Upon passing the floodgate of the Kelanang fishing estuary I shot a lonely Common Sandpiper on the road side.
You are suppose to shoot from your car and walking out to shoot is a no no here unless you use a hide or prepare a camo screen. And if you naïve enough to come out from your car you may be scorned & scolded by fellow birders.
Baillon's is a tiniest of crakes you can see during the migratory period in Malaysia; coming in at 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) in length. It is even shorter than a Common Myna or Bulbul. Baillon's Crake has a short sharp tapering bill, yellow or green without a red base. Adults have mainly brown upperparts with some white markings, and a blue-grey face and underparts. The rear flanks are barred black and white. They have green legs with long toes, and a short tail which is barred underneath. Somewhat it like to cock its tail when moving around.
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| Also know as the Marsh Crake |
I noted that it forages on the move probing with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and aquatic animals including crustaceans on the surface. They are rather noisy birds, with a rattling call like that of the frog or garganey. They can be easier to see on migration or when wintering.
Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across the Paleactic. This species is migratory wintering in east Africa and south Asia
