In the month of November I reciprocate Den request to go to Melaka to look for waders migrants. It took us about 2 hours to reach our destination going thru horrendous traffic junctions after exiting Alor Gajah. First thing to do is to have our Timsum breakfast at YauHauFok. By the time we started birding it was already 9 am.
The highlight is the sighting of a few Long-tailed Shrike and plenty of Brown Shikes (5:1 ratio) at Batang Kali's padi field. The month saw the fields being ploughed for planting of padi. My target bird of the Watercock and Reed Warblers was again not met until my second solo trip in December as posted. The site condition was not right then
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| The Siberian Stonechat (female) was sighted in the open field |
In the first week of December I went again to BT in the hope of seeing the Glossy Ibis. Apparently I got the wrong info. There I met Zakir and friend. Below are the many birds that were sighted. Most of the field have been sowed in December. I was lucky to finally got my Watercock in the open at the far end belukar at the northern exit. The trip was to test out my new Coolpix P1000 Superzoom
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| 3 black drongoes wh\ere sighted at a pond and dumpsite sailing for flying insects on my second trip |
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| They are visiting bird to Peninsula |
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| Oriental Reedwarbler is a local resident bird |
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| My lifer 2018 |
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| Comparing the size of the moorhen and the swamphen |
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| A threesome of Bluetailed make a beautiful composition . Using my newly acquired Nikon P1000 |
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| The red collared is a feral bird. First time encounter down south |
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| Pond heron are easy shoot here. Hoping for a Black bittern |