Little Heron

7th December 2019,  Taman Melawati, Selangor DE

Species: Little Heron

Local Name: Puchong Keladi
Scientific Name: Butorides striata
Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor 400 f2.8 AFS-VR

Grey-Rumped Treeswifts

30th November 2019,  Taman Melawati, Selangor DE

Species: Grey-rumped Treeswifts

Local Name: Layang-layang Berjambul Kelabu
Scientific Name: Hemiprocne longipennis
Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor 400 f2.8 AFS-VR

Scaly-Breasted Munia

11th July 2019,  Kemensah, Selangor DE

Species: Scaly-breasted Munia

Local Name: Burung Pipit Pinang

Scientific Name: Lonchura punctulata

Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor 400 f2.8 AFS-VR

Common Kingfisher

22nd February 2016,  Taman Melawati,  Selangor DE

Local Name:  Pekaka Citcit

Scientific Name: Alcedo atthis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

 

 

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvRY2qgSshk

Blue Eared Kingfisher

21st January 2016, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Local Name: Pekaka Bintik bintik

Scientific Name: Alcedo meninting

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Testing the Nikon V3

Common Kingfisher

22nd December 2015, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Local Name: Pekaka Citcit

Scientific Name: Alcedo atthis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V1 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

(taken 090116)

 

 

Little Heron

14th September  2014, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Prinia rufescens Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher

16th March 2014, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Ficedula zanthopygia Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Blue-Winged Pitta

1st March 2014 Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Pitta moluccensis                                        Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Greater Racquet-Tailed Drongo

23rd February 2014, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Dicrurus paradiseus                  Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Common Hill-Myna

23rd February 2014, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Gracula religiosa Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G + TC2.0IIIE

Little Heron

21st September 2013, Taman Melawati , Selangor

Species: Little Heron Local Name: Puchong Keladi Scientific Name: Butorides striatus Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor 400 f2.8 AFS-VR

Blue-Eared Kingfisher : Female Sub Adult

25th August 2013, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Species: Blue-Eared Kingfisher Local Name: Pekaka Bintik-bintik Scientific Name: Alcedo meninting Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G + TC20EIII

Mother’s Love: Blue-Eared Kingfishers

2nd February 2013, Selangor

Species: Blue-eared Kingfishers Local Name: Pekaka Bintik-bintik Scientific Name: Alcedo meninting Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G Few and far betweeen….. you do not stumble upon this kind of moment everyday. A juvenile (left)  getting a fish from her mom.

Blue-Eared Kingfisher

1st January 2013, , Selangor

Local Name: Pekaka Bintik-bintik Scientific Name: Alcedo meninting Equipment: Nikon 1 V1 + Nikkor AFS 400mm f/2.8-VR New Year bird. These were taken  right before a storm and her feathers  were fluttering in the strong wind.

Grey Wagtail

1st January 2013, Taman Melawati , Selangor

Local Name: Kedidi Batu Scientific Name: Motacilla cinerea Equipment: Nikon 1 V1 + Nikkor AFS 400mm f/2.8-VR

Painted Stork : Trying out the Nikon D600

3rd October 2012, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Local Name: Burung Botak Padi Scientific Name: Mycteria leucocephala Equipment: Nikon D600, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII

Golden-Bellied Gerygones

31st July 2011, Taman Melawati, Selangor

‘Ayah (Dad) !, I think it is a lifer’. That was what my son Ilyas told me after returning from his daily football game with  friends. He said he had seen two ‘new’ birds and a nest.  Curious, I asked him to bring me to the location the next morning. True enough there was a pair of ‘new’ birds and a bulb shaped nest on a branch overhanging a monsoon drain. After an ID check it turned out that these are Golden-bellied Gerygones (Gerygone sulphurea) , supposedly quite common birds although I’ve never come across the species before. Some refer to them as Flyeaters instead of Gerygones. A monotypic species meaning both male and female look very similar. These photos are of both sexes but sorry I’m not able to distinguish which is which.