Tahu nama saya!

Ada beberapa burung yang diberikan namanya mengikut bunyi yang di buatnya.. contohnya burung bubut dan ruak-ruak.. burung ini juga namanya sama dengan bunyinya..

cuba baca perbualannya dengan pucung keladi ;)




Sudah dapat agak?

"uhhh wuuuhhhhh"

mungkin susah di tulis dalam tulisan arab... jadi dieja 'ta' 'wau' yang sebutan nya jadi "tau"

akhirnya jadi burung tahu atau tuwu.
itulah andaian saya mengenai asal nama burung ini..

Mob Bird Story Part III

If you follow the the mob bird story part 1 and part 2, you will know that the House Crow actively defended it teritory or its chick. So one day I saw it chick which already fledge(fly) but still requires feeding noisily asking for food.


see the bird with it red mouth wide open.
after close scrunity of this pic, I notice the different shape of the tail! Quite funny! I was expecting the young to have similar shape of the adult.

later, i shot the pic below, The House Crow chick isnt a house crow afterall. It is a Asian Koel chick. The House Crow has been protecting and raising the Asian Koel. This is called Brood Parasitism, I've read about it, so lucky of me to find an example.


I took the liberty to label the birds.. :D

I notice a female koel nearby. Maybe the mum of the young ones, I not so sure. If it is, then the parent surely watch the young from far.


Then, an oppurtunity arise.. the young ones perch nearer. Noisily enough to ignore! Have to shoot towards the sun, for this record shot. The old nikon glass exhibit its purple chromatic aberration, which normally i tried to avoid.



seems like a cross between male and female koel, the eyes seems to be brown, not red like the adult

Quite a unique relationhip, pity the House Crow, conned by the Koel

another example of this brood parasitism here

Friday bird

After friday prayer, before coming back into the office, if got some time, I'llstop by an empty lot behind the jati apartment. There are a lot of bird in the overgrown disused lot.

at afternoon time, always can see birds taking their afternoon break perhaps.. always perching..
like this female asian koel.



after a while it fly away then came back panting. maybe the weather was hot..



when it cooled down, can see it scratching and preening.



scrathing its head using its left feet.


preening

Tuwu bukan gagak

Hitam itu menawan! Matanya merah kecoklatan, ekornya panjang. badan sama besar dengan burung gagak.Yang jantan warna hitam, kalau nampak jangan ditembak sebab ia bukan gagak. bunyi merdu, ko-el, ko-el bila memanggil pasangan. Burung betina lebih cantik dari jantan, warna coklat ada corak2 kuning dan coklat muda. sekali pandang ingatkan helang.

Tengahari tadi sempat gi cuba mainan baru, jumpa 2 tuwu jantan dan satu tuwu betina. Datang sekumpulan gagak balik dari mencari makanan. Oh ada sarang si gagak rupanya. Tuwu jantan berbunyi breep, breep, breep ... kuat sungguh bunyinya. Mungkin beri amaran kepada tuwu betina, tuan punya sarang kembali menuntut haknya.

Memang sifat burung Tuwu, bertelur di sarang burung lain. sarang burung gagak kegemarannya. Bila menetas, diberi makan sang gagak macam anaknya. Lagi cepat membesar dari anak tuan rumahnya.. anak gagak ditolak keluar dari sarangnya. Kalau kenal bunyinya, memang tahu ada merata - rata. tapi jarang nampak tuan punya suara. di pohon rimbun tempat hinggapnya. kalau datang orang bersembunyi di balik daun. memanglah ia burung pemalu.

Tuwu / Sewah Tahu
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopacea