Watch the Sky for the Money!

Dollarbird - silver blue coin-shaped spots on its wings

I am happy to report that the sky over Raub is much better with clear blue sky this week.
The above picture is Raub Magistrate Court building. Let hope the weather will continue to get better and no more open burning.

Bald Eagle Battle

IMAGE OF THE YEAR 2008
"Bald Eagle Battle "
Image copyright Rob Palmer at www.falconphotos.com

(Image posted with permission from Rob Palmer)
I will stop blogging if I can take bird picture like this.

Hill Myna at Kemensah - Tiong Emas

Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) - Tiong Emas

Heavily edited image with Adobe Photoshop. This bird perched very high up at dead tree like madibider images here.

Toad - Wordless Wednesday

Zebra Dove -fledgling & adult - Merbuk

I saw this Dove on the road while I drove my car slowly at one of gravel road at Raub Golf Course. The bird flew to the fern bush at the roadside. It stayed there for a few second, enough for me to fired a few framed. Only later at home that I realized that this is the fledgling, its right wing stucked to the fern leaves. Look at the face, so much different from an adult.
This image was taken from the car using my DIY bean bag.

Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)

Birding at Madibirder Backyard

Thanks to Madibirder and brothers for showing me their backyard - Kemensah - Ulu Klang.

Blue-Eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) - Pekaka Bintik-bintik
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - Tiung Batu
Large Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis gularis) -
Banded Yellownaped Woodpecker (Picus miniaceus) - Belatuk Merah
Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike (Hempius hirundinaceus)
Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps) - Merbah Siam

Little Blue Diamond of Kemensah - Blue-eared Kingfisher

This Blue Diamond is dedicated to my friend Yen (who can't attend the birding trip with us today) ;-)

Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)

Have a look for more bird pictures at the Bird Photography Weekly @ Birdfreak.

Anak Merbah Kapur - Bulbul Nesting at Jalan Bukit

I am surprised to find this Yellow-vented Bulbul right in the middle of busy Jalan Bukit at Raub here. Somehow this nest survive the trimming of the tree by gardener a few weeks ago. The gardener trimmed the tree just at the upper rim of the nest, exposing the nest. Luckily the tree is quite tall (about five feet high), so not easily seen by passerby.






The row of trees shrub at Jalan Bukit, near the Tabung Haji Building.

I took this pictures at 2.30pm. The mother have to sit in the nest to protect the chick for the hot sun. Look at mother gaping mouth, to regulate her temperature.
The two pictures below were taken by handphone camera at 9.00am. The nest was exposed with no protection at all. The gardener chopped off the tree just 2 inches from the nest's rim.
Only one chick, there is one unhatched egg.

Mummy!,Mummy!... I'm hungry!

This two images below, are the last that I saw it on 27/7/09. The feather are already developed

UPDATE:
This egg was that remain when I visited on 28/7/09. One big question remain.
Did the chick fledge or some naughty person took the chick away?.
For the next few days, I try to look for the fledgling, but nothing.
I thing the chick fledged and now happily live ever after!

SkyWatch Friday at my birding spot

The weather is not so good, haze for the last few weeks, so sorry for no blue sky here.

Sunbird landing on fruiting tree

"Please replace divots" at Raub Golf Course

Baya Weaver diving from Bamboo tree

One of few surviving Baya Waever's nest

I can't resist posting this non-sky watch and not-a-bird photo here. ;)

Nice swing!, can you spot the golf ball?

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