20 October 2024

Short visit to Putrajaya

Putrajaya is the administrative capital city of Malaysia. 
I had an opportunity to visit the city recently.
Last time I was here was seven years ago when my son studied at Sekolah Sultan  Alam Shah in Presint 1.
The Putra Mosque with single 116 m minaret, and the Perdana Putra (Prime Minister Office)  -green dome.

Striated heron (Butorides striata)

Walking to the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque

foreground flowers 

Water Taxi

Cruise Boat and the Traditional Boat (Perahu Dondang Sayang), Tasik Putrajaya

House crow (Corvus splendens insolens) and female pink-necked green pigeon (Treron vernans)
on the red-orange ripe fruits of  palm tree (Saribus rotundifolia)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) fly high up above the constructed building.

Photographer

The Putra Mosque at night

Sunset and the Seri Wawasan bridge look like a sailing ship

05 October 2024

Juvenile Jungle fowl

One morning, I noticed this big bird perching on a coconut tree petiole.
Domesticated fowl rarely fly high up the tree. This must be a jungle species that wanders from the nearby palm oil plantation. 
The image above was edited (auto-colour) with Photoshop Version: 2017.1.0

Red Jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
                                                                    
Original colour from the camera - jumping

Jungle fowl can only fly short distances, about 3-5 meters.

 

26 September 2024

Male Baya Weaver feeding on grass seeds

Male Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)

eating the savanna grass (Axonopus compressus) seeds

yellow cap

Male Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)

 

21 September 2024

Asian Glossy Starling pest in Town

Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis strigata)