07 March 2010

In and after the rain

This post is dedicated to Common Iora couple that lost their two babies two weeks ago.
I documented here how mother Iora protected her chicks from the rain and bad weather.
See how she spread her feathers fill to the brim of the nest, sealed it and protected her chicks from wet.

Common Iora Nest in the Rain
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Common Iora during the rain
...and dutifully bring the food after the rain.

Common Iora Feeding after the rain

7 comments:

DeniseinVA said...

Many beautiful birds in your part of the world. Always enjoyable to visit your blog, all your photos are lovely. Thank you!

Chris said...

Superb Tabib. These images are really nice and you are brave to go out in this weather!

biologion said...

very beautiful photos! especially the last one!

Loshini said...

in salute of motherhood. very moving

gwendolen said...

Lovely series. I hope they will lay new eggs soon.

Keong said...

Tabib...what is the whitish substance surrounding the nest? Is it some sort of tree sap?

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Thanks ALL for your comments.
Keong, That white thingy is actually a spider web - collected by Iora during the nest building. It some sort of cement that glued the nest.