This is a juvenile Mynah, perhaps on his first flight from his nest. He was stuck here for a while trying to find the courage to fly further or back home. His parents were calling out to him from one of the branches covered thickly with foliage.
I wonder if he was captivated by the color of those young leaves that emerge from the wild fig in Spring or was he just posing there among those beautiful leaves, I am not so sure which. I am not so sure of his/her gender either, looks like a male to me .
This fine young lady could be his mother or relative. These noisy bird nest in this wild fig and kick up a racket each morning. This is a huge tree about sixty feet tall and easily about 2o feet wide ( has been pruned heavily as it touches heavy duty cables wires)
These mynah squabble with all the other birds that nest in the tree and chase them away. The other birds are only allowed to eat the fruits of this tree when these mynahs are done eating. They aren't early birds like the Asian cuckoo and the barbets, but when they come the others expect others to make way for them.
These birds are juveniles too, perhaps a brother and sister. This guy on the right seem to be already showing changes in the shape of his head where he would display a slightly noticeable crest when he is all grown up.
Mynahs used to be kept as pets many years ago. They are easily trainable and can talk clearly like the parakeets. I remember as a child when I visited my grand aunt, her nephew had one of these mynahs as his pet. That bird would always hang around him though it was not caged.
The boy fed the bird, taught him to talk and let it follow him everywhere. I was fascinated by the behavior of the bird then. It could be a sweet pet but in the the wild a bully.
Please consider the first image as my entry for the Show Me A Photo Contest Round 22.
