Brown-throated Sunbird

The common sometimes can be a disappointment, how so!? 

It's not often that the Brown-throated Sunbird catches the sun beams ever so rightfully.

As I was waiting

 Sometimes the taman has interesting visitor.

Large woodshrike

The most unexpected can bring much joy, regardless, open up.

What you get when you stand below a Large Woodshrike after a bath, shower of happiness.

As I was passing by

Thanks for the presence!

Not welcomed

 A couple of days later it has appeared again.

However, sometimes a visitor has no place in another’s space, as this Crested Honey-buzzard was pursued and eventually chased off by a Changeable Hawk-eagle.

Not the migratory one

A Crested Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) seemed to prefer the view from a rooftop, and stayed that way till it flew down instead of up, unfortunately lost from sight and pursuit eventually.

At this time of the year, one would have expected a migratory bird which would have been a pernis orientalis but for the crest of this one, barely visible though.

Affording eye-level shots but unfortunately from a distance

 

Two but not as one

When the much-missed Chestnut-breasted Malkoha flew in, I released a sigh.  Finally I thought - even though I've had many encounters before but this time it had been too long since my last encounter with it.

I was still thrilled despite it being pretty high up and in bad lights.

And then it happened, hopped, hopped hopped, and it came down right before where I was hoping it would.

Still not in the best of lighting, and a tad too close (talk about gratitude!), then how could I have asked for more, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw another fly in!

Curiouser, and curiouser, you and I as we got closer.

And there was this other one, perching even closer.

And all's well that ended well as I bid 'till next time'.