A noon walk

It was  just after noon, not the best of time to walk through the taman, and was proven right because avian sighting was stark, but calls were everywhere from the lineated barbets to the asian glossy starlings and the blue-throated kingfishers.

A distant shot saw the adult Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike, following its successful parenting, foraging alone.

The resident Banded Woodpecker flew silently in by the river where I was hoping for one other longed for appearance.

Walking on a local Blue-throated Bee-eater too made a brief appearance.

And the walk ended with this sub-adult Oriental Magpie Robin hopping up but quickly took off as I tried to approach.