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 28 February 2023

Captivating Ioras

 It's all in the family for this trio of  Common Ioras (Aegithina tiphia).


This young adult was the first to appear.


And soon after calls were everywhere but before I could locate the one calling continuously, this female emerged with a success.



And one would think that this would be a winning spot for Junior.



Hmmm, it wasn't after all.



And so the search continued.


Meanwhile the male that was foraging in the upper canopy had a catch.


Elsewhere, was this what Junior had settled for?


It was quickly discarded!

The diet of a Common Iora consists of insects such as caterpillars, dragonflies, praying mantises, beetles, spiders, other smaller insects and reportedly also berries.

So, guessed figs do not count!


And finally the male parent that was calling the shots made a lower entrance, and was I enchanted!





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