Male OHB

I didn't expect to encounter any Oriental Honey-buzzard so soon again following that of the pair of female birds.  But this male of similar orientalis, dark morph species was certainly a pleasant surprise when it suddenly appeared, and looked too like it was seeking another.  But it promptly took off after descending for a momentary perch.

Malkoha at work

The Green-billed Malkoha was too absorbed in gathering twigs to mind my presence.  It simply went about its business earnestly.

As I approached it, it simply froze to let me past, and then continued with its twig gathering.

Mushroom delight

I simply couldn't resist snapping at these mushrooms, and fortunately I did because these simply disappeared a couple of days later.
Several of these dotted the ground one morning, expanded the next morning, and were gone by the third day without a trace left behind.

OBH in waiting

The taman is truly a transit 'station' as I observed a female adult orientalis Oriental Honey-buzzard, dark morph, making a temporary stop here whilst waiting for another to catch up.  This is a passage migrant, could be considered a late migrant because most would have passed over this part of the country by November,  perhaps have strayed from the main flock.  I guess another theory would be it's seen at this time because of the immature in tow as immatures are known to follow the adults only later in the migration south.  (This would be a heartwarming story of an adult delaying its own flight to accompany its weaker young!)

First it was seen circling and eventually descended to perch.  Then it was heard calling out although I had a hard time trying to spot it other than that flight sighting.
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And there it was, way up on the tallest bare branch.

Taking flight again, and with me in pursuit, it was another frantic search for the bird when I heard it calling the second time, and then silence.  

It was going to be a while before I spotted it again, or so I thought until an examination of my shot revealed it to be another, an immature.  This fella too was perched way up, and then it took flight too.

Whilst trying to locate the immature that had taken flight, I was surprised to spot the adult perching quietly up high in another part of the taman.

Then the immature appeared suddenly and was promptly joined by the adult, and then came my frustration when I couldn't get my gear set right and missed the opportunity to shoot the two circling together before thermals took them higher up and away.  So I'm left to be contented with one vague image of the immature in flight, for which I'm grateful nevertheless.

By the Sunbird

It was a reminder to take time to simply enjoy, as I watched the female Brown-throated Sunbird swing, and flit from flower to flower.

Goshawk's antics

The resident pair of Crested Goshawk looked like they were enjoying their early morning until something distracted them.

I too took to looking around and up for the source but failed to detect anything.  The only obvious disturbance was the taman worker approaching with an annoyingly loud leaf blower, and that definitely didn't warrant that upward search!

And then what took me by surprise was when the male bird fluffed its vent, which I'm still trying to googled for an answer!

As I was passing by

Thanks for the pose!