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Borneo Birding - December 2023

Posted by wengchun Friday, December 15, 2023
Recently, I went on a 1-week trip to Borneo. My personal birding trip. It is my way to reward myself after another year of guiding. Thanks to all the guests for year 2023. Really appreciate your support. Usually for my "oversea" trip, I will use lightweight gears. And this time around, I would like to thank Chuan Bulat for giving me the chance to try out OM1 with Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO. Hiking up the hill took less effort, and it reminded me why I switched to micro four thirds years ago. 

Here are a few shots from the trip. 

Bornean Banded Pitta

Bornean Banded Pitta

Crested Partridge

Dayak Blue Flycatcher

Dayak Blue Flycatcher

Emerald Dove

Temminck's Babbler

Mountain Wren-babbler

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Contact me to make a reservation for a private birding tour with an experienced and licensed tourist guide specialize in birdwatching and photography tours. I have been guiding professionally since 2007 with birders coming from United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, South Africa, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Brunei and others.

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Borneo Birding - December 2023

Kuala Selangor - 2 Dec 23

Posted by wengchun Monday, December 4, 2023
"Thank you to Weng Chun for sharing his knowledge, passion and experience of KL and its birds. 
We spent a thoroughly enjoyable day around Kuala Selangor ticking off 67 species, including all 4 woodpecker and 4 kingfishers possible. A family of smooth-coated otters was a lovely bonus. His identification skills were excellent. It was insightful to learn of human-nature relationships within KL and of the birding world. Weng Chun was generous to provide tips later on when birding independently. 
Birding with a local is by far a more rewarding and enriching experience, not only for the pure quantity of bird species seen, but to learn more of the wonderful country in a conservation context." - Kiran, UK


I am back in Kuala Selangor! Always feel great to be back here because this is one of the few places where I started guiding more than 20 years ago.



Highlights for this trip include: Stork-billed Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher, Black-capped Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Common Flameback, Greater Flameback, Laced Woodpecker, Crested Serpent Eagle, Brahminy Kite, Black-winged Kite, Steppe Eagle, Cinereous Tit, Mangrove Whistler, and others. 

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Contact me to make a reservation for a private birding tour with an experienced and licensed tourist guide specialize in birdwatching and photography tours. I have been guiding professionally since 2007 with birders coming from United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, South Africa, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Brunei and others.

Send messages via WhatsApp to +60183632738 or email to wengchun@gmail.com

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Kuala Selangor - 2 Dec 23

Visiting Wetlands and Highland with Jim - 25-28 Nov 2011

Posted by wengchun
This trip with Jim is one of my most memorable assignments ever. I never thought anyone would be interested to know about the wetland while on a birding trip. I considered myself fortunate to be able to share my knowledge and experience with Jim while visiting 2 wetlands where I used to worked (Paya Indah Wetland Sanctuary and Taman Wetland Putrajaya). We also drove up to the highland to enjoy the birds and cool weather. 

Some of the highlights for this trip include Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Spectacled Spiderhunter, Raffles's Malkoha, Ferruginous Flycatcher, Plaintive Cuckoo, Lesser Coucal, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, White-throated Kingfisher, Baya Weaver, Painted Stork, Grey Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron,  Purple Heron, Yellow Bittern, Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (formerly Brown-capped Woodpecker), Collared Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Coppersmith Barbet, Daurian Starling (Purple-backed Starling), Black-thighed Falconet, Black-collared Starling, Great Myna (formerly White-vented Myna), and others.


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Visiting Wetlands and Highland with Jim - 25-28 Nov 2011

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Hi! I love watching birds, taking photographs (and video), and guiding people through nature. Welcome to my blog, A Malaysian Birder. I'll be sharing all the great birds I see and the photos I take right here on this blog. I got into bird watching when I was in university studying parks and recreation management. I used to work in parks and gardens, teaching people about the environment and organizing birding walks. Whenever I go out to look for birds, I always bring my binoculars and spotting scope to help me see them up close. Sometimes, I even bring a microphone to record their calls. It's always an adventure out in the field!

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 and owned. From then onwards, I have used Omicron 8x26 binocular (and i bought 4 units), Leica Ultravid 8x32 binocular, Kowa Spotting Scope TSN773 with 20-60x eyepiece, Panasonic Lumix G7, Panasonic Lumix G9 with a 100-300mm lens and currently experimenting with Sony ILCE-A6700 and Sony SEL 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens.

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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.

• Putrajaya - If you are staying in any hotel in Putrajaya, it's a good place to look for herons, egrets, bittern and storks.

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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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If you are interested to get a copy of field guides to assist you to learn and identify birds in Malaysia. Click the followings to find out more.

March 2024. Fortunate enough to meet 1 of the authors before it was launched in Kuala Lumpur. Another great field guide for all birders who want to get the most updated information about birds of Malaysia.