Backyard birding 2 4/4/2012

Today, a rare occasion happen at my friend's backyard. A Yellow Vented Bulbul nest was fell on the ground, resulting from the strong wind last night. Two chicks in that nest were survived and a friend adopted them.

The Yellow-vented Bulbul chicks in the nest

The size comparison of the chicks and nest

One of the chick begging for food, at this stage, the Yellow-vented Bulbul is a insatiable bird, we had fed it about 5 times since we found them.

The food that we use to feed the chicks - made from bird ration, water and cockroach gut

Later, I heard the Koel call from the tree nearby, and there are three Koel perch on the tree, 2 males flirting a female.

The female Asian Koel carrying a cherry fruit

Two Asian Koel males flirting the female (one hidden under the leaf)

The male Koel fanned the tail - display the tail plumage to the female

The main birds attractant to this backyard is the cherry tree. Currently, there are about three fruiting cherry tree at this backyard. In the fruiting season there are few more fruiting trees such as mango, jambu, banana and rambutan.

The cherry tree

The ripe cherry fruit - Yellow-vented Bulbul, Olive-winged Bulbul, Asian Koel, Arctic Warbler, Pink-necked Green Pigeon and and Mynas usually seen feed on this fruit.

That's all for this post - to be continue in Adopted Bulbul Development