The infrequent Bulbul visitor

It's an infrequent visitor to the taman although commonly sighted just kilometres away in Bukit Kiara.  So, it's special when I chanced upon it foraging in what many deemed the 'magic' tree of the taman, magic because it has attracted a diversity of birds, both local and migrant during certain times of the year.
But the Red-eyed Bulbul was the star bird of the morning.

It wasn't interested in the green fruits which are normally sought after by the pink-necked pigeons but in the flowers and these are few in the tree.

It looked deceptive that the bird was after a bite of the fruit.

A new sunbird sighting for BK

It was least expected but most delightful when I walked upon the Ruby-cheeked Sunbird and its sub-adult having a day out.  It was the rapid movements and calls that drew attention although I almost passed it off as another sunbird, challenging to shoot as I was pretty exhausted from just emerging from an off-road trail.
So when this fella simply popped up right in front of me, as if asking to be photographed, I did.  And so this was a first sighting for me of this sunbird species in Bukit Kiara.

When another appeared, naturally I thought it was a pair until a playback revealed it to be a sub-adult.

It was no wonder that the parent was calling out like to a recalcitrant child.  So what did the parent do when it was ignored?  Preened while waiting for the young one to appear.

Fantail master builder

Once upon a time, when nest building began in earnest, and I meant in earnest, there's nothing but admiration for these nifty Pied Fantails.

Every part of the body was engaged in the building, including the cheek!

And this was the main component of the nest, spider web though not the usual white colour one.

The materials were so soft that it simply clung to and veiled the entire face of the bird.

And straight to work.

But sometimes things didn't work out so smoothly, when one's handling such silky stuff!

And it's always team work.

It looked like not all materials were suitable for a neat cup of a nest as this string of a twig was eventually discarded.

Well, just got to wait for reinforcement which finally arrived.

Whilst the other flew off obviously to forage for more stuff, this one got down to work with a more fitting twig.

One of the master builder's touch was to use its body to mould the interior of the nest.

The other mate returned with more silky stuff and this went straight for the outer cup.

Another rounding off would surely go a long way.

Meanwhile the female mate returned to rotate duty.

It looked like the female was more thorough as she moved 360 degrees to pat down the nest.

Okay, time to take over again as the male returned.

Portrait of a master builder, but ....

... not too happy at been watched!

Nevertheless, taking some time off, after he's completed his share of work, like man like avian?!

The female returned, all enmeshed again, and she tirelessly went through the whole works again.

Aha, looked like she found something not to her satisfaction.

And she set to work on it immediately.  And this went on through the hours as the birds took turns to hone their nest, a picture of domestic harmony!