Malaysia HeliStar - Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil

I photographed this Helicopter, registration no. 9M-BSS ( Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil), about to land at Raub's Padang while birding last Saturday.

Look at that pilot, staring at me. He must have thought someone about to launch a missile at his aircraft. ;)

Yes, as Rainfied said Blue Dragon transformed into Helicopter

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Food for my baby

Merbah Kapur dan labah-labah - Yellow-vented Bulbul and Spider

Knight's Star - Hippeastrum Vittatum

Family: Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum Vittatum hybrtid

Old and new

Juvenile Scaly Breasted Munia

Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

Bunga Ulam Raja - King's Salad Flower

Bunga Ulam Raja - Cosmos caudatus

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Mulut Murai

Mulut Murai = Chatterbox = An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.

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Recorded by Patrik Åberg from Xeno-canto Asia.

Murai - Oriental Magpie Robin -female (above) and male (below)

Watching the Dollar

Dollar Bird - Tiong Batu (Eurystomus orientalis)

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Gallus gallus domesticus - Rooster

Sorry for cut off left leg, very rare that I got full-frame pictures like this.

Mati Katak - Dying in vain

Tried to photograph the Kingfisher in flight while entering the hole, but unsuccessful.
The bird was so fast and my reaction was so s-l-o-w, out of frustration, I just post this roadkill.

Nest of White-breasted Kingfisher

While walking to my car parked at the open space near the Raub Magistrate building, I noticed Kingfisher flew in and out of the plastic tunnel at the retaining wall.
I did carry a camera, so I rushed back home and this are a few pictures that I got. Waited for nearly one hour in the hot afternoon sun trying to capture the King in his nest, but he didn't show up. Tomorrow I will carry a camera and try again..

That plastic is a weep hole that suppose to drain water, but it is dry in the now hot dry season.
The nest is at about 7 feet high and very near the road that I parked my car daily.

Bulbul, Myna and Oriole in flight

In the Golden Evening Light

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) - female

Local name: Burung Tempua
Habitat: Open grassland

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Oink!

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) crossing the road to fairway.

Babi Hutan

Okey, I accepted this nest!

Problem Add Image from Firefox - solved

I was having problem uploading pictures to blogspot site for the past few days.
Now the problems solved.
There is conflict between the ZoneAlarm and Firefox.
Disabled the ZoneAlarm at Tools>Add-ons

First outing in two months

Argh!!!..I can't upload picture!!!! :(
Can't upload with Mozilla Firefox 3.6 browser that I normally did.
Changed to M$ Internet Explorer and here the pics.

My first time birding outside my backyard since suffering from Acute Appendicitis during Chinese new year (Feb 14). Not that I'm unwell (the wound healed in two weeks), but been busy etc.
Yesterday I went to my usual watering hole - Raub Golf course, looking for Baya Weaver.
This are what I got for one hour (6-7pm) birding.

Male Baya Weaver (above) singing/calling for female to inspect and approve his nest.

Forgoten Friday Birds

Somehow I cannot upload these birds with sky background on Friday.

Wing and clouds

Morning clouds over Sumatra.
an old picture taken by my daughter during her visit to Padang, Sumatra in May 2008.

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Raja dan Kelkatu - King Fisher and termite swarmers

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smymensis)

Local name: Pekaka Dada Putih

This what the King looking after..

Yellow-vented Bulbul recycle nest material

This bulbul was not weaving her nest, but taking the nesting material from an old Oriole nest.

Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goaivier) at Cempedak tree (Artocarpus integer) (Jackfruit)