A cooing Dove

It was just another Spotted Dove until its continuous cooing stopped me in my tracks, and I had to watch, fascinated by its distended throat, as it blew in and blew out each coo.

For a Flowerpecker

Coming across the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, or any flowerpecker can be both delightful, and pretty frustrating because of the tiny bird's size and movement.
I came across the female one and it was not too difficult to capture its images although the best ones should have it display its back as well, to offset the male one.  Fortunately I still managed a glimpse of its tiny scarlet feathers this time.

Now, to have come across this male, although on a different occasion, was great, and to have it perch open too was a bonus, except it was way too high for sharp images!  Perhaps I was demanding too much!

Just a charming Sunbird

Just a female Olive-backed Sunbird that seemed to be caught off-guard, against a pretty background.

Dollarbird teaser

The lighting was ideal and the perch was too, but I waited in vain for the Dollarbird to take flight so that I can shoot it in flight.  Alas, the minute I turned around because of a distraction, the bird took off, a classic frustration of a bird-watcher!  However, am till grateful for the images I managed which showed off the gorgeous bluish-green metallic colours of the bird, including the bluish tinge on its throat.

Amused by squirrels

The Plantain Squirrels do provide much entertainment here with their adorable antics.  
One was an inquisitive or foraging one and the other was simply engrossed in ferrying fibres for its nest.

Fading beauty of Sunbird

One do come across ageing birds in the taman, and this Brown-throated Sunbird was no different.  It's like I've come across a beauty which has been through more glorious days, now living with fading colours but nevertheless still sharp, as it spied me immediately from about 50 metres away, still as hyperactive as ever, living up to its name as a Sunbird, which unfortunately made me fail to capture sharper images.

Butterfly capture

This was simply a beautiful capture, the sun going down in the background, a Peacock Pansy reposed on dry leaves, allowing me ample time to try and capture its beauty, still I don't think I did it due justice.  Another tribute to Mother's Nature gift of colours!

Colourful figs

Another beautiful fig tree with gorgeous fruits but unfortunately the fruits have not attracted any birds, or do the birds know better?  Nevertheless these bunches were too attractive for me to walk past and not do anything!

Barbets again

I really missed seeing the Lineated Barbets by their nest after having monitored their presence for a few months now.  Alerted, I simply had to track down the calls and was pleasantly surprised to find two together although it's difficult to tell whether these two were young birds, but I'm pretty sure one was.
Whatever, it was simply heartening to see these two surviving well, and the taman is simply lucky to have them around, even more so to host a nesting pair and subsequently a family.  Lineated Barbets were once sighted only in the northern region of the country and I believe this taman is one of the rare places in this part of the country to have the privilege of having these birds choose to nest here.

   

Of the two, only this one was doing all the calling, and seeking.

This one was just too happy to enjoy the morning breeze and preening.

A Macaque

Monkeys, or in this case Macaque Monkey is generally not commonly seen in the taman.  This one was seen pretty high up which was again a surprise, as if it was enjoying the morning air.  It was also alone, again unusual here as close by at Bukit Kiara, troops can be seen albeit small ones.
This lone ranger could be attracted by the garbage bins which unfortunately have not been cleared regularly lately.