Crested Serpent-Eagle

 When does one's attention get riveted by the calls, or rather the screams of a Crested Serpent-Eagle given that it could even be considered the neighborhood common raptor!

Sharp, piercing, circling endlessly, now low, now high, it did come across as somewhat in desperation.

One wondered if all's not well with this one going by the blemished patch on the underwing, and one of the legs that looked less than perfect.

No response, from anywhere else, and that's the anti-climax.

It flew off eventually, as if to disappear into thin air.

Rock Pigeon

There was the expected, then there was the unexpected, that 'flowered'! 

Rock Pigeon

Rock pigeons  typically display 'clean legs'.

Unlike the following with thick feathered legs.

Another with hint of its thickness on the way.

AI Overview:

Rock pigeons with feathered legs (often referred to as "muffs" or "leggings") observed in Malaysia are 

domesticated, fancy pigeon breeds that have escaped or been released, rather than a natural wild species. While the common rock dove (Columba livia) typically has scaled, unfeathered legs, these specific variants carry genetic mutations that cause feathers to grow on their feet. 

Perhaps, two cases of interbreeding in the above sighting.

White-headed Munias

Nothing is common, only to eyes that only see.

 A common bird but uncommon to the taman, an occasional visitor, the  pair of White-headed Munias was a pleasant find, and another too.

Looked like little escaped the instinct of this one, even as I was far off, on the opposite side of the pond.

Followed by its mate ...

... into the mysterious, the intriguing, in the interwoven cluster of a shrub.

... and out, and still alert to my presence.

This lone soul of a Baya Weaver made for the two most common grass-seed eaters of the taman.

Did she simply tag along, in like-minded company?!

Daurian Starling

Just a small family of Daurian Starlings, mixing with Asian glossy starlings.

A female, probably parent, with two sub-adults.

And then another

Not all fruits are edible, yet.

The family of three ....