Taman Rimba Kiara is a little green gem located in a corner of the TTDI residential area. The above flowering tree, the firmiana malayana or mata lembu, flashes in testimony to man's care-less-ness - it's one of only two trees in the park that had flowered, since then the tree had been chopped down.

Tuesday 11 July 2017

Bird sight

If we think that we have a keen sense of bird presence, we are greatly mistaken.  Bird sense, that's how I term how a bird can quickly sense us, however far we are, especially when we have a lens trained on it, is astounding.  (We bird watch and birds sense.)
     According to Tim Birkhead, a professor at the University of Sheffield UK, who researches into understanding lives of birds, "some birds can see behind them, others see UV or great distances, and a few can even “see” with sound".

This shot was taken at a distance of more than 400mm, yet the Pink-necked Pigeon instantly sensed my lens on it.




However, I guess we can learn to sense quickly birds too.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that my following shots managed to nab the bird quite nicely, despite the thick foliage:









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