It has been an awesome birding with Thomas for the past few months, almost 1 year. For a final trip, we went up to Fraser's Hill to tick a few more species which eluded us previously. Some of our primary targets for this trip were Collared Owlet, Malaysian Partridge, White-tailed Robin, Silver-breasted Broadbill, Dusky Broadbill, Slaty-backed Forktail, and Blue-winged Minla. Upon arrival at the hill station, we tried to get 2 species - Slaty-backed Forktail and Malaysian Partridge. It was the Collared Owlet that greeted us! After a long wait, we could not get any sign of the forktail and partridge. Almost 2 hours later, I was trying to convince Thomas we should get going so that we can try other species. At that very moment, the 1 adult partridge appears, followed by...

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"Thank you, Weng Chun for your hospitality and great birding! We truly enjoyed the benefits of your years of hard work. Most of all, your passion for the birds and your excitement when showing them to us made the trip! Every bird, and particularly, every Hornbill never gets old for you." - John, USA We started the trip from Kuala Lumpur early in the morning, and our first birding stop was Kuala Selangor Nature Park. A good start but weather was a bit hard on us (as usual). Time really flies when you are birding in this park - we spent about 3-4 hours here and by the time we reach the car park, all of us were exhausted. Some of the highlights include white morph Asian (Amur) Paradise Flycatcher - good spotting John!, Cinereous Tit, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Plain-throated...

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Been out in the field for more than 24 hours without sleep with specific targets in mind. In the end, I managed to get a decent photo for record of the elusive and much sought after bird - Malaysian Rail Babbler. Gould's Frogmouth (Nikon1 V1 + CX 70-300mm) Rail-babbler (Nikon1 V1 + CX 70-300m...

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"In August 2017, I had an opportunity to do some bird photography in KL, Malaysia. On searching the web, I located Cheong Weng Chun as one of the most recommended guide. When I contacted Weng to help me organize my trip, he responded promptly and courteously. Since I had only three days in KL, I had relied fully on Weng’s guidance to get the maximum of my short stay. He arranged all the transportation, hotels, meals, etc to my entire satisfaction. I must say that Weng provided excellent service not only as a birding guide, but also as a fellow photographer and a great companion over the three days. His knowledge of birds, their locations, and timing were exactly what I was looking for which enabled me to photograph over 55 species in three days, including several lifers...

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It's been a while since myself and Thomas go out "hunting" for birds. So we decided to revisit the same sites which we had visited in the past to look for the birds that we missed out. In the morning, we were in the mangrove looking for Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Mangrove Whistler and Cinereous Tit while in the afternoon we were already in Ulu Langat. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill is the most commonly encountered birds during our trips. Violet Cuckoo. Got an update from a fellow birders, so we quickly make a dash to the sit...

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