| 23rd April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Pahang |
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A beautiful metallic blue bird. He is part of a family of 4 Large NIltavas consisting an adult female, a juvenile male and juvenile female. I will be posting them seperately due to time constrain to process all the RAW files.
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| 23rd April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Pahang |
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I wrote in response to a comment by David Bakewell that I haven’t seen any Snowy-browed Flycatchers in Ulu Kali. Well…… here she is! The Malays would say ‘ Hai…… panjang umur burung ni’ (Hai…. long life lah this bird)
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| 16th April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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My only clear shot of a Rufous-winged fulvetta. She was simply too close, right on the edge of my focusing limit (1.2m).
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| 16th April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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It took me three trips to Ulu Kali for this tiny bird. They would go foraging in and out of the thick ferns ,tracking them is a challenge in itself. This time I was quicker on the draw!
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| 16th April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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From our car it looked like a strange looking leaf. Just out of curiosity I told my brother to stop the car as we went directly over, then I saw this….. a little bird still asleep in the middle of the road! Phew .. a very near miss. Took her to the roadside where she woke up and began hopping and taking short flights. I was told later that this could be a Large Niltava chick. There was in fact an adult Niltava in the area when we were taking these shots.
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| 6th March 2011, Taman Melawati, Selangor |
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Quite common in Taman Melawati, they go in a small flock of 5-10 birds to feed on grass seeds which form their main diet.
The young bird lacks the scaly markings
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| 26th March 2011, Kemensah, Selangor |
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This male Cuckoo was calling loudly from the trees behind me while I was shooting the Bee-eaters in flight. He gave only a few second window for these shots. This is my first encounter with the male bird.
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| 26th March 2011, Kemensah, Selangor |
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I spent half the morning trying to get the hang of the camera’s 3D tracking Autofocus mode and the Bee-eaters were the best targets to practice shooting birds in flight since they go through the air like an arrow. These are not perfect but I’m slowly getting the feel of the way to follow them through the viewfinder and the settings to use.
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| 27th March 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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One of the many species of Bulbuls in Malaysia. The Mountain Bulbul, as the name suggests is a species that is most at home in our highlands.
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| 27th March 2011, Awana, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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Looks like a piece of Batik cloth, a Large Woodshrike on a dried up giant fern.
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| 27th March 2011, Awana, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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They are a common sight at Awana, they go in a flock of 4-6 birds foraging in the trees.
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| 27th March 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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She came out to have a look at the insects on the tarmac which had fallen victim to the lure of the lights. After having a sneak peek at ‘ today’s menu’ she decided that it wasn’t her taste and quickly disappeared into the bushes. Being Malayan I think she prefers ‘Nasi lemak & Teh tarik’.
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| 6th March 2011, Taman Melawati, Selangor |
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I went to check on the pair of adult Blue-eared Kingfishers, and from what I saw they were doing just fine. The pair were seen hunting at their favourite spot, in fact from their favourite branch. Having this knowledge will gain you access to some pretty close-up shots of this tiny Kingfisher. They were caring for a young bird the last time I saw them about six months ago, my guess is that the young bird had moved to a new area. This one is a male with a blackish lower mandible.
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| 27th March 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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A migrant Warbler, she’s probably thinking ‘ I should be heading North now ’
Update: previously posted as an Arctic Warbler |
| 27th March 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highland, Pahang |
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I’ve been to Gunung Ulu Kali three times over the last few weeks and I still do not have a decent shot of this bird to bring back. This day luck was on my side when two Minlas decided to come out in the open.
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