Yellow-eyed babbler(Chrysomma sinense)-மஞ்சள்கண் சிலம்பன்-पिवळ्या डोळयाच...

After making a video about Sirkeer Malkoha , our next target was the Yellow eyed Babbler. Though not elusive as the Sirkeer this bird had a different problem. This species also prefers the bush but is very active to say the least. They hardly ever sit in one place. They shuffle around in the mid area of the dense bushes and jump to another bush from there. We could spot them but we could not one decent clip of the bird.

Once in a while they come to the top of the bush and call out , only to get back into the bushes.


After spotting them in couple of locations , we had to make several visits to make this video  possible. Everytime there was less than 30-40 seconds of footage. we stitched them together to make this video.

We had a bonus for our effort though. Inbetween all the chasing,  we got the call of the bird as well because it was the breeding season.

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