Myna bird takes a break on car bonnet; checks out driver and stretches wings before flying off

Singapore — A rather daring Myna bird decided to take a quick stretch break on the bonnet of a car last Friday (Jan 14).

The bird, which sat on former National Coach Ghana Segaran’s car last Friday evening, did so for about six minutes before it made its way off. Mr Ghana told TISG that as he was driving, he stopped at the Sengkang Riverside Park to take a call. The car had stopped, but the engine was still running, with the radio still on, when the bird decided to hop on.

“I was quite surprised”, said Mr Ghana, 67.

“My car engine was switched on, yet the bird did not fly away. It was sitting there (on the bonnet) and looking around and at me”, he said.

He also noted that the bird did not seem to be injured in any way. Even when a car passed by and stopped in front of his car, it maintained its position, even stopping to stretch at one point.

In videos taken by Mr Ghana, the Myna could be seen looking around at first, even pausing to look at him at one point.

After it made its checks, it sat on the bonnet and stretched its wings before flying off after a while, said Mr Ghana. He joked that the bird probably was trying to hitch a ride somewhere.

Last week, on Monday (Jan 10), a man took to Facebook group Singapore Wildlife Sightings to share about a pigeon that landed on the bonnet of his moving car. The unbothered pigeon even stayed on throughout the duration of the video, hitching a ride from North Bridge Road to Clarke Quay. /TISG

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