Perhaps the longest courtship, Part II

 I wouldn't have dreamt of a sequel to 'Perhaps the longest courtship' when I heard the male Asian Koel koo... oooing again in the same area, his call crescendoing through that part of the taman.  And so I sauntered over, hardly expecting any excitement, perhaps only a glimpse of Her Ladyship if she so consented with her presence.

And just as I arrived below where the besotted lover was koo ... oooing away, there was a flurry and indeed Her Ladyship seemed to have responded this time, or so I thought.  

And so I must confessed out front that I was still as baffled at this point with her performance as I soon would be too when she left.

There was no acknowledgement of the lover's presence as she did not fly in to be with him, but seemed merely to survey the area as she hopped about on an adjacent tree.

And that's it, off she flew and seeing that she had landed low pretty close by, off I sped after her, hoping to comprehend what's going on.

And indeed she had landed on a low branch, not at all bothered that I was moving about close by trying to zoom in between twigs.

And after almost 10 minutes of 'silent' display she decided to hop down looking like she had spotted something.

And then the strangest thing happened, she regurgitated!

She then deftly peeled off the skin of the fruit with her beak before consuming it.

And then she did it again!

There was no peeling this time as she promptly swallowed it.

And then as expected, she flew down eventually.

So Her Ladyship seemed to be having a little adventure of her own, and I could hear  clearly now the male calling from an adjacent tree so he must have moved closer.

But she heeded him not!  Because she soon flew off to the palm trees across the road, hopping and clinging and spreading her wings among the multi-stems of the palm trees.  

Completely mind boggling to me!

And then that's it, she proceeded to fly right across into a tree at the other end of the taman, and I could her call, a shrill kik kik kik.

My attempt to track her this time came to no avail but I did come across the male who had trailed her again, revealing his presence again with its koo ... ooo call, now high up at the upper canopy.

And I would think that's the end of the sequel.

But no, for he was seen later to be picking fruits at this tree which seemed to be a favourite one as I have seen time and again him harvesting here.

And I could only guess it's another offering for Her Ladyship, wherever she was.

And so with a stock of 3 stashed down his throat, he flew off, safe to deduce it's once again to court Her Ladyship!

And dare I say I was any wiser at the end of this entire episode about what had just happened?!