On the 24th of May'17, I had a most remarkable encounter (and a lifer at that) with a Red-throated Barbet. Of all the places I could have met the bird, it was at our garden in Kuching. I was at my study when I heard an unusual call which sounded like a loud
tok, tok, tok, tok in erratic intervals that made me rauh out to the garden with my camera. I saw it first perching on the
Poui branch and afforded me a fair view of it. Then I waited and luck was on my side when it came perching down to the Eugenia oleina tree branch which was just meters away from where I stood. Then it was all shoot, shoot and shoot away. This rare moment comes once in a life time. I will not know when will I ever see it again, but this chanced encounter at the Kambatik garden in Kuching is good enough for me to see the beauty of this bird. Below are some more pictures from the album.
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| High on the Poui tree branch |
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| Perching on the Eugenia oleina branch. |
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| This sighting makes my day - 24 May,2017. |
