A number of common birds are often seen in the Linear Park area near my home in Singapore…
red wattled lapwingblue throated bee eaterwhite throated kingfisher
Some days we just hang around our garden where olive backed, crimson and brown throated sunbirds are frequent visitors….on this particular afternoon, my wife called me to the window to look at something in the garden….
a greyish, yellow and olive bird was skulking amongst the leaves…I thought just a common olive backed sunbird…he then showed himself a little more…..a long decurved beak and partial white eye ring…not typical of the smaller sunbirdhe then hopped over to our bird bath which had been sorely underused since we set it up…He posed willingly….the long decurved beak, incomplete eye ring, whitish throat with yellow body confirmed this was the Little Spiderhunter….The smallest but commonest of the three spiderhunters we see in Singapore, it is not that commonly seenHe checked out the bird bathand hopped in for a bath on this hot dayHe liked my misting system for the plants and perched for a while preening himselfSuch a delight to have this uncommon spiderhunter visit us in our garden!
As I’ve noted in previous blog posts, we sometimes don’t need to venture far to birdwatch….our own backyard sometimes suffices!
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