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, 2 October 2022

A Falconet on the hunt

 How thrilling, no matter the angle, no matter the lighting, as this Black-thighed Falconet suddenly flew right in as I approached.  And I knew immediately that it had a prey as it was too preoccupied to heed my approach even as it was mere metres away and low too.


It may be a small insect prey, a dragonfly, but it's characteristic of the Falconet to tear the insect apart as it consumed it unlike, say the bee-eaters that will swallow whole this kind of insect prey.





And then it was on the hunt again.



When it's rare to have this one down so low, I was ready to attempt some flight shots ...



... but was conned by its eventual exit path!





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