Friday, July 25, 2014

Nest Of The Bulbul









                        A pair of bulbuls decided to build a nest in one of my ferns. My plants were actually rather small and were placed at a quiet place along the common corridor.When I first noticed something in my fern, I thought someone was using my potted plant as a rubbish bin. There were bits and pieces of cloth plus dried leaves. Luckily, I did not destroy it. The next day, I was amazed to see a nest taking shape. After that I was rewarded each day to find a new wonder taking place each day. First, the mother laid an egg. The next day, there were two and then there were three.About 9 days later, the first egg hatched. I was throughly thrilled. The other two hatchlings followed. Then someting dreadful happened. The day after the last hatching appeared, I saw that there were only 2 hatchlings left. Sad to say, only one was left the following day. It seems only the fittest would survive, so it's anyone's guess as to what happened to the other 2 hatchlings. The remaining hatchling grew very fast and was hopping around in 4-5days. After that it disappeared so  most probably, it flew away.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Lovely Pineapple



What do you think this is at  first glance? Look closely and you will realise that it is actually a pineapple.

 Yes a very young pineapple where you can see some 'petals' - part of the flower. I think it looks lovely at

this stage, unlike the prickly fruit when the pineapple ripens.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Durian flowers


 



 

Durian Flowers growing in bunches in a HDB estate -These pictures were taken in Lorong Lew Lian. The trees were planted there by Mr Ho Kah Leong on 5 September 1995 which happened to be Tree-Planting Day.