I was having tea with Ely one leisurely afternoon when she suddenly pointed behind me and exclaimed in shock, “OYO!!”
I don’t know what kind of an exclamation that was. It was part fear, part amazement, part apocalyptic.
It gave me a scare.
I thought maybe someone was creeping up behind me to try to sell me a gym membership (gym membership salesmen being the new insurance agents) because I look like I really need to go to the gym.
I turned around and followed Ely’s finger. There was something creeping behind me, alright.
I released a more universally understood exclamation.
“OMG!” I exclaimed.
For the next 10 seconds, both of us gaped in astonishment as this little guy walked past our table.
![[Hey, handsome]](http://www.sheylara.com/images08/0629bird01.jpg)
“Poor thing!!!” cried Ely in sympathy.
It was a balding bird.
“So cute!!” I gushed.
The little bird strolled past nonchalantly, enjoying the afternoon sun.
![[Hey, handsome]](http://www.sheylara.com/images08/0629bird02.jpg)
He looks cute to me but I wonder if he gets shunned in avian country.
![[Hey, handsome]](http://www.sheylara.com/images08/0629bird03.jpg)
When I was writing this post, the Goonfather saw the picture on my screen and exclaimed, “Hey! Where did you get a chicken?”
“It’s not a chicken lah!” I narrowed my eyes at him.
“It IS a chicken!” he insisted. “It has bird flu.”
“It a mynah!” I said.
“It looks like it’s trying to be a vulture,” the Goonfather shared.
![[Hey, handsome]](http://www.sheylara.com/images08/0629bird04.jpg)
I tried to take a video of it but the little guy didn’t like it and kept running off and hiding behind chair and table legs so I only managed to get a clear shot of it for like three seconds in the beginning.
I guess I wouldn’t like it either if some strange girl who looks like she needs a gym membership were to start following me around with a video camera.
mmm maybe it was born like that? Some breed? or some.. well abnormality? there are always exception ba. Anyway it’s much cooler. Nowadays weather very hot.
ahaha!!! so funny, you even tried to take a video of it!
I’ve seen some around. Thought it was perhaps hair loss from fighting but this extent of hair loss very exaggerated leh. Maybe it’s some disease.
Or maybe a vulture mated with a mynah.
Hmm… too much table scraps. Maybe he needs to go Yun Nam Hair Care.
it looks like Mr burns from Simpsons
it needs a new hair stylist.
Send that to NGC!!! :D
The mynah could just be going through a normal moulting.
That’s a Mynah and balding is very common among this species. I believe it’s a cycle process like a snake when it sheds its skin.
I adore mynahs. They’re so cute when they walk around shaking their heads back and forth.
Yea as Jaywalk said its acutally a common sight around singapore. Not sure why though.
The bald ones are either juvenile birds or birds that is in serious stage of moulting, hence the head become bald, they are basically found everywhere.
ITS a vulture!!!
Besides… TGF is not exactly hairy! :o)
Fwah, poor thing. First time I see a balding bird.