Crested Goshawk

The Crested Goshawk flew in like it was pursued, to perch unusually high up.

Then shockingly, a lone Black-naped Oriole sped in to try and harass it! 

Not once but twice.

And that was it as the Goshawk stayed put, and eventually flew off.

Was it being bullied because it came across as an aging bird? Compare it to one sighted a couple of days before.

Coppersmith Barbet

 Not the usual pose, not the usual haunt.

However the Coppersmith Barbet does command attention whenever it appears for its adorable and captivating appearance.

Meanwhile, another uncommon appearance, too, was in the bukit.

Olive-backed Sunbird

What you see is what you get, unfortunately one's guilty of not wanting to see because it's simply always there. 

The Olive-backed Sunbird definitely deserves better.

Crested Goshawk

  A distant encounter with a Crested Goshawk that inevitably ended in mutual spotting!

And flexing and preening was not for drying after a rain but also on a hot day to dispel heat.

A common repeated left to right movement of its head when this raptor caught the presence of a big lens aimed at it.

Camera-shy!!

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

I would not have believed it if I had not witnessed it myself, a Pin-striped Tit-babbler holding of a leaf to seek?!

Almost child-like, it scanned a dry loose leaf in its claw for a catch.

And the only luck was still among green leaves.