Baya weaver New Nest on Giant Mimosa Pigra

Male Baya weaver bulding new nest on Mimosa pigra, commonly known as the giant sensitive tree

 

Male Baya Weaver chase another male compete for females

 

Male Baya Weaver feeding on grass seeds

Male Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)

eating the savanna grass (Axonopus compressus) seeds

yellow cap

Male Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)

 

Birding at Taman Tasik Raub

Taman Tasik Raub is a lake that originated from the activity of extracting gold.

Raub has a well-known history for its gold mining industry. The term Raub comes from the term "Raub," which refers to the act of digging or searching for gold.

People come here for walking or jogging every morning and evening. A few are present to unwind with their loved ones. I arrived with a large camera lens to photograph the beauty of this location.

Taman Tasik Raub, Pahang

A pair of Baya Weaver.  The breeding male has a bright yellow crown.

Male Baya weaver (above left) bringing food to the chick

Active nest of Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus  infortunatus)

New fresh (green) nest

                           

Early morning view of the lake from the far end

Five egrets in a blurry shot

Little egret landing

Little Egret ow fly passes the Taman Tasik Lake bank.

The Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia )- in flight

A flock of Pacific Swallows and House Swifts foraging close to the water surface.

A few of them scoop the water on the fly, or are they catching food?

 

A mix of Pacific Swallow and House Swift.

I have seen the Pacific Swallow drink water on the fly, but this action is not drinking because the swoop is forceful.

Could they forage for insects on the water surface that float, like water striders, fishing spiders, and mosquitoes?

I shot from this yellow concrete platform. It is very difficult to focus on those tiny and fast-flying swallows.

Jogging starts from the front, near the car park. One loop or lap equals 1km.

Striated heron with a nesting material (stick).

The striated heron (Butorides striata)

foraging in the Willow tree, (Salix species).

                                                                    

Three juvenile Striated Herons hiding in the willow leaves

An adult-striated heron is not hiding from the photographer.

This Brown-throated Sunbird (male), head is partially hidden also on a willow tree.

You can't ignore this Common Tailor-Bird chirping loudly on the bush on the lake bank.

This yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) also makes a loud call to show its presence.

The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator  macromaculatus) shows its forked tongue.  

uses its forked tongue to sense from which direction a smell is coming and swims toward it.

Link from Smithsonian Magazine

searching for food at the lake's dam

                                                                          

Red Leaf Heliconia

 A man is sitting in a chair, looking at his phone, or is he photographing me?

                                                                 

sunrise 

concrete-paved path

Burung di Pokok Petai Belalang - Birds on River Tamarind tree

 

All the pictures below are of normal colours birds.

Male Baya Weaver resting White lead tree branch

female

Foraging on death tree

Dua ekor Tempua di atas dahan Petai Belalang

Six Baya Weavers on River tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala) (Petai belalang)

Plantain Squirrel eating River Tamarind legumes

Brown Shrike perched on river tamarind tree

Yellow-vented Bulbul pair -on Pokok Petai Belalang

Male Baya Weaver eating Grass Seeds

 Male Baya Weaver eats grass seeds - Brachiaria grass (Urochloa subquadripara), Tropical Signal grass

Male Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus) 

 

Leucistic Baya Weaver

The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)

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Almost all parts of the body are white in colour, except for the yellow crown and part of the wings remain in black/brown colours.

Leucistic Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus) - 2022-12-11 08:03:03.095

Male Leucistic Baya Weaver - 10:12:2022 - 7:40am

While jogging around my housing area, I noticed a flock of birds that looked like sparrows/munia foraging on the grass. I saw a bird with a white feather, which was very unusual. I dashed home to get the camera. By the time I arrived, the birds were very far away.

Leucistic Baya Weaver

The following three mornings (8 to 10 December 2022), I wait in the meadow for the weavers that usually eat the seeds.

Foraging on the thorny Giant sensitive tree (Mimosa pigra)

8:12:2022 - 7:42am

Leucistic Baya Weaver, the head is yellow (male) - 7:12:2022 at 7:52am

Male Leucistic Baya Weaver preening on the White Leadtree  9:12:2022 - 8:01am

Feeding on the savanna grass (Axonopus compressus)  seed 9:12:2022 - 7:56am

Leucistic bird 

In leucistic birds, affected plumage lacks melanin pigment due to the cells responsible for melanin production being absent. This results in white feathers unless the normal plumage colour also comprises carotenoids (e.g. yellows), which remain unaffected by the condition.

(info from Google)

Observations on Partial Albinism in Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

LINK HERE

How rare is a leucistic bird?

Only 236 of the 5.5 million birds reported each year had leucism or albinism, making up a tiny proportion of birds with abnormal plumages. In other words, only about 1 bird in 30,000 has leucistic or albinistic plumage. Based on these results, leucism and albinism are very rare occurrences among birds.

(from Google)

 Leucistic Baya Weaver (Male) in full breeding plumage. Pic by: Sushant Jadhav, from Facebook Indian Birds

 

The picture below is of normal colours birds.

Male Baya Weaver