20 August 2009

Oriole hunting lesson.

This black-naped oriole have been fully grown and hunting on its own.

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hunting is hard, have to search carefully.. Notice that the beak is black not pink as the adult, there are also small black dots at the breast.

got it

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seems like a bug or roach..

lunch have to be prepared first!
it banged the bug against the branch to remove the unwanted parts.

Looks about ready..

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oh! still have the antenna


it fly away to another tree and continue banging its prey



the cleaning up after eating.
it brushes its beak against a branch.

1 comment:

  1. Assalaamualaikum zzlaloq,
    Kemensah is a good location for birding.
    I'm normally there almost every week.
    Birding during puasa month down to zero probably.
    If you're interested I can show you around Kemensah, maybe after raya.
    just drop me an email.
    I will add your blog to my Blogroll
    wasallam,
    rosmadi @ madibirder

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Sweets or Stones, it must worth something..jot it down!