Pied Triller

Not letting the 'thrill' abate ....

"Do you see what I see?

...

Do you hear what I hear?

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Oriental Garden Lizard

 

Oriental Garden Lizard/Garden Fence Lizard (Calotes versicolor)

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

 3 recent fledglings but probably a couple of days old apart - the oldest a male and female, the youngest and freshest, a female (pic right) as she still displayed some dependency traits.

The older sibling flew down for a drink at the pond runoff.

The youngest revealed its tender age going by how it flapped its wings and tried to cling on to familiarity like an older sibling.

Still trying to get close to its elder sibling, only to have its sibling flee.

Left on its own, looking vulnerable but adorable.

And then she spied another familiarity, her male parent, but was also rejected too as typically done by avian parents withdrawing their care once the young has fledged.

Determined to pursue its parent.

Not giving up, and going repeatedly after the parent's beak suggested she still expected to find food off the parent's beak.

There is no firmness indeed like the refusal and resolve of a parent to enable its fledgling to be independent.

And what did the poor fledgling go to for her hunger?

Water, as she flew down to drink at the pond runoff.

Must have seen the other female sibling down there too.

And where did the parent go?

Alone for 'me' time - very much needed going by his tired appearance, more than a few feathers frayed off his forehead.

Blue-eared Kingfisher

 A fledgling of only a couple of days old, this Blue-eared Kingfisher was seen fleeing up and down the stream, unable to perch for long being a new kid on the block, it appeared to be chased off by other older birds when it attempted to perch.

AI overview:

The nest of the Blue-eared Kingfisher is an excavated horizontal tunnel built into vertical mud or soil banks along shaded forest streams.

Tunnel shape: A horizontal burrow dug directly into dirt banks, roughly 0.5 to 1 meter long.

Entrance size: Small circular opening measuring about 5 to 6 centimeters wide.

Height: Positioned roughly 0.5 to 0.7 meters above the water or ground level.

With the nest so hidden away, the only clue of a chick was the parents bringing back mainly small fishes and immediately disappearing into the dense and dark undergrowth, also cleverly shaded by low hanging branches and leaves.

It was impossible to foresee that the chick was already big enough to fledge, which it did just within a couple of days after I had spotted the parents' behaviour. 

The one and only occasion that this juvenile perched so openly and long enough for some record images - its wet appearance suggested that it was already fishing for itself away from its parents that were nowhere to be seen.