Not an empty nester

The Pied Triller was not an empty nester.

Its young might have left the nest but seemed to hang on still (how it rings a bell here in the human world too).

The begging calls were unmistakable and it was a surprise to spot a very much adult looking female Pied Triller trailing after its female parent.

It landed only to take off again as the parent kept moving away.

Finally managed to catch up.

And a meal at last.

Looked like there was going to be a deprivation here, perhaps a message for the young one.

But the parent caved in eventually, and the catch was seized, swallowed, in less than the blink of an eye!

And then the chase resumed as the young triller went a-begging again.

A momentary rest.

And I thought best to leave with these rather adorable images of a juvenile than with images of a parent's over-indulgence.

Young and free

 Independence is a great feeling, especially when you're young, uninhibited and undaunted.

And one to inspire such is this young male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker.

Boldness and a free spirit has its risk, but surely elegance is hardly the concern here.

Flycatcher arrival

My first sighting of the season, a record shot of a Brown-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni), almost always the earliest arrival of migrant visitors each year.  However it's only a transit one.

The earliest personal sighting in the taman was in 2017, and since then has been a regular visitor, teasing with its open perch in mid or upper canopy.  Only in 2017 was it so far down that I could lob at it, perhaps it had newly arrived then, was still in a daze for it was pretty docile as I circled below it.

Refresher (extract mybis):

Order - Passeriformes

Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)

Genus - Muscicapa

Specific epithet - williamsoni Deignan, 1957

Common name: Brown-streaked Flycatcher, Sambar Belantara, Sambar Coret Coklat

Status: Least Concern

01/2024