I was watching a mangrove bird wave (mixed foraging party) when a Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis saturatior flew down onto the board-walk in front of me. It then, inexplicably, proceeded to hop closer and closer until it was near my feet (Image 1).
It then flew up to join the family group of two adults and two dependent juveniles.
I saw an adult male acquire a spider (image 2) which was fed to a juvenile (image 3).
The composition of the mangrove mixed foraging party were:
4 Velvet-fronted Nuthatches Sitta frontalis (2 juveniles, 2 adults)
2-3 Pin-striped Tit-Babblers Mixornis gularis
1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail Rhipidura javanica
2 Copper-throated Sunbirds Leptocoma calcostetha
1 Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
2 Common Ioras Aegithina tiphia
And others which included Tailorbirds.
There was 1 Common Flameback Dinopium javanense in the group but was not sure entirely if it was part of the bird wave.