Grey Throated Babblers

31st  December 2010, Old Gombak Road , Selangor

Decided to try a new location, along the old Gombak road. Spotted  a pair of Grey Throated Babblers  making their way in the bamboo trees (managed to shoot only one)

Female Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher

5th December 2010, Kemensah , Selangor

Any ideas what this is. Looks like some kind of Shrike Babbler. Update 24/12/2010: This turns out to be a Yellow-Rumped  Flycatcher. The  thick bill in the photo made it looked like something else. Thanks all for contributing ideas on the possible ID.

Lesser Coucal

5th December 2010, Kemensah , Selangor

Distant shots of a Lesser Coucal which flew to the other side of a pond when I unintentionally encroached into her comfort zone.

Young Ferruginous Flycatcher

5th December 2010, Kemensah , Selangor

Back in Kemensah. Tried a different patch , near the ATV park. Found this young migrant flycatcher busy sallying  for insects. The streaks on the head and back indicate that she’s a young bird. ( click here for pics of the adult bird)

Great one Little one: Egrets

28th November 2010,  Pantai Remis, Kuala Selangor.

Two  Egrets  were  in the area ; one non-breeding  Great Egret (yellow billed)  and   a  Little Egret . They looked nervous and very wary of human presence , almost impossible to get closer for any good  shots. I think there’s a saying ‘ it comes easy when you’re not trying’: definitely the case here. The Great Egret flew onto a nearby tree: don’t know whether she realized that I wasn’t  too far away. The Little one  made a fly-by in front of my camera!

Common Sandpiper

28th November 2010,  Pantai Remis, Kuala Selangor.

I spotted only two Common Sandpipers during the  entire trip; not so common after all!

Little Herons of Pantai Remis

28th November 2010,  Pantai Remis, Kuala Selangor.

The sun came out during the earlier part of my trip to Pantai Remis/Jeram. The Little Herons  had me  by the shoreline looking at their  hunting techniques.   Nice little catfish as  reward for her perseverance.

Common Redshanks & Terek Sandpipers

28th November 2010,  Jeram, Kuala Selangor.

It has been a while since my last outing. Got my Nikon D7000 on Saturday night so I just had to get out and  give it a real test. Drove to Jeram beach to see if the shore birds were around.  It was still high tide  and not much of the mud flats was exposed. They were the only group in the area consisting of Common Redshanks and Terek Sandpipers ( smaller with upturned bill). Lighting was poor and it had started to drizzle when I began shooting. The D7000 is definitely a vast improvement over my trusted D90. Improved  High ISO performance, 16.2mp and faster continuous auto focussing just made it a lot easier to obtain sharp images.  In my opinion,  it’s well worth the investment.