Jane showed us a bird nest in her garden. It has 2 red speckled eggs in it.
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Some highlights of the day:· a pink-necked green pigeon sitting on his nest.
· Nessie spotted a blue-rumped parrot, which is a lifer for all of us except Doreen. It was later learned that Ian and Freda did not get to see it.
· a yellow-crested cockatoo with 3 tanimbar corellas on a tree. The yellow-crested cockatoo looks bigger than the other 3 and seems to be playing the role of a foster parent. One of the tanimbar corella has some black on its chest and belly, while the yellow-crested has pink on its chest.
· a tanimbar corella pruning the leaves of a tall tree. This bird is very efficient, moving from branch to branch and seems very determined to shave the tree clean.
At the end of the walk, we checked on the nest in the garden and found a yellow-vented bulbul sitting snugly in the nest.
Full list of birds recorded (contributed by Ian, Doreen & Jane):
- Red Junglefowl
- Banded Woodpecker
- Laced Woodpecker
- Common Goldenback
- Oriental Dollarbird
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Collared Kingfisher
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Violet Cuckoo
- Asian Koel
- Greater Coucal
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Yellow-crested Cockatoo
- Tanimbar Corella
- Blue-rumped Parrot
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Long-tailed Parakeet
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon
- White-breasted Waterhen
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Changeable Hawk-eagle
- House Crow
- Large-billed Crow
- Black-naped Oriole
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- Common Iora
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Asian Glossy Starling
- White-vented Myna
- Common Hill Myna
- Straw-headed Bulbul
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Olive-winged Bulbul
- Common Tailorbird
- Dark-necked Tailorbird
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
- Arctic Warbler
- White-crested Laughingthrush
- Striped Tit-babbler
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
- Brown-throated Sunbird
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Crimson Sunbird
- African Grey Parrot