This is 1 of the 2 most decent videos that I have recorded using the Canon HF200 + 35mm Showtime adapter + Nikon 300mm f4.
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Bird Video: Brown Shrike
This is 1 of the 2 most decent videos that I have recorded using the Canon HF200 + 35mm Showtime adapter + Nikon 300mm f4.
Putrajaya and Kuala Selangor
Today is a day out for a little digiscoping in the field. I went to 2 sites - Putrajaya Wetland and Kuala Selangor Nature Park. All photos in this posting are taken with a Nikon P5100 (with Cheang Kum Seng's bracket and adapter) mounted on Omicron Harrier 80ED spotting scope.
Here are some testing shots of captive birds in Putrajaya. Easy targets before going for the wild birds in Kuala Selangor.
Another shot of the shrike to share in this posting.
A Visitor to the Garden
Here is a photo of a male Pied Triller photographed few years ago during my early days in DSLR photography. I visited a birder's garden to shoot a Asian Brown Flycatcher but this resident species caught my attention as it was perching at point blank!
Kingfishers of Peninsular Malaysia
Here is my favorite kingfisher. A little jewel that lives near small stream in a nearby forest. Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher.Bird Count in Putrajaya Wetland
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egret,
heron,
night-heron
During the last garden bird count, I went to my regular site - Putrajaya. Here are some of the birds that I never get tired of watching.
Purple Heron like any other species here are very obliging.
Then a Cattle Egret flew over to a perch near where I was standing allowing me for a few seconds to aim and shoot. After managing to get 3 to 4 shots, the bird flew away.
There were numerous nests of Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron and Painted Stork on the trees. Several juveniles are sighted nearby.
Here is a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron that perched near where the Cattle Egret was perching a while ago.
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Purple Heron like any other species here are very obliging.
Then a Cattle Egret flew over to a perch near where I was standing allowing me for a few seconds to aim and shoot. After managing to get 3 to 4 shots, the bird flew away.
There were numerous nests of Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron and Painted Stork on the trees. Several juveniles are sighted nearby.
Here is a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron that perched near where the Cattle Egret was perching a while ago.
Digiscoping a cooperative Rufous-chested Flycatcher
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flycatcher
I was browsing through my portable hard disk today and found images and videos of Rufous-chested Flycatcher taken from a nearby forest last year. Here are 2 photos cropped and sharpened for sharing.
I felt really lucky to be able to digiscoped a flycatcher because my success rate in digiscoping a flycatcher has never been high. Most importantly, as a digiscoper, patience is a pre-requisite.
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I felt really lucky to be able to digiscoped a flycatcher because my success rate in digiscoping a flycatcher has never been high. Most importantly, as a digiscoper, patience is a pre-requisite.
Cattle Egret Wave in a Paddy Field
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Last weekend, I was back in Melaka with my family. I made a short trip to a nearby paddy field in the late afternoon. No sighting of migratory raptor yet but there was a single Brahminy Kite pestering the Cattle Egrets in the field. This plot at the far end was covered in white. The were almost a hundred of them in that small patch looking for food.
Here is one individual with its snack.
Trying my luck with BIF. Here is a cropped image of the egret in flight.
