Mt Faber 09Sep12

From Danny

Went over to Mt Faber late morning for my Sunday birding routine after a good night sleep. From car park A up the slope of Mt Faber Road, about half way to the top, two birds flew in but only one perched and started foraging like a typical flycatcher . It stay about two minutes among a clump of thin branches, foraging for insects, clear features visible were yellow eye ring, clean yellow underpart, olive green crown and upperparts, two pale wing bars, dark bill but pale near base for lower mandible - female Green-backed Flycatcher. While looping back to car park A, behind block 43, a male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher was seen.

Another interesting observation was 3 Asian Koels, one male and two females. The two females were confronting each other on the same tree while the male was calling on another nearby tree in Car Park A. The two females stared at each other with raised wings, stretched necks and funny way of twitching their tails strongly, creating a strong whip sound alike . Never knew female Koels could fight over a male, lucky fellow.