If you observe very closely, you will find the 2 hornbills (seen as dark shadows) at the top half of the picture near the bunch of red berry-like fruits. Sorry to say I still have not learnt how to add arrows to the pic !
One wildlife seen here in Diamond Bay Hospital is the elegant and beautiful Hornbill. There are 2 of them- a pair, I'd like to think. They love to rest on my colleague's car and also perch on the tree next to the hospital building. There hornbills in the wild are even bigger than those I've seen at the zoo! :P I've taken their photos using my handphone but do forgive me as it's not clear.
It was 1.15 pm. My housemate and I had just got back from lunch today.I was in my room when suddenly I heard a knock on my door. It was my housemate. With her face full of distraught she told me that Mr./ Mrs Black aka Cobra had resurfaced again...in the hole near the drain just outside our unit. (Sigh- we stay on the ground floor unfortunately.) Alas! We thought that after not seeing it for the past few months we thought it had found greener pastures or rather soil. Yes, this is the second time that we've encountered Mr/Mrs Black in the past 4 years that I've been here. But not the second time for many other of my colleagues here. Anyway, we quickly called the operator who contacted the fire brigade who arrived 10 minutes later. However, as usual, Mr./Mrs. Black had slithered back into the hole leading into the ground under our house.
We've also seen a few iguanas and monitor lizards. One was so big ( maybe around 1 foot long which we just spotted today after returining from our lunch) that if you just saw it's head and neck you it would look like an otter!! :P Too bad it 'ran' away before I could take its picture as evidence!
Yes, yes. I did say that I was not supposed to blog anymore until my exams are over but I couldn't help it...I'm getting more and more addicted to blogging. And as I've mentioned earlier, it's an excuse to take a breather from studying!
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