Beyond the weave

How much is much - not too much when offered is much appreciated.

And another lurked too, but not beyond sight.

A sunbird beauty

When a beauty flies in, simply acknowledge!

Even if the beauty may display an awkward stance!

For this beauty, food is priority, decorum is secondary.

 

The other beauty

Garden fence lizard (Calotes versicolor)

Cherish a ‘ruby’

 Coming across this young still moulting Ruby-cheeked Sunbird was cause for cheer after having witnessed a couple of failed attempts at nesting by a pair of adult birds.

I take it that this is presumably the offspring of the only pair of Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds in the bukit.

Black metallic beauty

Couldn't help but aim for this flock of Asian Glossy Starlings, perfect silhouette, and especially delighted to note a young pair in a very cosy pose.

And as the starlings characteristically left their perch as a flock, they regathered together too under the shade as the sun slowly rose higher.

And I guess the same rule rules apply for both man and beast!

The other beauty

Red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta)

Young bee-eater

 The Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Merops philippinus) have long been here as we take their annual arrival for granted.
And here’s tracking a young adult for its moulting yet to be brilliant plumage, that should form a fantastic basis for comparison in future encounters.

Refresher (extract mybis):
Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Meropidae
Genus - Merops
Specific epithet - philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common name: Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Berek-berek Carik Dada, Beberek Ekor Biru
Status: Least Concern

17/2024

Foraging alone

The other beauty

Flat milipede (anoplodesmus saussurii)

 

Drongo-cuckoo pair

It's another migrant pair sighted but these two sure ain't as cordial as the other species.

One of the two Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoos (Surniculus lugubris) kept chasing off the other, both 'baring' wings in turn at the other.

Refresher (extract mybis):
Order - Cuculiformes
Family - Cuculidae
Genus - Surniculus
Specific epithet - lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)
Common name: Sqaure-tailed Drongo-cuckoo, Sewah Sawai, Punai Sawai, Asian Drongo-cuckoo, Sewah Sawi, Sewah Cecawi, Burung Hamba Kera, Burung Sawai
Status: Least Concern

20/2024

One fled in and I was in for a sight of a confrontation when another entered shortly.

And the aggressor/winner was ...

And it's always about food.

Couldn't say for sure which one was this as both had persisted with their hostility until only this one finally staked its claim over the patch.

The other beauty

Suffice for now!