July 2009

31 July 2009

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's hope the weather will continue to get better and no more open burning.

30 July 2009

Bald Eagle Battle

IMAGE OF THE YEAR 2008
"Bald Eagle Battle "
Image copyright: Rob Palmer

(Image posted with permission from Rob Palmer)

I will stop blogging if I can take bird pictures 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 a dead tree like madibider images here.

29 July 2009

Toad - Wordless Wednesday

28 July 2009

Zebra Dove -fledgling & adult - Merbuk

I saw this Dove on the road while I drove my car slowly in one of gravel road at the Raub Golf Course. The bird flew into the fern bush at the roadside. It stayed there for a few second, enough for me to fire a few framed. Only later at home that I realized that this is the fledgling, its right wing stuck 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)

27 July 2009

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

26 July 2009

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.

25 July 2009

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 survived 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 passersby.

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

I took this pictures at 2.30pm. The mother has to sit in the nest to protect the chick from the hot sun. Look at mother's gaping mouth, to regulate her temperature.

The two pictures below were taken by a 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!

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

UPDATE:
This egg was that remain when I visited on 28/7/09. One big question remains.
Did the chick fledge or some naughty person take the chick away?.
For the next few days, I try to look for the fledgling, but nothing.