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Fraser's Hill 29-30th Nov 2019

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Guided 2 birders from India. We went to the hill station. Weather was not the best but we still managed to get good looks and photos of the target species up there.
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Hulu Langat 25th Nov 2019


Another 2 birders from Singapore. However we only spent half a day in Hulu Langat. 
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Genting Highlands 24th Nov 2019


Today, I took Henk up to the highland. We walked the road for quite a bit and managed to get some new species including Bar-throated Minla, Eyebrowed Thrush, Silver-breasted Broadbill and Mountain Leaf Warbler. 
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Pasir Ris Park 18th Nov 2019


My first visit to famous spot for Sunda Scops Owl in Singapore. Thanks a bunch to John! We tried looking for the owl upon arrival, no luck. Then, we walked the whole park and saw several other birds including Crested Goshawk and Oriental Pied Hornbill. We bumped into Alvin, the most regular birder in the park and he tipped us on the current spot for the owl. We went back to the area and finally John found the bird! Alrighty!!!
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Singapore Bird Race 17th Nov 2019


It feels good to be back in Singapore and join the bird race after a lapse of 14 years (I think). Time flies. 

This time I teamed up with Dr Yong, Jamie and Darrel. We followed Dr Yong's suggestion and covered 3 birding sites. In the end, we saw 60 species, although not enough to win the race, it was good fun. 

....till next time, Singapore....
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Hunt for Pitta and Redstart 16th Nov 2019




I went down to Singapore a day before the bird race. Coincidentally, there were sightings of 2 species - the first is a Fairy Pitta and then a Daurian Redstart. With the help of my team members for the race, we headed to the trail for Fairy Pitta before dawn. Dipped on this one. Next, we tried the Redstart and we nailed down this one.
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Birding around KL 12th Nov 2019

Monday, November 11, 2019

This trip we were supposed to cover Fraser's Hill and the lowland forest of Hulu Langat but due to unavoidable reasons, we only birded in the hill station. The most memorable session is when we were testing our luck with a pair of Red-bearded Bee-eater. 
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Birding in the southern region 9-10th Nov 2019


From Kuala Lumpur, we started our birding in the morning. We stayed a night before ended our short trip in Johor. It was another memorable photography trip.
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Birding in Perak 4-7th Nov 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019


Going up north from KL always have me the opportunities to observe a few species that I don't usually see in my common birding sites in the central region. This trip we covered the ex tin mining areas around Ipoh and Taiping, as well as the mangrove of Kuala Sepetang and the surrounding habitat of Maxwell Hill. 



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Photography near KL 3rd Nov 2019

Monday, November 4, 2019

In the morning, we went to Bukit Tinggi for the usual targets followed by an afternoon session in Hulu Langat.
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Birding in Perak 1st Nov 2019


Went up to the birding sites in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. It's been a while since my last visit to Taiping and Malim Nawar. 


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Birding in Krau 26th Oct 2019


This is Pamela's first trip to the lowland forest of Krau reserve. In the above photo, she is busy admiring and taking photos of the Rufous-collared Kingfisher.
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Birding in Fraser's Hill 16-17th Oct 2019


Spent 2 days with Raj up here in the hill station. 
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Only for the Blue-eared Kingfisher 11th Oct 2019


This birding site is one of my favorite spot to look for the Blue-eared Kingfisher. And yes, we were successful with our mission today. 
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Birding in Selangor 5th Oct 2019



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Short Day Trip to Johor 4th Oct 2019


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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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Bird Video

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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