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.

Thursday, 21 January 2021

Once a upon a time ... barbet

 Archive image - May 2018


Once a upon a time ... when the Lineated Barbet nested in the same tree, twice, and more, and raised so many chicks, unfortunately for one to be seized, right before me, by a crested goshawk.


A MacArthur palm was conveniently located next to its nest tree, providing food for itself and its young then.




The young Barbet waiting for its parent to return with food ... I guess like many of us now, waiting for good times to return in this time of pandemic.




It's fortunate that the Lineated Barbet remains a regular sight in the taman although it has changed its nesting site, obviously for the better in view of the noise in particular it had to endure in its previous immediate surrounding.

And this made the taman special as it's one of the urban public parks that has the privilege of hosting lineated barbets for so long, till today.




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