As I was walking toward my bedroom late this morning, I could hear the familiar screeching and hissing sound of a yet unknown bird in our garden. Since the sound suddenly became louder than usual, I ran to my window hoping to get a glimpse of the culprits. Lo and behold! there emerging from the bamboo thicket in our lower garden were two black birds, the size of chickens. They remained out in the open for several seconds before retreating back among the plants there, all the while producing that strange unworldly screeching and hissing. I learned much later, after checking out information in the Internet, that the two birds were likely the famous tikling birds (a.k.a Barred Rails) after which the popular folk dance tinikling was named.
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