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, 23 March 2024

Omnipresent flycatcher-shrike

 The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus) never fails to announce its presence with it repetitive calls.  Always in a pair, it's hard to miss this one.

Although recognised as a forest-dwelling bird, it's now commonly sighted in parks, and has been recorded to nest in parks too.  In parks it forages low providing opportune close-up images.  However, in forests, it's frequently seen to move in a mixed flock, thus, to the glee of a birder, alerting the presence of a bird wave.


Spotted low in the taman.




Forages in middle and upper tree canopies in the bukit.

Nevertheless in both habitats always on the move and with calls trailing behind as the birds depart.





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