A poignant reminder that there will come a time when most of the birds (except perhaps for the crows, mynahs and koels) leave Bukit Brown for good.
This will be a shame.
This will be a shame.
The birds in the tree are probably Asian Glossy Starlings.
Read about them here :
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Aplonis_panayensis.htm
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/birds/mynas.htm
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/asian-glossy-starling-aplonis-panayensis
http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-asian-glossy-starling.html
http://www.besgroup.org/2011/12/24/asian-glossy-starling-a-portrait/
http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/12/juvenile-asian-glossy-starlings-begging-to-be-fed/
http://www.besgroup.org/2009/05/28/strange-behaviour-of-a-pair-of-asian-glossy-starlings/
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/pub/naturewatch/text/a094b.htm
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/birds/mynas.htm
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/asian-glossy-starling-aplonis-panayensis
http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-asian-glossy-starling.html
http://www.besgroup.org/2011/12/24/asian-glossy-starling-a-portrait/
http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/12/juvenile-asian-glossy-starlings-begging-to-be-fed/
http://www.besgroup.org/2009/05/28/strange-behaviour-of-a-pair-of-asian-glossy-starlings/
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/pub/naturewatch/text/a094b.htm