The first bird we saw from the crematorium carpark was the back of the white throated kingfisher. The zinc hoardings in the background are from the adjacent construction site…

There was a bare tree that entertained us for a while….this lovely little coppersmith barbet posed

a rather handsome fellow, the coppersmith barbet

an adult asian glossy starling with three juveniles

of course the common javan mynah was everywehre

this interesting bird then appeared

A lineated barbet in resplendent green

lineated barbet

the dollar bird is ever present in Bidadari

Dollar bird

Here having his breakfast of a very big beetle

yum

and down the hatch

the lovely Daurian starlings then appeared

as did the blue throated bee eaters

blue throated bee eater with its bee breakfast

blue throated bee eater

thankfully there is still some green left in Bidadari

from afar I saw this little flycatcher…prbable an Asian Brown FC according to KC but the orangy gold flash on the wing is unusual…

anothe r view of the flycatcher….if anyone knows what that golden orangy wing patch is, please enlighten me!

male olive backed sunbird taking flight

Red whiskered bulbul

and a lovely juvenile tiger shrike showed up

juvenile tiger shrike

some activity on the bare tree brought out this tiny blue rumped parrot

the lovely blue rumped parrot; here the bluish vent feathers can be easily seen in the rump area

and then walking along the path to the left led is to an elevated part of Bidadari overlooking huge construction building, fences and cranes…such an eye sore that even this spotted dove failed to lighten up.

but in the distance, something soared overhead

and then he made a pass at us…

a wonderful white bellied sea eagle ….

and glided in between the trees to perch

And then presumably his mate with much more coloration appeared

and as if to show off, Mrs white bellied sea eagle flashed us with her brilliant wings

a pair of scaly breasted munias

scaly breasted munia

yellow vented bulbul

the tiger shrike made another appearance

Some really loud squawking attracted us to this large rain tree where several oriental pied hornbills were agitating….

I saw this little fellow from afar…

the always delightful ecarlet backed flower pecker

and then unmistakeable ‘tok tok tok’ of a woodpecker’s beak on tree trunk attracted us to this tree where the woodpecker played hid and seek with us…

a glimpse of the beautiful scarlet wings and yellow nape…

a beautiful Banded Woodpecker! What a lovely way to end the morning

Banded woodpecker