A lucky twitcher struck gold here recently when a glorious specimen from far distant forests accidentally landed in this jungle of concrete, glass & steel—affluent Tanjong Katong, what’s more. Forty years was the last sighting locally. It made a reassuring feature for page 1 of the Straits Times this morning. They have not gone to the dogs entirely here. Still connected to real nature. Still part of the great creation, the shared ecosphere. Alive in the traditional, meatworld. (Not Dead Yet? as the new Chinese App going gangbusters in the Apple Store on the Mainland has it.) As if.
Visitations of monkeys, butterflies, otters, dears in recent days, often received the same treatment; provided the same consolation. The social media lighting up.
NB. A Eurasian hoopoe discovering a green patch of grass, raising its magnificent crown.
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