Nothing Goes to Waste

A glimpse of the sweet morsels from the fruiting mango tree that feeds the young black-naped oriole in the south garden. Here the mother indulgences in her young, while other birds look on, and await their turn at the fruit basket.

Now its the turn of the yellow-vented bulbul to partake of the fruit, even as insects on the leeward side risk themselves in the food-chain to take their turn at the juicy flesh of this Asian king of fruits. Meanwhile, the spotted dove looks on placidly.