Panasonic GX8 Olympus 275 mm F6.7 1/640 sec September 2023
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Sunbird on a Peacock Tree
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My Singapore Sunbird
The Singapore olive-backed nectar-loving sunbird that visits my garden is bright and chirpy in the morning. That’s why she’s a sunbird. Her effervescent presence permeates the early morning humidity as she announces her presence on the ginger. You can tell it’s a she from her upperpart olive-green plumage and completely yellow underparts. The juvenile sunbird…
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Startle & Plumage
These series of pictures of sunbirds show the demands on their attention as they go about their simple lives. A loud cry had startled this female sunbird to scan the heavens just as she is ready to work on the nectar of the red button ginger plant. The male sunbird, an even more flighty creature,…
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The Timelessness of Waiting
There is a quiet solace in the sleepy air that envelops a tropical afternoon at the year-end, when the weather is cool and kind, the soft skies are heavy with clouds and the rain drives in gentle or sharp torrents, Here, the sleeping dog lies, bolstered by the faith that with evening, her proverbial daily…
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Sunbird on a Dwarf Peacock: Pictorial Reflections on the Follies of Vanity
In the quiet shade of a sun-filled morning, in a year that has just past its Autumnal Equinox, the lady brown-throated Sunbird rests and preens herself beneath the leafy sprinkles of a Dwarf Peacock, while a nearby Jumbo Wax Apple tree displays its nearly ripened offerings to a variety of impatient creatures as they careen…
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Not Another Ordinary Sunday
On a delicate morning, with the early sun streaming through the garden precariously, the yellow sunbirds, and sparrows gather to preen themselves amidst the bauhinias, heliconias, honolulu creepers, gingers, peacocks and blue-peas. Yet it is in the midst of this peace and tranquility, that the battle for our hearts and souls continues. As Fr Josef…
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The prehensile dexterity of birds
This striking image of the young wild Indian Ring-neck parrot at the Peacock tree, shelling the pods and splitting the seeds with mouth and claws, is a wonderful reminder of their incredible dexterity and abilities through the generations of nature and nurture. Likewise, I caught this male Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) applying himself diligently…
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Grizzled or Young?
The Indian Ringneck parrots continue to create life and vibrance in my garden as they perch and preen on the upper reaches of the bamboos. Meanwhile, another parrot, somewhat gruff in the face, and perhaps a little worse for wear feed precariously on the upper reaches of the peacock tree. Such is life in the…
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Three Generations of the Yellow-vented Bulbuls?
These are the pictures of a young bulbul chirping on our Peacock tree (right) with the mother looking anxiously on (left) . Can we trace them back to their lineage from a year ago? The Yellow-vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus goiavier) has revisited our home, after we spotted the species laying their eggs almost year ago. This…
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The Pair of Indian Ringneck Parakeets for New Year
Caught our pair of Indian ringneck parakeets as they revisited and this time, it was possible to photograph the pair of birds individually, one greener, with a brightly painted beak, and the other, more subtle hued, with a faintly faded red beak, busily feeding, and calling out to each other, they launch themselves heavily with…