Falconet vs Spiderhunter

 One fine morning.

Look who dropped by, and I would have missed it if not for the following thrills!

As silently as it arrived it unexpectedly launched its offensive!

As a Chinese saying goes "a newborn calf fears not a tiger"....

And we have an easy winner!

But that's not the end.  However it looked like an eventual graceful withdrawal in an assertion of territory by the park avian residents.

A deliberate fly-by?!

Common Hill Myna

Glossy and hardly black, striking with bright orangey bill, deep yellow head wattles, and yellow legs, these Common Hill Mynas can sure entertain visually and aurally, with its wide repertoire of whistles, shrieks, and astoundingly, throaty vocals that sounded like mumbling, rumbling or gurgling- all that contribute to their being prized caged birds.

A symphony for the morning!

Certainly not a common scene, them feeding on the fruits this Knema sp tree.

Asian Openbill

It's a case of seeing one, and more, and more, but it was still a surprise to see one in the bukit, a first then.

Moving stealthily along the water edge, this one could almost be missed if it had not moved.

Black Bat Flower

It's the season of black bat flowers (Tacca chantrieri) in the bukit, as one easily comes across a row of them, or in a cluster.

This one is probably the start of a bloom.

All images were by mobile phone which was the easiest way to acquire these images as some of the plants were in balance-defying locations.

With the flowers beckoning at almost every pause, it was also a challenge to not stop for a pic!