Happy Easter!
The sunbird came to lay eggs! What a perfect timing!
On the 25 March 2021 I discovered some fibre strands hanging on the star Jasmine plant. I immediately thought of the sunbirds. They were here last year, the same spots. Now they are coming again. I was so happy and elated.
As written by Christopher Hails, the olive-backed sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) is the most common of our sunbirds here in Singapore. And I can see that the sunbird from the video looks almost like those shown in the book. It says that the nest is often placed low down in bushes and trees and sometimes on verandas too. The nest is the usual pendant form, with an overhanging porch at the entrance and the outside decorated in a wonderful manner with a great variety of lichens, dead leaves, seed cases, and even caterpillar frass. Well, you can really see from the nest that the birds are so clever. They used so much of 'rubbish' materials to build their nest -- dried rain tree flowers, coconut husks, barks, feathers, furs, hairs, and much more. And they are so smart, having a circular entrance and lining the interior with superior fine white strands of 'fur'.
On the night of 1 April 2021, I heard so many birds chirping outside the house. It was so happy occasion for them. In the morning, I discovered the egg. The birds celebrate their happy occasion too!
