Greetings all. 13th May 2023, another Global Big Day event held by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Bird watchers from all over the world will be reporting their observation on that particular day via eBird site.
I manage to do an hour of bird watching at a nearby park, just less than 100m away from my house. Most are common garden birds plus two "not seen before" species around this place. Both are new entries to my neighborhood bird list, making a total of 53 birds now. Those two new entries are Golden Bellied Gerygone and Paddyfield Pipits.
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| Javan Myna |
The African Tulip Trees here were blooming, so it attracts the sunbirds and the Javan Mynas to feed its nectar. This time there were two types of sunbirds; Olive Backed Sunbird (1 adult male and an immature male) and Brown Throated Sunbird (1 adult female and an immature male).
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| Olive Backed Sunbird - Immature Male |
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| Olive Backed Sunbird - Male |
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| Brown Throated Sunbird - Immature Male |
A pair of Black Naped Orioles were also foraging for insects on the surrounding trees, along with a curious male Oriental Magpie Robin.
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| Black Naped Oriole |
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| Black Naped Oriole |
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| Black Naped Oriole |
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| Oriental Magpie Robin |
I heard an odd call from the rain trees, and saw a small yellowish bird foraging for insects. It was fast, made my gear's AF struggling to focus. It was a Golden Bellied Gerygone, which I think usually seen at the mangroves.
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| Golden Bellied Gerygone |
As I was approaching those rain trees, I accidently flushed a pair of Paddyfield Pipits, as I did not noticed at all it was there. As far as I know, I never seen this species here before.
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| Yellow Vented Bulbul |
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| Ashy Tailorbird |
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| Asian Koel |
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| Swiftlet, probably an Edible Nest Swiftlet |
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| House Crow |
After an hour of observation, I went back to update the details in the eBird site.
