Each morning a pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds visits the flowers at our balcony and we have taken many photographs of the birds. Recently we found they were biting off the Portulaca grandiflora petals. We thought they were eating the petals (re July 2010 post) but we noticed the petals were still on their beaks when they flew off. Perhaps they want the “white” to decorate their nest? When all the flowers were taken away we put down small pieces of cotton wool on the plant to see if they needed more nesting material. Sure enough the sunbirds took a piece and came back for more and very quickly took all the cotton wool away.
Coming back from Ubin, we decided to check out the Sengkang River Park. We spent a bit of time looking at the newly planted fruit trees, some of which had fruits hanging on the low branches. Hopefully visitors will leave them alone for others to see. We had a quick look at the artificial island but as it was getting late we will need to return to check out the marsh plants. It is a very nice park to bring the kids and lots of families were out that evening.
As there is always much to see, we now bring our camera along during our walks and here we share some of the wild life we saw recently.
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