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.
