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Sunday 21 October 2012

Birds in the Garden---Regular Visitors


The Red Whiskered Bulbuls are not the only birds that enjoy being around my garden. 


  Like the bulbuls, a pair of Blue Magpies (Red-billed Magpie) have been around for a while too. Their favourite food is the papayas in the garden. 



 
The young Common Magpies, however, are often seen looking for leftovers on the ground. 


  

The Blue Whistling Thrush family occasionally comes looking for insects as well as fruit.


But it is always the food dispenser that sees the most activity.

Unlike the Red-whiskered Bulbuls, the Chinese Bulbuls are very cautious birds and often sit on the nearby pomelo tree observing. 




The Red-whiskered bulbul family is quite happy sharing food with other birds.
Spotted Dove on the left





Black-collared Starling on the right



True to their reputation, the Starlings, on the other hand, are not only noisy but also bullies.









19 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

wow! every one of these an exotic beauty to me!

Irma said...

Great photos of this very special birds, they are not here.

chica said...

Um show!!Parabéns! beijos,chica

Isidro Ortiz said...

Fabulosa y variada entrada de estas bonitas especies,las fotos son estupendas.Saludos

eileeninmd said...

Awesome birds and photos!

Bas. said...

hele mooie serie van vogels die wij hier niet tegen komen op de spreeuwen na dan.

Ana Mínguez Corella said...

Good images birds;-) .. Greetings from España...

Tammy said...

Beautiful captures! These are all unfamiliar birds to me. The Blue Magpies are incredible; love those extravagant tail feathers!

Unknown said...

Each species & bird does have it's own personality.. It is interesting to see your version of our common birds..doves & starlings..thrush.. The Bubuls are completely unknown.. Some great backyard collection!

Maria said...

I love the blue Magpie. You have so many good stories and images!

Maria said...

I love the blue Magpie. You have so many good stories and images!

Bob Bushell said...

The Starlings are amazing, I now realize that you put it up so many times, it is beautiful, and I love all of them, superb.

Choy Wai Mun said...

Your garden has such a rich variety. I really envy you. Good shots by the way.

Polaris said...

Qué buenas tomas - todas, todas, todas...

Noushka said...

Great post again!
The Blue Magpies are stunning!
You must really enjoy having these pretty visitors around you!
I wish I could have such a spot next door instead of having to travel miles in the hope of good birding!
Congratulations!

Giga said...

Jednym słowem każdy ptak ma inne sposoby zdobycie jedzenia. Może i szpak to łobuz, ale ma cudowne zdjęcia. Pozdrawiam.
In a word, every bird has different ways of getting food. Maybe a rogue starling, but it has wonderful pictures. Yours.

Marco Luijken said...

Hello,
Very great shots!! Nice to see all these different birds.
The last two are so beautiful with a great warm light. Well done!!

Greetings, Marco

Helma said...


Again a very nice blog with lots of beautiful birds.
You know the beautiful detail than very well into view. Nice variety and colors. Really enjoying this.

Greetings, Helma




Here I Am Carrie said...

Amazing how different all your birds are compared to what I have in my area. You have some really beautiful ones and your photos have captured so much detail on them. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week.