Feeding juvenile

 The nesting season for the bulbuls seemed to be over now, their chicks have grown healthily into juveniles.

The latest parent-juvenile pair to come my way was these Red-eyed Bulbuls that suddenly popped out as I walked by.

It was a quick dash away for the adult before it promptly returned with a feed, so speedy that I wasn't prepared for shots.

Woodshrike visitor

A prized catch for one that's a regular visitor to the taman, could be heard whistling melodiously if there is a pair around.

One never gets tired of watching a battle with a prey, big or small, the aim is to get the prey limp before swallowing it.

And then it's a quick wash-up in the pond.

Until it spotted me and fled!

For want of takers

As I stood admiring the gorgeous figs, my thoughts were waste, waste and waste.

Where are the feeders?  Primates perhaps, the winged ones, No?

I could understand if none went for these.

And then, aha, at last!

And this sure made me want to run off to get a bag of figs myself!

A look of contentment for there was none to compete for these luscious fruits.

 

This bunch looked exactly ripe for the taking but alas, none the entire duration I was there.

It's amore!

Taking much liberty for I can't put it any better ... When the colours hit your eyes, it's amore!

The taman has been too quiet lately for the dearth of avian life, so the Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)  has emerged to strut about but at the slightest whiff of human approach, it ran as if for dear life.  (And I'm only too happy for it as it's a target of poachers.)

Certainly not as striking when it was foraging earlier in the shade, fallen palm fruits being a favourite with these jungle fowls.

As I was passing by

 

Thanks for the encounter!

Cricket, oh Cricket

 Now you don't see, now you see it!

And this was only when I have downloaded and checked the image!

The second antenna of the Asian Bush Cricket (Nisitrus vittatus) must have been extended in a blink of an eye as I totally missed its action.

Tree of surilis

 The tree was hanging with primates as I almost exclaimed out loud to myself as I suddenly glimpsed a wave of limbs!

The baby White-thighed Surili (Presbytis siamensis) almost froze when I stopped below it and I could see apprehension in its eyes.  To the rescue, as I saw its mother appear suddenly before its baby.