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Bird Video: Brown Shrike

Monday, October 24, 2011



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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Putrajaya and Kuala Selangor

Tuesday, October 18, 2011


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.

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A Visitor to the Garden

Wednesday, October 12, 2011


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!
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Kingfishers of Peninsular Malaysia

Monday, October 10, 2011

Here is my favorite kingfisher. A little jewel that lives near small stream in a nearby forest. Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher.


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Bird Count in Putrajaya Wetland

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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Digiscoping a cooperative Rufous-chested 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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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.
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Olive-backed Sunbird

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Black-shouldered Kite

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Barred Eagle Owl

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Masked Finfoot

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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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