| 10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| A pair of Rufescent Prinias were flying around the area. I think they have a nest in a nearby bushes. Lately I see a lot of Prinias, both the Yellow-bellied and the Rufescent are very active and easy to spot.
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| 10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| Now you see me, now you don’t. That’s how it was with these two birds but you can always count on them when things are a bit slow and there’s not much else to shoot.
The female with grey head.
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| 10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| They are becoming quite rare now in Kemensah, poaching being a major contributory factor to the decline in their population.
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| 10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| The same couple that lost their chick were incubating a new egg. To answer my question, they did not reuse the old nest ( no longer there) but had chosen a different tree to build their nest. Their previous chick died on 10th June 2010 and I suspect that they have been brooding the new egg for a couple of weeks now. This was what the White-throated Kingfisher was eyeing. She was later chased away by one of the treeswifts ever so wary of intruders. Unlike the previous round, I will only be making weekly checks on their progress.
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| 10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| She was eyeing something, I will show in the next post what caught her attention.
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| 4th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| A startled female Himalayan Cuckoo ( Cuculus saturatus) formerly known as the Oriental Cuckoo ( probably a juvenile) flew across the trail in her effort for a quick get away. She paused for a short while before flying deeper into the forest. Lifer Update: 7th July 2010. I’ve been reviewing the photos of this bird and I think I have made a mistake in the ID. I think she’s a Rusty-breasted Cuckoo with some strange barrings on the upperpart (wings). The barrings on the underside are less pronounced than that of the Himalayan. Anyway, I think it is now off season for Himalayan Cuckoos. Sorry guys. Just too many branches in the way for a clean shot.
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| 4th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor. |
| Another monkey from Kemensah, a Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) |
