we are all born mad. some remain so.

the olive backed sunbird is a very common species of sunbirds in Singapore. but i think their life cycle is very poorly documented. on 2 separate occasions, they made nests amongst my home plants at the corridor/kitchen balcony. my mom made my family very unhappy by demanding us to take countless of photos and videos of part of the process. one photo turned out pretty nicely which i used it to take part in the sheares hall photography competition.



and they're back! for the third time, also at the corridor. but i have a great view of it right outside my bedroom window. so i got this great idea to document it in this blog as i observe them.



today, the female sunbird came to do a thorough evaluation of the plant. apparently it chose a pretty bare and skinny branch to start construction, and has already entwined some leaves with the branch. it came back and forth for around 5 times, each lapse taking almost 15mins, and each time staying for around 30secs-1min. but towards the later part of the day at 430pm, the bird came at shorter intervals, and chose a new spot with more leaf coverage but still skinny braches and proceeded to manipulate the leaves. but the last time it came at 5.15pm, the bird darted off suddenly. i suspect it could have been because my mom went too close to the window and moved her head for a better look and startled the bird (there's always a limit to the performance of a mirror window)

fuck. now just have to pray the bird comes back again.