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Comment: small green barbet: is there somebody? indian treepie: dont disturb me, this is my papaya. @ home, kerala
indian_treepie_goldenbacked_woodpecker_001 * Black-rumped Flameback dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker) and an Indian Treepie sharing papaya. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (212KB)

smallgreen_barbet_004 * randu pachilakudukkakal. small green barbet (white cheeked) megalaima viridis. Once I've examined the nest of this species. They bore a hole on worn-out trees (in this case a rubber tree). Inside is funnel shaped. This helps the excreta of the chicks to be collected below without spoiling the chicks. Male and female parents fly to and fro constantly to fetch food for the chicks. They rarely come on ground. Their kutturu-kutturu sounds gave them their name kutturuvan. Also known as pachilakudukka in our place due to its color. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (213KB)

indian_treepie_001 * olenjali. the indian treepie. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (206KB)

smallgreen_barbet_indian_treepie_001 * this is my papaya! no, this is mine! treepie n barbet competing. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (202KB)

smallgreen_barbet_indian_mynah_001 * papaya dreams. indian mynah watching & drooling on the papaya. small green barbet watching cautiously. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 1369 * (229KB)
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mynah_indian_treepie_001 * indian treepie looking at the barbet on the papaya tree. indian mynah watching side by. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 1369 * (290KB)

smallgreen_barbet_002 * am one of the papayas,, small green barbet (white cheeked) megalaima viridis. Once I've examined the nest of this species. They bore a hole on worn-out trees (in this case a rubber tree). Inside is funnel shaped. This helps the excreta of the chicks to be collected below without spoiling the chicks. Male and female parents fly to and fro constantly to fetch food for the chicks. They rarely come on ground. Their kutturu-kutturu sounds gave them their name kutturuvan. Also known as pachilakudukka in our place due to its color. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 1369 * (262KB)

indian_koel_male_001 * elegant. i like this picture though it is blurred as the bird is on flight. male indian koel. eudynamys scolopacea. member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. The male is greenish-black, with a pale green bill and red eyes. The female is brownish above and whitish below, but is heavily striped and spotted brown on the underparts and white on the upperparts. She has an olive or green beak and red eyes. This is a noisy species, with a persistent and loud ko-el ko-el call as well as other gurgles and screams. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 1369 * (269KB)

smallgreen_barbet_001 * cautious always. small green barbet (white cheeked) megalaima viridis. Once I've examined the nest of this species. They bore a hole on worn-out trees (in this case a rubber tree). Inside is funnel shaped. This helps the excreta of the chicks to be collected below without spoiling the chicks. Male and female parents fly to and fro constantly to fetch food for the chicks. They rarely come on ground. Their kutturu-kutturu sounds gave them their name kutturuvan. Also known as pachilakudukka in our place due to its color. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (202KB)

indian_mynah_001 * indian mynah (common myna). acridotheres tristis. a member of the starling family. sexes are similar. Mynas mate for life. They strut in walking, hopping usually only to jump up or down. Their songs include croaks, squawks, chirps, clicks and whistles and they often fluff their feathers and bob their heads in singing. They screech warnings to their mates or other birds in cases of predators in proximity. Like most starlings, the Common Myna is omnivorous. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (189KB)
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