" Picking the food..."

Some birds are meat-eaters, some vegetarians - or occasional meat-eaters...just like us.

One pleasantly sunny day in the rainforest at RDC, when just strolling around in the need of some fresh air, like always, carrying my dear camera and tripod "in a case something comes up" I met this little Spiderhunter sipping nectar of a wild banana flower.

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing my walk down the silent road I bumped into my old friend, very hungry and noisy Purple-naped Sunbird feeding on some Ginger pollen, insects and berries for the lunch.  As usual, it seemed to be in a hurry, disappearing into the forest as soon as it had emerged.

The forest was fruiting and the trees were full of birds of different kinds...

This cheerful Bulbul was eating berries, taking time, clearly too much good food to be left behind.

While sitting down on a bench to have my very own, well-earned lunch-break, this fierce Crimson Sunbird male emerged in front of me, apparently, just fallen in love with this beautiful flowering Calliandra tergemina shrub - pretty much of the same crimson color- moving fast, up-and-down and -around and then disappearing into the forest again, leaving me stunned.

Not far away, near the forest edge and close to the entrance of RDC, this iridescent Brown-throated Sunbird male was indulging some flower nectar.  It seemed to be in a hurry as well; maybe there will be rain?

Just when it was time to leave back home, I had to stop to admire this lovely Asian Fairy Bluebird couple enjoying some freshly snatched figs on the road side.  Soon I was accompanied with some other nature-loving visitors.  Time, as always, seems to stop in the rainforest...

Another great day in the rainforest!

Enjoy,

Paula Camilleri






Paula Camilleri