brown-throated sunbird @ chek jawa - Nov2012

A clear chirpy chirp diverted some attention away from the skies (its already the bird migratory season) above the Jejawi Tower towards a nearby coconut tree. It did not take long to spot who was making it. It was a brown-throated sunbird perched high on the tree. It would not have been visible from the ground and those on the Jejawi Tower, at about 20metres off the ground, were at a fabulous vantage point. Tiny as sunbirds usually are, a pair of binoculars would make observation a lot easier. There seemed to be another sunbird somewhere closeby and both were perhaps having a discussion.  

The bird kept on its chirp for about 3 minutes before flying off to another tree in the nearby forest behind the stand of nipah trees. 

When was the last time you were at Chek Jawa?
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Read more about this colourful little bird :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-throated_Sunbird

https://www.sbwr.org.sg/wetlands/text/93-05.htm

http://nusavifauna.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/brown-throated-sunbird-anthreptes-malacensis/

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2122

http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Anthreptes-malacensis

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/photos/brown-throated.sunbird.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-rWWzyyx4

http://www.besgroup.org/2012/09/30/brown-throated-sunbird-feeding-on-poikilospermum-suaveolens/

and about the migratory season :
http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/2012/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=5
http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/2010/05/migratory-birds-and-mangroves-at-sungei.html#.UJfAcGlrY3Q
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2010/04/is-this-end-of-bird-migration.html#.UJfBWGlrY3Q
http://www.eaaflyway.net/documents/resources/wmbd/wmbd2012-singapore-gov.pdf