The last pics from Bukit Tinggi

Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)

Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus)

Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus)

Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

Orange from Bukit Tinggi

Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)

Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

Punky bird hairstyles - Ochraceous Bulbul

Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus sacculatus ),  in full frame.
Local name;    Merbah Berjanggut meaning bearded bulbul, quite large about 23cm in length.
Merbah Beringin was named by the Department of Wildlife and National Park (Perhilitan)

UPDATE: 21/3/2011 @12.17pm -  Rainfield61 and Thomas mention about the bird sound.
So, here I got it from Xeno-canto. (call from 2 birds). Maybe this bird mimics the punk music/song.
Click the button below to hear a Bunyi Merbah Jangut (Ochraceous Bulbul song).
Recordists Nick Athanas from Xeno-canto Asia
--

Click the above logo for more Critters.

Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

Four hours at Bukit Tinggi, Pahang

I have not been to Bukit Tinggi for bird photography for more than a year. My last visit there was in Jan 2010. There was a lot of activity and news and amazing pictures from the bird forum and blog about the new migrant birds there.
My busy work schedule and other commitments prevent me from going up there earlier, until this morning. I took half a day off and went there for four hours. The Botanical Japanese garden was quiet with only four photographers - Jason Tan, Bernet (?spelling), one Singaporean (forget his name), and myself.

arrived here at 7.15am *(sunrise here)*, and left at  11.00am.

This is what I got. A giant  Longhorn Beetle.(photographed with Nokia N79)

What about birds?.
Too tired to process about 8GB of RAW files.
Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

Untitled

Last two LIFER at Bukit Tinggi

This are last two lifer from Bukit Tinggi.
Naturally I'm not satisfied with this kind of pictures, nevertheless lifer is a lifer and I can recognized it for a record.
I miss two common birds there, Large Woodshrike and Blyth's Hawk Eagle. Well there is always a next visit.
In total I add five lifer that Sunday:-
1. Artic Warbler, 2. Ashy Bulbul, 3. Red-billed Malkoha, and this

4.Scaly-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus webberi) - Merbah Bersisik.

5. Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus sacculatus) - Bearded Bulbul -Merbah Berjanggut.

Black-crested Bulbul

There are 8 subspecies in this Pycnonotus melanicterus, and this 'caecilii' race can be found at extreme South Myanmar (South Tenasserim), South East & South West Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus caecilii)

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

Colourful Nature

Silver-breasted Broadbill

I should rotate the camera to a vertical position to prevent this clip tail.

Silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus rothschildi) - male

female

Except for Dusky Broadbill, they are brightly coloured birds with large broad bill and wide gape.
The Malaysia Peninsula has seven species, and I only see three so far:-

1. Silver-breasted Broadbill, 2. Dusky Broadbill ,3. Black-and-red Broadbill

four more to go;
4. Banded Broadbill, 5. Black-and-yellow Broadbill, 6. Green Broadbill and 7. Long-tailed Broadbill

Orange-Headed Thrush - repeat shot

I am not very satisfied with the image quality of Orange-Headed Thrust that I photographed last Sunday (17/01/2010. So, I went again to Bukit Tinggi for a redo.
Initially I was worried finding the gardeners was replanting the new flowers at exact place that we photographed this bird on Sunday. The old bamboo perch was gone.

I went to Japanese garden looking for Silver-breasted Broadbill and returned to OHT site after one hour. There he was walking up and down under the shade of Rhododendron plant, oblivious to presence of gardeners working and chatting nearby.

No bird photographer with big lenses. Only one Chinese couple and a Malay family from Seremban (who also into birding but his Nikon with Sigma lens was not functioning). I had this beautiful bird for my self.
Now no more burnout wing. I ended the session at 11.30am, arrived home in time for Friday prayer.

Zoothera citrina innotata - male

This two images are full frame, no crop.

I don't know what happened to the patch of feather at (L) upper breast. Could this a molting process?, or the bird pecked his skin to get rid of mite?. Could this a disease or diet unbalance, due to eating the same worm from the shop? .
The picture below shows the 'wound' healed after some medication from Photofiltre Clinic.

This one crop for vertical presentation.

SkyWatch at Bukit Tinggi- Ashy Bulbul

Not a colourful as yesterday bird, but this is my lifer and I am very happy with this record shot.

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)

Click the Logo below for more SkyWatch pictures from all over the world.

LIFER at Bukit Tinggi - Red-billed Malkoha

Red-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus javanicus)

Bukit Tinggi 17 January 2010

Click the above LOGO for more participation from all over the world.

Panoramic view of a Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang. The is the main birding area,where the constant lighting at a flower nursery attract insects and birds. (Picture credit to Choo Tse Chien)

I was with more than 20 bird photographers from Malaysia and Singapore at Bukit Tinggi, Pahang on Sunday.
This beautiful bird was the main attraction.
Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina) - male
Full frame shot with 400mm + 1.4TC at ISO 1600. Just edited with a bit of sharpening and resize with Photoshop CS2.
Upper part of the wing was over exposed due to spot of sunlight shining through the leaves.
Still not master the exposure technique. This is an excuse for another visit to this highland. ;)

This one was edited with +20 saturation

This picture below was edited with Photofiltre with reviving colour and noise reduction with Noiseware community edition ver 2.6

Here a few photographers with bazookas, waiting for that orange bird to land. Not in the forest, but on the main road with so many tourists.

Picture above with my Nokia N79 and below by Choo Tse Chien with iPhone 3GS .

Jimmy Tan, Sreedharan, Wong, TS Chien, yours truly and two photog that I can't remember their name.

Here a redo picture, taken 5 days later with better lighting.

This was taken last year - 2009:02:27

Click the above LOGO for more participation from all over the world.