Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch

24th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor.

You won’t believe how close they will come  near you. She was about 4 feet away when I  took the video. The male with the black post ocular lines  (below)  hanging upside down The female

Birds of Bentong

22nd & 23rd  May 2010, Bentong, Pahang. We had a family gathering  at my brother-in-law’s orchard, a beautiful place  on high ground with the hills of Bentong as the backdrop. I was curious as to what species of bird  I would find there. Spent 2 hours on Saturday afternoon and 3 hours Sunday morning  to see what I could photograph. The result was quite interesting.

A male Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch A male White-Rumped Shama Buff-Vented Bulbul Spectacled Bulbul Common Iora Three Brown Barbets Blyth's Hawk Eagle Orange-Bellied Flowerpecker (shot by Ilyas)   This place also yielded a lifer  for me, a Black-Throated Babbler which was posted earlier

A male Black & Yellow Broadbill A family of Chestnut-Winged Babblers Rufescent Prinia  Male & female Orange-Backed Woodpeckers   Wreathed Hornbill  (shot by Ilyas)   Male Blue-Winged Leafbird  (shot by Ilyas)   Either a female Brown-Throated  or Red throated Sunbird  (shot by Ilyas).  I’m more inclined to go for the latter  because of the orange tinge at the throat.

Spider…man: Velvet Fronted Nuthatch Again

17th April 2010, Kemensah, Selangor.

Feeding shots of the Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. This the second time I’ve shot this species hunting spiders. This is a female            I’m not sure what’s in her mouth, doesn’t look like a spider. These two are males with the black post-ocular lines.

Up Close and Personal: Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch

10th April 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

I’ve never been in a situation where I had to back off in order to get a full bird in frame. Well it happened with  this bird and she’s a  very small bird. There were four Nuthatches in the area and this particular bird flew down to about 5 feet from us. These are uncropped full frame photos .

A Mixed Bag’O Birds

18th October 2009, Kemensah, Selangor For record purposes, these are the other birds photographed that day.

A Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch A  Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo. I  don’t think it’s the same bird I shot a     fortnight ago. Chestnut-Bellied Malkoha.   Black-Winged Flycatcher-Shrike

Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch- one upside down birdie!

15 August 2009, Kemensah, Selangor

Feasting on a small spider . She swallowed the spider whole. In the upside down position

It was an excellent day of birding with 4 beautiful lifers. Lifer 1: A Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) on her feeding round. She’s one difficult bird to keep track, she just kept moving non-stop. There were 2 Nuthatches at different locations in Kemensah today.