Flyeater Fledgling and a 2nd Nest?
Thursday, June 15, 2006
I've been observing flyeater nesting for some time now. recently, i found something new in my observation. early this month (4 June 2006) , i saw a chick at the flyeater's nest. then the next couple of days, it was very quiet. last saturday(10 June 2006), my colleague send a sms (texting) informing me of another hanging nest next to the flyeater nest. she told me it's a neat hanging nest. so it couldn't be a sunbird's nest. when i went back to the park on 12 June 2006, a pair of flyeater was busy constructing the nest. as usual 1 of the bird carries materials while the other just accompany (or guarding) the builder. all i saw was just the hanging structure. a day after that, it was a completed nest. this evening, i heard a chick calling - sounded like little bronze cuckoo calling the flyeater, but softer. then the parent bird came near the chick and feed it. the chick is almost the same size as the parent flyeater. i did not have any optical equipment with me then. so can't positively say it is a cuckoo but it resemble more of a flyeater with kind of similar plumage color (or perhaps the lighting was poor). will wait for it tomorrow.i'll be glad if it is the flyeater fledgling, as from my other previous observations, only cuckoos were sighted on the nests.again, how is it possible to have the same pair of flyeater building a nest immediately after the chick fledged? or how is it possible to have a different pair building a nest next to an existing (but abandoned) nest? please comment. i have not come across any flyeater's nest constructed close to each other.
posted by wengchun @ 8:19 PM,
