Was out walking about at Berlayar Creek wondering why I had not been able to see much in the mangroves when i spotted something move in the green of the trees about 5 metres away. Because of the thick foliage in that particular area, I easily lost track of the movement. After looking around more, i managed to locate the very green bird mostly because of its bright yellow beak. This was a female jambu fruit dove. It was just sitting quietly on a branch occasionally grooming itself. I observed it for about 5 minutes in total and during that time, i lost track of it three times when i decided to move to another vantage point. It's camouflage was really that good.
This was a Singapore stamp issued in 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambu_Fruit_Dove
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2662
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106002662/0
http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/spec/spec72-220.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/jambu_fruit_dove.htm
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