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Spring is coming and coral trees are flowering. The birds are having a great time.
At the moment, coral trees are everyone’s favourite.
Fork-tailed Sunbird
Male
Female
Japanese White-eye
Hair-crested Drongo
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Male
Female
Chinese Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
The monkeys, on the other hand, enjoy watching the birds having fun.
The Coral tree is one of my favourite trees too because of its beautiful flowers.
The sweet flowers are the favourites of the birds. However, unlike most of the nectar eating birds, the beaks of these birds are too short to reach the nectar at the root of the flower. But there is always a way around it.
The Changeable Lizard is widely distributed in tropical Asia including Hong Kong.
It is often mistakenly called “Chameleon” because of its ability to change colour. However, Changeable lizards can change their colours, quite rapidly, but not as rapidly as chameleons, yet these two species belong to different families of lizards.
I saw this red lizard the other day,
within minutes, the red colour disappeared.
This one was bright red before it saw me,
then the colour changed.
Like the chameleons, the changeable lizard can change its colour either to express its mood,
or to improve its camouflage, like these ones.
Usually, the changeable lizard is grey or olive coloured with speckles or bands,
but during the breeding season, the male’s head and shoulders turn red/orange and his throat black.
Its bright red coloration earned the nickname of 'bloodsucker', although the Changeable Lizard does not actually suck anybody’s blood.
