I saw a Dollar bird perching on a bare tree this morning. Hi, friend, long time no see!
Dollar Bird is a plump black-greenish bird with a wide red beak. You can see a large white circle on each wing when it flies. I don’t know why it is named Dollar Bird.
It is quite easy to spot a Dollar Bird. It likes to sun itself high up on the tree in the morning or after rain. From far away, you can see the black plump body and the red beak. Its colour and size are different from Crow and Starling. We will confirm by observing the white circle on the wings when it opens up the wings. It will stay there for a long time, hence we can take our time to watch it.
During our bird-watching walk, when one of bird-watcher said ‘I earn one dollar today!’ That meant she saw a Dollar Bird.
A good site about birds in Singapore: http://besgroup.talfrynature.com/
