19 October 2009

Jade and Silver Birds of Fraser's Hill

I have been searching this green bird for quite sometime. The caretaker of Jelai Resort told me that 'Murai Hijau' can be found in front of his resort, but you must be very early - before 7.00am!. I arrived there at 7.20am, setup my gear in the very misty fogy weather. Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo flew onto the wire cable. I sat my camera at +2 EV compensation and took a few shots. All turn out white, flash accentuated the fog.
Suddenly the large green bird with chirpy song came foraging just in front of me, about 15 feet away. Wow!.. this is the bird I have been searching for so long. I all the excitement, I fired a burst of shots. Forgetting the camera +2 setting, it turn out all over exposed. As luck was on my side, that Jade Bird came back, this time I was ready with correct set-up and gun blazing!
Full framed shots, no crop at all in the first picture. (Rarely that I got wild bird captured in full framed, except for yellow-vented bulbul.)
Magpie Robin
The Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis)
Magpie Robin'Gagak Gunung' feeding on longhorn beetle
Green Magpie

Silver-Eared Mesia
Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris tahanensis)
Silver-Eared Mesia
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