The weather was rather hot on Saturday, and I decided to take a break from gardening and armed myself with the camera instead. It’s been a while since I’ve documented the feathered visitors that visit, and these were the ones that stopped by in the early afternoon…

A pair of lovey-dovey speckled doves enjoying the shade – they’re always in pairs! – this was the first time I’ve seen them being affectionate.

A suspicious black-naped oriole up in the palm tree. They’re difficult to photograph because they’re so alert and fly off fast.

Not to be confused with the sparrow, but easily so, is this scaly-breasted munia. It was one of a pair that were happily browsing the uncut lawn for food.

And, last in this series, a mynah feeling the heat after busily looking for food in the grass. It looks like it’s gasping from the heat, doesn’t it?
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