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.

Friday, 19 July 2024

Pecking order

 While the Common Flameback Woodpecker parents engaged in their dalliance, the sub-adult was not too far away calling at intermittence, perhaps to remind the parents of its presence.

It was the first one to reveal itself by its calls, freezing as I approached and remaining in the same spot outlasting my watch.



Evading me as I attempted to move in.



And I was only too happy to chance upon the parents in their own privacy a few metres away.










No comments: