Birds of Kuala Selangor

21st & 25th December 2012, Kuala Selangor, Selangor

Equipment: Nikon D7000 & , Nikkor 400mm f2.8 + TC20EIII                  Nikon 1 V1  + Nikkor 400mm f2.8 It is the rainy season now  and from my experience jungle birds tend to be  a little quiet and hard to find so it was Kuala Selangor again for some coastal birds   A pair of Asian Dollarbirds A Little Heron preening                                   The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo was  a pleasant surprise. A Collared kingfisher regurgitating something from her throat.   25th December 2012: A Grey heron A Black-capped KIngfisher Crested Serpent Eagle This catfish may be too big for the Black-crowned Night-heron to handle Sunda pygmy Woodpecker

Black-Crowned Night Herons of Sekinchan

5 July 2009, Sungai Besar, Sekinchan, Selangor

We went to Sekinchan specifically for the  Black-Crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) and were a bit disappointed to have found only 2 birds on a  tree next to the wharf . We were ready to return to Kuala Lumpur after taking whatever photos we could when we saw a few egrets in the air. Decided to follow the birds . Lo and behold, we had stumbled upon their breeding ground. Only then did we realize that we had earlier gone to the wrong place. Sorry Yen, should have read your directions more carefully .

Attending to her nest