As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

The other winged ones

Another pleasant diversion, this time provided by two different butterflies, the Peacock Pansy (Junonia Almana Javana), and

the Blue Pansy (female)(Junonia Orithya).

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

Nurturing palm

The productive MacArthur Palm in its flowering, and different ripening stages, that will soon bring together different feasting birds.

A gorgeous and stunning display that's also reminiscent of the current celebratory colours of the Chinese Rat Year.

Shrike display

And all I got was a preening Brown Shrike, that's about one of only a couple of migrant birds that had been seen lately.  And this one would have fled if I had been any closer to it.

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

Heron again

Now that I know its favoured haunt it's not so difficult to sight the Chinese Pond Heron.  The  challenge now is to get it in breeding plumage before it flies home.
And however one looked at it whether on the ground or up the tree, it's a beauty.  Being the super shy bird that it was it would still flee at my approach whilst perching at the upper canopy.

An Oriole filller

Something is always better than nothing.  Waiting would have been in vain if I had gone home empty handed if not for the Black-naped Oriole that flew in wet, and flew off almost immediately after a shake and a fledge.

Drongo resident

As predicted the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo was right at the spot when I decided to check out its presence in the taman.  Despite being a regular here it's still nevertheless wary of human presence.

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

A tale of two Bee-eaters

I have always been made to understand that the two Blue-tailed and Blue-throated Bee-eaters are usually not seen together, i.e. when one is around the other would have left.  Well, this myth just blew up into smithereens when I watched the two birds within metres of one another.

The young Blue-throated Bee-eater seemed to dominate the scene as it sallied about and rested about the place.  Perhaps the bliss of youthfulness!

The Blue-tailed Bee-eater was less active.

Heron's lesson in patience

The normally super shy Chinese Pond Heron was so focused that it didn't even sense me approaching.  In fact I wasn't sure what it was preoccupied with so I waited, and waited and waited, and was going to walk away when it finally moved forward.

And bingo!

And then it's time to move on.

This time it acted so speedily that I was unable to react in tandem!

But going by the big gulp, looked like it's success too!

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!

Myna, oh Myna

What could one make of this, a rather beaten Common Myna with a tattered feather - trying to stash a loss?!

A pleasant Cuckoo encounter, again

I thought the young Indian Cuckoo had left but was pleasantly surprised to walk up to it as it swooped in for a meal.

And then it was gone but not before leaving me with an elegant pose!