SWALLOW

There are a lot of swallows near waterbodies, and this area is no exception. I always see them swooping and soaring very low, barely above the ground.


So what was this little fellow doing on the signboard? Suntanning, I presume? And it wasn't even bothered by my presence.

CONTRAST

I love contrast in everything e.g. landscapes, colours, textures.

The orange-flowered Spathodea campanulata (common name: African Tulip Tree; Family: Bignoniaceae) in the background has smaller dark green leaves compared to the larger elliptic-leaved Dillenia grandifolia (Family: Dilleniaceae).

In the 2nd photo, there were a lot of birds, presumably swallows, in the sky circling around this Ceiba or Alstonia tree. Too bad I didn't manage to get most of the birds in the photo. I wonder what they were doing?