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Birding in North East Monsoon Rain

November to March is a raining season  in Malaysia,  especially those in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Heavy rain not yet affected here in Raub  (located in the center Malay Peninsular), but light rain in the evening becomes a norm now.
That doesn't prevent me from taking a bird picture.
The picture below shows the characteristic of a tapioca leaves, water repellent in the light  drizzling rain.

 Rain drops shine under a flashlight

 Yellow-vented Bulbul flew away from a durian tree

 A  juvenile Bulbul caught under the rain on my neighbor's Pokok Longan

 Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) search for food in a monsoon drain

 then flew onto a rooftop to dry it self

Barn Swallow still tough it out catching an insect

 Grey overcast sky

 A flock of juvenile Asian Glossy Starling does a fly pass, searching for dry shelter

Zebra Dove on a papaya stalk in the rain

Javan Myna in the rain

Scaly-breasted Munia feeding chicks (juvenile)

Brown Shrike at Manggo Tree

Brown Shrike at a manggo tree

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and Mistletoe version 2015

If you find a Mistletoe and wait long enough, you will find this bird

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - male

Flowerpecker and Sunbird like to feed on nectar of a  mistletoe plant. I also saw them also eat the mistletoe fruits

Spotted Dove courtship Rivalry Terkukur Mating Part 2

My first time seeing so many (six) Spotted Dove congregate at the same spot

Courtship rivalry - 2 males (2 birds from right) fighting over a female (right with open wings). Three birds on the left just watching the action.

Two male fighting  while the female (left), watching who is the winner

one of the male tries to mount the female, but push away by his rival...

...and fighting continue...

....fighting

...the looser flew away

Good Morning

7:00am -  my backyard - pics with Nokia N8

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Spotted Dove courtship / mating rituals Part 1

Spotted Dove - (Streptopelia chinensis) - Tekukur on a coconut tree

both look at a different way, than the male slowly  inch closer to the female

went closer and stop to see the female reaction

slowly walk toward the female

Wow!, she flew off

and away

the female landed at the lower leaf stalk

the couple later flew to the ground and feed together