Scaly-Breasted Munia Gathers Nesting Materials - bamboo leaves

The bamboo tree in my backyard attracts many birds. Some foraging for food, some for roosting, and socializing, and Munia for collecting nesting materials.

Scaly-breasted Munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulatafretensis)

Pipit Pinang/nutmeg manikin or spice finch

gathering bamboo leaves

choosing only the old yellow leaf

tear it off from the stem

Flew to the nest over to my neighbor's house, I didn't inspect where it was.

ready to fly with bamboo leaf secures on it's beak

The male made trips to the nest. According to R.L Restall (1996) British Ornithologists, “In most, if not all species, the male brings the nesting material to the nest".

 

Morning Hike - Padang Golf Raub (Semantan Hulu, Pahang )

 Morning Hike Semantan Hulu, Pahang ☁️

Cloudy, 23°C, Feels like 24°C, Humidity 95%, Wind NE 1m/s

9:24 AM on Sunday, December 27, 2020

Lama tak memburung sejak PKP Covid 19. Kamera dan telephoto tersimpan sejak sekian lama.

Pada ahad 27/12/2020, saya pergi ke tempat biasa - Padang Golf Raub.

Tiada burung hijrah , luar biasa atau lifer.

Burung Tempua, Female Baya Weavers, tak  jumpa pulak spesis jantan atau sarang.

Puas mengejar kumpulan tempua ni, dua gambar di atas je yang sharp.

A Sepasang  'Terkukur'  Spotted Dove (Stigmatopelia chinensis)

Wak-wak, White-breasted Waterhen, sangat pemalu lari ke dalam parit

Murai Gila - Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica),  di pokok senuduk. Tak dapat pulak  gambar masa ekor kembang.

Sepasang Burung Punai -Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans), jauh bertengek didahan pokok leban.

Sekawan Pipit Pinang -Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata), makan rumput di tepi kolam Padang Golf Raub.

Seekor monyet berehat atas pokok mati

Birding during COVID-19 Pandemic

Birding at my backyard is a solo activity , that don't involve large crowd gathering.

Friday, 13 Mar 2020, 10:23 PM MYT - Malaysia positive cases = 197 cases, 0 death.
UPDATE:
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PKP (Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan)
FASA 1: 18 MAC - 31 MAC 2020
FASA 2: 01 APR  - 14 APR 2020
FASA 3: 15 APR  - 28 APR 2020
FASA 4: 29 APR  - 12 MEI 2020
FASA 5: 13 MEI  -  09 JUN 2020    (PKPB)
FASA 6: 10 JUN - 31 OGOS 2020  (PKPP)

*(PKPB) - Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat

*(PKPD) - Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan

*(PKPP) - Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan

SARS-CoV-2 virus illustration from CDC
This Corona virus believed to be originated from bats.

Above picture from my posting on 11 January 2009 - baby bat  Myotis muricola
As all Ministry resource are focusing on Corina Virus, don't neglect on the old Dengue virus.

A worker doing fumigation to kill adult Aedes mosquito at my backyard.
"Dengue fever cases in Malaysia reached an all time high, hitting nearly 80, 000 cases and 113 deaths reported from January until Aug 3 2019" - Deputy Health Minister Lee Boon Chye

Birds on Bamboo - part 2

Yellow-vented bulbul jumping from a bamboo branch

Smiling bulbul above

Scaly Breasted Munia

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Juvenile Brown-throated Sunbird

Smiling King Fisher

Burung Biasa di Belakang Rumah - Common Backyard Birds

Murai Kampung - Oriental Magpie Robin - Juvenile (above), and adult male perched on a Guava tree branches

Yellow Vented Bulbul - flying away from a car's side mirror and a Papaya tree

Common Iora singing on a Mangoo Tree

Pipit Pinang - Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) - Juvenile (above on a parameter fence). Adult below

Eating a Guinea Grass / Buffalo grass (Panicum maximum) seeds

Spiderhunter search for nectar on a Banana Flower

Asian Glossy Starling dancing on a banana leaf midrib

Tailor Bird stalking on a Mangoo leaf

Terkukur'  Spotted Dove (Stigmatopelia chinensis)

Water Hen

Dragonfly on a Tridax Daisy / Coatbuttons  flower, and the Photographer who captured the above pics