2008 March 9 - Malcolm Park

On 9th March, 9 classmates from the birdwatching class of 2004 celebrated our 4th anniversary reunion at Jane’s place.

Jane showed us a bird nest in her garden. It has 2 red speckled eggs in it.

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):

  1. Red Junglefowl
  2. Banded Woodpecker
  3. Laced Woodpecker
  4. Common Goldenback
  5. Oriental Dollarbird
  6. White-throated Kingfisher
  7. Collared Kingfisher
  8. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  9. Violet Cuckoo
  10. Asian Koel
  11. Greater Coucal
  12. Rainbow Lorikeet
  13. Yellow-crested Cockatoo
  14. Tanimbar Corella
  15. Blue-rumped Parrot
  16. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
  17. Rose-ringed Parakeet
  18. Red-breasted Parakeet
  19. Long-tailed Parakeet
  20. Pink-necked Green Pigeon
  21. White-breasted Waterhen
  22. White-bellied Sea Eagle
  23. Changeable Hawk-eagle
  24. House Crow
  25. Large-billed Crow
  26. Black-naped Oriole
  27. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
  28. Common Iora
  29. Asian Brown Flycatcher
  30. Asian Glossy Starling
  31. White-vented Myna
  32. Common Hill Myna
  33. Straw-headed Bulbul
  34. Yellow-vented Bulbul
  35. Olive-winged Bulbul
  36. Common Tailorbird
  37. Dark-necked Tailorbird
  38. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
  39. Arctic Warbler
  40. White-crested Laughingthrush
  41. Striped Tit-babbler
  42. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  43. Brown-throated Sunbird
  44. Olive-backed Sunbird
  45. Crimson Sunbird
  46. African Grey Parrot

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