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WATERBIRD 23/60 - Slaty-breasted Rail
It is a rarity for weekend birders to see this waterbird of marshland mangroves and even padi field in Peninsula. Male and female looks the same Size about a foot chestnut crown , grey chested with...
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WATERBIRD 24/60 - Oriental Darter
The Oriental Darter or Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster ), sometimes called Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a cormorant-like species that has a very long...
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SWALLOW 4/4 -Swallow Striated
The striated swallow (Cecropis striolata) is a species of swallow found in open, often hilly areas, clearings and cultivation in South and South East Asia to northeastern India and Taiwan.The striated...
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WATER BIRD 22/60 - Ruddy-breasted Crake
Another lifer for the year 2016 bringing my tally to 453 subspecies of Birds of Malaysia that I have photographed. This Crake is mainly a permanent resident throughout its range, but some northern...
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WADER 53/60 - Little Cormorant
The Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in tropical south Asia from southern Pakistan through India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is...
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WADER 54/60 - Great Cormorant
This is a very common and widespread bird species. It feeds on the sea, in estuaries, and on freshwater lakes and rivers. Northern birds migrate south and winter along any coast that is well-supplied...
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RELEASED/INTRODUCED BIRD - Glossy Ibis
This is an escapee from the bird park in Taman Tasik Perdana. This lonely bird have been roaming the public park since 2012. It would be nice if the bird park or DBKL get to import a few more bird to...
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WOODPECKER 21 /24 - Great Slaty Woodpecker
This woodpecker has been elusive until jusy last weekend that is in the month of May 2016. The Great Slaty is the largest Woodie you can see in Malaysia. Coming in at 48-58 cm (1.5-2 feet ) larger that...
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AVIAN Video - Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
The beautiful call of the Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
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SWALLOW 2/4 - Pacific Swallow
Pacific Swallows eat insects, catching them during flight. To feast on swarming insects, they may join other birds like Swifts. But unlike Swifts that simply trawl the air with their mouths open,...
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RAILBABBLER 1/1 - Malaysian Rail Babbler
It was a beautiful sighting here in the month of May 2016. I was very envious of fellow birders getting this bird at one time. I was tempted to go down to Johor just to shoot it whenever fellow...
View ArticleDusky Leaf Monkey enjoying breakfast
Its favorite diet is young leaves .........aptly called a leaf monkey.
View ArticleAVIAN Video - Brown Hawk Owl roosting in the day
Nocturnal birds like owls, frogmouths and nightjars usually stay roosting in the day. So whenever you see one they are not perturb to fly away unless you are really too close for comfort.
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PIGEON 9/12 - Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
This is my lifer no 6 for the year 2016; the birds are trickling in rather slowly as you pass the 450 mark for a weekend birder like me. Met Danny boy a very long time birding acquintance and Melaka...
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AVIAN video - Fire-tufted Barbet close up
The colours of the fire-tufted is as awesome as the Common Green Magpie which you can see here in Fraser's Hill. Jelai is the place to see up close. I was fortunate to tumpang fellow birders from...
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WOODPECKER 22/23 - Greater Yellownape woodpecker
Another lifer for the month of June 2016. Bungled the shot whilst shooting from the car amongst the foreground foliage. I was literally reversing and tranversing to get a better shot. When I embark...
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Avian ID - Flycatcher for ID
Anyone can id flycatcher shown here. Taken in June2016 half way up Fraser's Hill. It has a uniform greyish/brown throat until belly.............Thanks
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Avian Sighting & Avian Call - Family of Large Niltavas Fraser's Hill...
The Male juvenile was the most daring and would stay close to 10 ft of you even when you approach it. The video is the female adult calling in response to a wrenbabbler.....The female juvenile A...
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