Scaly-breasted Munia - Adult , Sub-Adult and Juvenile

Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)  - Pipit Pinang - Dewasa,  Remaja

adult above, sub-adult below - eating a Guinea Grass / Buffalo grass (Panicum maximum) seeds

Juveniles below

resting  at a wire perimeter fence

Murai in B&W

Location: My backyard, Raub, Pahang.

Common Tailor Birds - adult and juvenile

Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) - Adult

Juvenile

Juvenile Munia

Spotted a flocks of this Munia that I have not seen before this evening. Initially thought it were Dusky Munias. I opened the book, but Adult Dusky munia is dark in color.
I search the net, and found that its was a 'Juvenile Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata). I have seen the adult, which are very easy to identify with scaled feathers on white breast.

I look that juveniles munia appear similar to juveniles of other species (ref: here)



'Juveniles often form their own flocks after leaving their parents, and wander about together'.
(Ref: here) . That why I have not seen that adult within the flocks.




















Here the adult that I shot in December 2007.









Image of adult and juvenile together here.
(Oriental birds image) © Supriyo Samanta

Black-Naped Orioles Beak Color

(Oriolus chinensis)

Juvenile (Left), with black beak compare with Adult - pink colored bill.













Juveniles

Juvenile Common Iora - in the rain

Calling her mom.












Preening to keep the wing dry.












all wet. "sejuknya!"

Common Iora - feeding her chick

Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) feeding her baby with a grasshopper.











This time with 'yellow thing', what is that?.

Juvenile Common Iora - just fledged

Very cute with fluffy feather



It roosts at this branch from 7.00 pm to 7.00am.








The perch was so low, about ten feet from the ground.
Since the mother was not around, my son afraid that the chick will get hurt from prey or something. He wanted to take it inside the house.
I said that the chick was well camouflaged among the green Cempedak (Artocarpus integer) leaves. Unless the chick fell down, we just leave it alone.
True enough this chick survived the night. When I send my children to school at 7.00am it was still sleeping. I checked it again at 8.00am, it was not there, probably following the mother.

Juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbul

Gold-whiskered Barbet Chick

I waited for the adult Gold-whiskered Barbet to return. Wait and wait for about 30 minutes, but it didn't appear. It probably afraid of the boys making a lot of noise below.

The chick make a soft sound calling her mother.







This chick look strong, and looking out and the edge of the hole. Few more days it may fledge.


I wish I can say a bit longer to record the feeding moment.
I wish that neighbor's house is mine.
I wish.... oh I wish...! ;-)








Time is not on my side. I have to go back to Raub, to take my mother-in-law for her monthly medical checkup.


I will be back next week.
Hi barbet!, you wait for me, don't fledge yet! ;-)

Magpie Robin ~ Fledgling

a young bird just fledged.