Hakem’s Girl : ‘Bakal Menantu’

9th October 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

I took Ari & Wilma’s suggestion to find a suitable mate for Hakem but it looked like Hakem had found  himself a  pretty, young bird without my help. Just look  at those facial stripes, gorgeous! She must be new to the area because I haven’t seen any juvenile females before this. Been trying to obtain some  info on the age of these birds when they reach sexual maturity but unfortunately there’s none. Hakem was on a different branch a few yards away from his ‘girl’. Translation: Bakal menantu- ‘future daughter in-law’

It’s One of Those Days

It’s almost like the Lone Ranger without  Silver , Rambo without guns, or Ronaldo without his boots. Thats how I feel  now without my 400mm lens! Last Saturday, the tripod toppled over and I was told after sending in for repairs that the Autofocus mechanism had broken, sigh. Fortunately it fell on soft ground which had quite thick grass, the camera body is still OK. The same day  Ilyas’s flashgun dropped off from the hotshoe while walking out from Kemensah. Apparently the plastic holding the screws had given way. Another big sighhhhhhh. Well, pretty much out of commission this week. Anyway, here’s something I dug up from the old album