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

brown-throated sunbird @ pasir ris - Jan2012

Came across a male brown-throated sunbird* sitting on a tree at Pasir Ris Park. This was close to the mangroves and by the footpath where there were quite a few park visitors walking by. Time was about 6.30pm. The bird kept twitting away with a rather monotonous 'twit twit twit...' and it was unconcerned with the passing people. The brown of the throat and the somewhat shimmering upper parts of the wings are not clearly visible...but an experienced birder would know that this was a brown-throated sunbird. [unless a more experienced birder tells me otherwise :)]

(*thanks once again to DTJX for the ID correction)

Read more about this bird :

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

http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/10/brown-throated-sunbird-male-and-female-vocaisation/

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

http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/16/nest-of-the-brown-throated-sunbird/

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