The common iora - Chicks

Cikgu Azimah Abdullah AreXie aka "Tuan Tanah Kedaung"  found this baby bird on 22 April 2023.

The bird landed in her front yard after the heavy rain. She took it home, dried it, and tried to feed it, but it refused.

The bird died after 2 days. 

picture by AreXie

Cikgu Azimah Abdullah dried the bird with a paper towel

Common Iora chick on guava tree, 25 July 2008

This picture was taken on 24 Julay 2008 (16 years ago)

 

Common Iora Singing

The common iora (Aegithina tiphia horizoptera) -male, foraging on Rambutan tree.

singing -  mimicking a song of Magpie Robin

fly jump

 

Burung Biasa di Belakang Rumah - Common Backyard Birds

Murai Kampung - Oriental Magpie Robin - Juvenile (above), and adult male perched on a Guava tree branches

Yellow Vented Bulbul - flying away from a car's side mirror and a Papaya tree

Common Iora singing on a Mangoo Tree

Pipit Pinang - Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) - Juvenile (above on a parameter fence). Adult below

Eating a Guinea Grass / Buffalo grass (Panicum maximum) seeds

Spiderhunter search for nectar on a Banana Flower

Asian Glossy Starling dancing on a banana leaf midrib

Tailor Bird stalking on a Mangoo leaf

Terkukur'  Spotted Dove (Stigmatopelia chinensis)

Water Hen

Dragonfly on a Tridax Daisy / Coatbuttons  flower, and the Photographer who captured the above pics

First Bird Pictures with 400mm f5.6

Birding in history - after 8 years
These two Common Iora pictures were taken by my son - Firdaus on 26 October 2007, the first day when the new lenses arrived.

Common Iora on a rambutan tree

Common Iora at a Tapioca / Cassava Tree

Burung Kunyit Kecil - Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) - di Pokok Ubi Kayu

One hour before IFTAR - part 2

Common backyard birds

Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia),  Local name:   Burung Kunyit Kecil

Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malaccensis), Female, Local name:   Kelicap Mayang Kelapa

Forgotten Pictures

These pictures were taken in Dec last year, but I forgot to post it here.

Location: Padang Golf Raub, Pahang.

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Location: My backyard, Raub, Pahang.

Birding at Kolej Matrikulasi Pahang

I brought along my camera and telephoto lens when I visited my daughter at Pahang Matriculation College recently.

While waiting in the back lane of the Seri Pekan Hostel, I got the opportunity to photograph this common bird.

Common Myna perched comfortably at the lamp post

This Juvenile Asian Glossy Starling perched very high on top of the hostel's roof.
My son warned me not to aim my long telephoto at the hostel. "You look like a paparazzi trying to sneak on girls!"

Adult Starling watching far down below.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow basks in the evening sun.

and finally, one paparazzi shot!

Another Common Iora Nest

I found another Iora nest, just in-front of my neighbour house, at the same "jambu" (Guava, Psidium sp) that I posted in July 24, 2008. (link here)

Old picture taken on 24 July 2008, at the same tree.

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.

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...and dutifully bring the food after the rain.