I paid a short visit to my local patch hoping to get a couple of hours of birding before heading into the office on this beautiful Saturday morning. This is one of the strongholds of the highly-successful Crested Mynas – an introduced species that is doing very well in Penang Island 
A Zebra Dove cooing its territorial call on an exposed cable provided the best images for this short outing.
There are a few resident Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters in this locality and this dead tree happens to be one of their favourite perches.
This handsome male Pink-necked Green-pigeon was resting outside a newly-built nest but with the morning sun behind him, it was quite impossible for me to obtain any really good images.
I had another tough time trying to photograph another malkoha and this time it was Penang Island 
As I made my way back to my car, I found another bird foraging just next to it. As with my last visit, I waited for it - this time a Zebra Dove, to gradually move further away before I got into my car. I guess word got around that this car belongs to a “bird-friendly” guy.
1 comment:
The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a lovely bird, and so big! Good that the birds recognize your car ...
cheers,
Wilma
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