI residential area. The above flowering tree, the firmiana malayana or mata lembu, flashes in testimony to man's care-less-ness - it's one of only two trees in the park that had flowered, since then the tree had been chopped down.

Thursday 28 June 2018

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.


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