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.

Sunday 19 August 2018

Growing bulbul population

Seeing this family of Stripe-throated Bulbuls was most uplifting as it meant that the population of this bird will grow.  It is not common to spot these bulbuls in any urban park so it does make this taman special.
It was this foraging adult that alerted me to its presence and a movement by this clump of flowers next alerted me to  two young ones perching right there.





The immatures and adult were truly well camouflaged amidst the common colours.  It was thus not a surprise that this Bulbul loved to reside in this part of the taman.





On spotting me, the birds fled.


But this one was obviously slower than the rest.



On sensing other presence it's common for both parents to get together, protective instinct, even though I was on the other side of the river, not at all close by.

Still eyeing me from afar.



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