Blue Winged Pitta !!!

I was taking a walk in the Singapore Botanic Garden's

Ginger Garden to look for butterflies. The Ginger Garden

is a major playground for sunbirds. ( below-olive-backed sunbird female )

A large butterfly swooped by and caught my eye.

I cut through the nearby restaurant, hoping to get a better

view of it. I soon lost sight of it but was diverted by a small

green bird in the dense undergrowth. I peered closer. It was

a PITTA!!! A BLUE-WINGED PITTA!! My first sighting of the

evasive bird! I could hardly contain my excitement. I wasted no time,

quickly snapping photographs. ( below-BLUE-WINGED PITTA !!! )

I kept shooting until the pitta wen't out of sight.

Nearby a family of rufous-tailed tailorbirds darted around

the thick bushes. I managed to get a shot of a juv. tailorbird ( below )

I headed home, still over exerted by that Blue-Winged Pitta.