Red-whiskered Bulbuls in the rain

Daun muda Pokok Beringin (Ficus benyamina) 

This bird  (Red-whiskered bulbul) below is my lifer. 

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The northeast monsoon starts from November to March. The weather forecast stated that this week heavy rain in my area will begin from Monday to Wednesday. This morning (7: 30 AM) the weather outside my house is dark with drizzling rain. But bird photography has to go on, rain or shine. 

I see a wave of bulbuls and starlings in a feeding frenzy catching the termite swarmers (kelkatu).

I have to push up the ISO to 20,000 to achieve a manageable shutter speed of 1/ 200 s . Then I saw an unusual bulbul with a dark/black head ad red patch on the cheeks, fired a couple of shots before it flew away.

Here are a few decent photos for my record.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus pattani) - the tall black crest is not priminent here because of rain.

Red-whiskered Bulbul - after denoise

Red-whiskered Bulbul and Yellow-vented Bulbul

This is the list of 17 bulbuls that I have seen:

Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni) 

Black-headed Bulbul( Microtarsus melanocephalos)

Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus sacculatus)

Scaly-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus webberi) .

Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus caecilii)

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)

Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)

Mountain Bulbul (Hypsipetes mcclellandii)

Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)

Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythrophthalmos)

Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)

Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)

Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)

Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole charlottae)

Streaked Bulbul (Ixox malaccensis)

Hairy-backed Bulbul (Tricholestes criniger)

Yellow-vented Bulbul ((Pycnonotus goiavier analis)

Yellow-vented Bulbul - Drenched in the rain

Fishing at the pond

Strips of lead sinker stuck at the tree stump - hanging from fishing float,

The striated heron (Butorides striata javanica) - lead sinker at the lower part of tree stump

I arrived to photograph the birds, but this fisherman was already at the pond (near Temerloh KWSP building).

White-throated Kingfisher harassing Brown Shrike

Happy shrike

The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a migrating bird. I can easily see this during autumn ( October and November). It will hunt for food, insects etc., and will return to the same perch, usually the top dominant branch.

Suddenly, the big white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) appeared  with a loud noise from below, startling the shrike.

staring at something below

White-throated Kingfisher move upward with kit-kit-kit sound

displacing the Brown shrike

took over the top bamboo branch

flew away to other place

just to harassed

 

Common Iora Singing

The common iora (Aegithina tiphia horizoptera) -male, foraging on Rambutan tree.

singing -  mimicking a song of Magpie Robin

fly jump