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.

Saturday, 14 October 2023

Be there but not stare

It's not too common to come across a Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)(Pipit-Batu Pinggul Kuning) at public park but if there is water, there it'll be drawn, I guess.

And catch it whilst still afar as it simply hates to be zoomed in!  I guess I would too if someone does the same to me!

What's in a name?  
Taking the local name apart, this bird carries the transliteration descriptions of being a ground-dwelling songbird, of stone or rock, and reference to its yellow hip, pelvis or rump, and there you, complete the jigsaw!




And further down, the Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)(Tirjup biasa) behaved similarly.

Walked past it, it cared not a nary.  Stop, and it fled.


What's in a name?
'Tirjub' means to stun, also twisted.  Hmmmm...




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