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, 30 November 2021

Ubiquitous warbler

 There was a time I found it challenging to sight either the Arctic or the Eastern Crowned Warbler in the bukit for the infrequent presence.  But during this migratory season these warblers seem to be practically everywhere, so much so that I sight them more often than the ubiquitous Asian Brown Flycatcher, not that I'm complaining!

In fact the difference here is that I tend to see these warblers foraging together more often too than before when it was normally seen singly, and at upper canopy level.

The fastest and surest way to identify the Arctic Warbler is via the black tip at its lower bill ...



... as for the Eastern Crowned is the median stripe down the middle of its crown, or its clean bright orange lower mandible.



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