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, 16 November 2024

Too common a-robin

If the Oriental Magpie-Robin dons brighter colours perhaps it'll be more sought after?  It's presently sought after only because of its melodious songs and calls - certainly delightful as well as amusing to listen to when two are engaged in avian exchange - listening intently, I dare say one can almost discern whether the exchange figures as warning, persuading or even reprimanding!

Displaying exquisite tail-feather movements as it spotted an insect catch (this I deduced only after observing what it did following its display).


It was so preoccupied that it was unaware that I was trailing behind.





A cricket catch which it quickly discarded probably due to the extremely long antennae of the this Asian Bush Cricket.



What’s left in the bill was just part of a leg that it also promptly tossed off.



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