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.

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

The other visitors in flock

 The Ashy Minivets (Pericrocotus divaricatus) have arrived too, and as usual so high they stayed throughout.  It looked like it's an all female flock, as they flew in, darted from branch to branch, amidst the cries of some avian residents, and made their exit just as soon.

One can be easily alerted to their arrival and presence as they tend to make thin trilling sound, both sound and appearance sometimes mistaken for the Pied Triller except that the Trillers at most move in pairs instead of a flock.  Both do forage in mid-canopy although the Minivets more often in upper canopy.

16/2022



Not the best of time and situation aiming high and against the sun.







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