Common Tailorbird foraging

“The Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius maculicollis) is one of many resident birds in our ‘wild’ urban garden.

“The thick ground cover we have provides them with extensive foraging opportunities, often ‘disappearing’ under it and all we see are ‘ripples’ of the vegetation (above).

“Here seen investigating the underside of Piper sarmentosum for insects and caterpillars (above).

“Our ground cover consists of many plants intermingled: Money plants trailing (Epipremnum aureum), Wild Strawberries (Fragaria vesca), Daun Kaduk (Piper sarmentosum), Chilli plants (Capsicum annuum), a number of herbs, etc.”

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
15th January 2017

Location: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Habitat: Urban enviroment
15th January 2017