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Younger Birders Going Up the Highland

Saturday, November 25, 2017
"Thanks for being such a warm, easy-going and knowledgeble guide during our 3 days at Fraser's Hill! We wouldn't have had so many "ticks", laughter and memorable moments without you! Really respect your passion / enthusiasm and "never-say-give-up" spirit even though it's so tiring!! May you continue to love what you do and spread the enthusiasm to others too! Thanks once again, we had the time of owl life :D Your tour was sibia good!!"
- JiaLiang, Donovan, Timothy & Joan












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Markku & Markku Birding in Malaysia


Started off our trip early in the morning before breakfast and ticked 2 species of nightjar - Large-tailed and Savanna. After breakfast, we stopped by at the infamous heronry in Putrajaya.



Next destination is the coastal with small patches of mangrove for shrike, cuckoo, sunbird, and others.



  



Enroute to Taman Negara, we stopped by at a lowland forest to see as many species as possible. Pretty rewarding I must say... broadbills, trogon, kingfisher, babblers, bulbuls, flowerpeckers, woodpeckers, leafbirds, and pitta.



We located a fruiting tree at a distant and managed to see a pair of Rhinoceros Hornbill feeding.





In Taman Negara, there is an on-going signage work along the boardwalk. Finally, proper directional signage that will benefit all trail users. So, what do we get from one of the oldest rainforest in the world? Well, we managed to ticked Crested Fireback, Malayan Peacock Pheasant, Large Frogmouth, Blyth's Frogmouth, Green Broadbill, Rufous-tailed Tailorbird, Diard's Trogon and so much more.





At the start of our owling session, we will ensure we have the necessary equipment before we walk into the trail.



While waiting for birds, butterflies attracted my attention or is it the other way around?





Markku trying to get a better angle of the Crested Fireback which we found along the boardwalk during our afternoon walk.





Heads up! target sighted! not 1 but 2 birds....



After Fraser's Hill, we drove up to Fraser's Hill - a must visit while on a long birding trip in Peninsular Malaysia.



The usual breakfast during low peak season at the hotel.

 

Markku on the left likes to take photographs while Markku on the right enjoy getting good looks at the birds.



Some of the highlights in Fraser's Hill include Pygmy Cupwing (formerly known as Pygmy Wren-babbler), Red-headed Trogon, Chestnut-crowned Warbler, Mountain Scops Owl, Collared Owlet, Malayan Partridge, and many more.









Weather is not always good up there and tonight we had some amount of rain.



On our last day of the trip, we tried to wrapped up as many species as possible covering all those local birding patches before we reach the airport. Overall, we had a wonderful trip in which we hit almost 300 species - not an easy feat considering the weather condition and traveling time throughout the trip.


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Licensed Tourist Guide specialized in birdwatching and photography tour in Peninsular Malaysia. BSc Forestry (Parks & Recreation Management).

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Birds & Wildlife in Malaysia

About Me

I'm a bird watcher, digiscoper, photographer and a licensed nature guide. Welcome to my 'A Malaysian Birder' blog. I will post my bird sightings and photographs on this blog. I started bird watching while studying in university. After graduating with a degree in forestry specializing in parks and recreation management, I have been attached to the parks and gardens industry. My past work experiences involve conducting environmental education program, bird watching and many more. When I go out to the field, I will usually have my Leica Ultravid 10x32 binocular and Kowa TSN-501 spotting scope with me. This is the lightest setup for me as I prefer to go light these days. There are times, I will have my parabolic microphone in the field for recording bird calls.

In the past, I will have my Kowa BDXD 8x32 binocular, Zoom H2N recorder, Kowa TSN-501 and my favorite Nikon1 V1 with a 70-300mm lens. This is the lightest setup I have tried.

Bird Watching Tours

There are quite a number of birding groups from Australia, United States and United Kingdom that come over to Malaysia annually visiting the traditional key sites that include Kuala Selangor, Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara. There is not doubt that the 3 sites are the preferred birding sites in Peninsular Malaysia. So if you are coming over for birding and intend to hire a guide, you can send me an email at nature2pixel@gmail.com and go over to posting section to view photos and summary of trip reports with testimonials from past clients.

Besides following the traditional route, I also customized trip according to clients needs, preference and interests. So there are some local patches that I can introduce to all bird watchers, digiscopers and photographers.

Here are a few of my favorite birding spots around Kuala Lumpur.

• Kuala Selangor - the habitats include mangrove forest. Good for woodpecker and kingfisher. Some amount of walking is required on flat terrain.

• Fraser's Hill - one of the traditional key sites for birding in Peninsular Malaysia and still the best place to visit. Elevation between 900 - 1200m above sea level. The species found here are different from the city of Kuala Lumpur. Targets may include Trogon, Woodpecker, Partridge, Laughingthrush, Leafbird, Spiderhunter and Sunbird.

• Hulu Langat - one of the most visited birding spot due to its proximity from the city centre. Walking is required but on easy terrain in this lowland forest. Sometimes need to wait at fruiting trees. Generally a good spot for Broadbill, Kingfisher, and Babbler.

• Bukit Tinggi - An alternative spot if you do not want to spend too long hours travelling to Fraser's Hill. It's about 900m to 1,000m above sea level and you get a combination of lowland and highland species at this elevation. Walking is required but just a short distance. Traditional known for Broadbill, Hornbill, Partridge and Pheasant.

• Gombak-Ampang - Generally recommended for photographers targeting Blue-eared Kingfisher and at times during fruiting season, it attracts many species of Bulbul and Barbet. Located in urban area.

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I am also interested to take video of birds. Here are some of my favorite videos for your viewing. Video taken with Nikon1 V1 attached to a Sigma 500mm f4.5 and most of the time iPhone SE through the spotting scope. Editing is done on smartphone Power Director for Android device and I also like the iMovie on iPhone. Enjoy.

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