I did a bird photography alone at a hill along the 'Jalan Rumah Pegawai Daerah' - a road that lead to officer residence of Raub's District Officer. The parade and Merdeka celebration was at the field below it. So I did the birding while listening to the patriotic songs!.
There is a big fruiting tree just out side the Magistrate Court, so all this pictures were taken around that tree.
This my
LIFER - a small Cuckoo- not sure of species.
I notice the yellow-eye ring is the characteristic.
? Plaintive Cuckoo (
Cacomantis merulinus)(Female)
? Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (
Cacomantis sepulcralis) - juvenile.
I will confirm the ID later
No birding for me during Ramadan (fasting month),
until next posting, enjoy this pictures!
Another
LIFER
Thick-billed Green Pigeon (
Treron curvirostra)
Local name Punai Daun
Size (cm) 27
Selamat menyambut Ramadan Al-Mubarak
This a fruits that attract birds. Finally I got the name of this fruits -Weeping Fig (
Ficus benjamina)
and here is an adult Asian Glossy Starling.
The red coloured fruits was enhanced (20% increased saturation with Adobe PhotoShop CS2).
and here is a common Yellow-vented Bulbul.
the same bird,
another view
Pacific Swallow (
Hirundo tahitica)
Plaintain squirel with white fruits.
the green figs
Adult Asian Glosy Starling feeding the chick.
Asian Glossy Starling (
Aplonis panayensis)
Local name Perling Mata Merah
Size (cm) 20
Habitat Parks, wooded areas
and the juvenile
I caught this
Gold-whiskered Barbet (
Megalaima chrysopogon)
in courting ritual.
The same event as
Coppersmith Barbet that I documented previously.
The male will offer a food to female before the act.
This is a yellow fruits that the barbets eat
the barbets flew off before I could document their action!
M. Hanis and Adda playing with "Bunga Api" during last Aidil-Fitri, October 2007
Eid Ul Fitr will most probably be on Wednesday, 1st October here in Malaysia. The festive atmosphere is every there, including this Gold-whiskered Barbet - singing non stop for about half an hour at the favourite dead teak branch.
Sunset with telephoto 400mm f5.6 + 1.4x TC @ 6.51pm
Contrail @ 6.54pm (same location). Both pics are full frame.
I submited this link to the Bird Phototograhy Weekly, from Bridfreak.com
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Juvenile
I traveled to Kuala Terengganu (a town at east cost of Penisular Malaysia) yesterday. A round trip of about 900km, visiting my late uncle's family. While resting at one of the mosque in Kemasik, I notice an eagle flew very low. I ran for a camera in a car, and before I could focus up the camera, it soared upward with a breeze. 
Juvenile Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Yellow-Vented Bulbul on steel fence
Female Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
What an exciting week - two LIFER in three day. Actually this "Tiung Emas" is not true lifer as I have seen it at cage somewhere - a popular cage bird for it nice song that can mimic human voice, like parrot. Anyway this is the first time I saw it in natural habitat.
The different between the two species is in the head yellow patch of Hill Myna (left) and Common Myna (right).
Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)
This picture was taken in December 2007 at Temerloh, Malaysia, during the monsoon season.
Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)
New bird species is very hard to be found at my backyard now. That last one was Banded Woodpecker that appeared in early Jun this year. This afternoon I noticed something big moving in between the Moringa Oleifera tree leaves. I quickly took the bin, and here my LIFER. Lucky for me that it stayed there a few moment allowing for few record shots.
Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
This birds pictures was features in the "I and the Bird #85 - The Show Must Go On"
I had a chance to witness this Zebra Dove in the mating act, yesterday at 6.39PM.
Scientific name: (Geopelia striata)
I had a quick shots of common Roadside birds, while on the way to work today (hey, I work on Sunday!). Scaly-breasted Munia feeding on grass seeds.
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica), resting on electric cable
Red rim of Clouds at Raub, Malaysia, just before sunset - at ISO 1600. This snap shot was taken by my son - Firdaus from a moving car.
I saw three Blue-throated Bee-eater, early morning on August 30. I last saw this species at my backyard in late April this year. It could be early migrant.
What a nice catch!
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia ), just fledgling
Common Iora - juvenile, perches at Mango branch.
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) ~ Female
White-breasted Waterhen (Amourornis phoenicurus)
a couple
Dragonfly - Orthetrum testaceum
I have said in my previous posting, that there will be no birding during this fasting month.
I did a bird photography alone at a hill along the 'Jalan Rumah Pegawai Daerah' - a road that lead to officer residence of Raub's District Officer. The parade and Merdeka celebration was at the field below it. So I did the birding while listening to the patriotic songs!.
Another LIFER
