All good things come in threes?

 It was a morning of catching up with much missed avian loves.

First I was greeted by this one which turned out to be a juvenile Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pcynonotus jocosus), minus its red ear patch and still harbouring yellow undertail coverts, as it flew into the tree at the gate entrance.

The last time I encountered an adult was way back in 2017, probably an escapee and so too this one as these birds are such favourites of poachers that wild ones are practically rare to encounter these days.

And further up the lane, an active foraging bird further added to a feel-good morning.  Despite the many favoured haunts of banana trees of spiderhunters found in the taman, to encounter one is not easy so the Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnotera flavigaster) was a gem to come across.  However this is by no means a first time visitor.

And I told myself there has to be a third sighting, after all, don't all good things come in threes?!  

But I had thought it wouldn't work this time as I headed back home, but to be stopped in my track by the distinctive screech of this pair of Common Hill Mynas (Gracula religiosa).

This pair probably resides in Bukit Kiara and has been spotted to make occasional visits to the taman. 

All these avian loves may be common birds but to sight them in the taman is a real treat because of their infrequent visits, and especially when sightings in the taman have been so lacklustre lately.