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 30 August 2024

Birds, after all

 It's a bird's world, and  a long shot (figuratively and metaphorically) for the human being to try and comprehend avian tiffs and discord.




Perhaps the cause of the racket.



 Considered the culprit as it was finally shrieked at and screeched off.



And the motley flock that ganged up at the target dispersed immediately after.



Then another display, that began as fast as it ended, with me none the wiser, or even able to hazard the slightest guess.



And the plot thickened with the appearance of this strangely patterned Javan Myna, with a rare perch besides a Common Myna.



Amidst it all was a Spotted Dove absorbed in its own world, fluffing and easing down throughout the entire cacophony.

Viva the avian world!






Wednesday 28 August 2024

Moulting sunbirds

Two moulting Brown-throated Sunbirds - one that looked like it had fledged not too long ago, the other very much an adult.



Though the adult had followed closely behind the young one, but at no time did the two came together.









Friday 23 August 2024

Saturday 17 August 2024

The other beauty

 


Probably the male as it was actively pursuing the one in front.


Elegantly long-legged female.


I was as frantically trying to capture their tryst as the male was fervently after the female!


Another look at the male.