Malaysia Day - Hazy morning at backyard

Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) - Juvenile

eating wild cherry

finish

on rusted fence

what happend to that papaya tree?

jumping

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) - JUVENILE

looking for food in the monsoon drain.

Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)

2013 Migrant Birds at My Backyard

Finally, migrant birds perched in my backyard. Not a lifer, but Brown Shrike and Little Egret

Little Egret is a resident migrant bird in Malaysia, but I don't see it here (Raub)  in other months except in the winter. Its habitat is the mangroves and freshwater wetlands

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - perched on a coconut pinnate and a banana leaf. Easily identified with dark-colored bills, black legs, and yellow feet.

Other than the two birds above, all the birds pictured below are common backyards.
Please look below what are they:  :)

Backyard Birds - Yellow-vented Bulbul

No time to get out birding, so this Merbah Kapur will do for the time being.

Location: My backyard, Raub, Pahang.

Maulidur Rasul birding Backyard Birds

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense javanense) - MALE

Female

Drumstick tree (Moringa oleifera) -flowers

sunbird feeding flower nectar

Murai Gila

Location: My backyard, Raub, Pahang.

After the rain

Jambu leaves. (Syzygium spp)

Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon)

Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goaivier)

Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

Rambutan fruits (Nephelium lappaceum).

Bird and Grasshopper

I didn't realized that this male Brown-throated Sunbird was targeting that short-horn Grasshopper until the image was upload in the computer.

I few minutes later I spotted this Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis) with its catch of green grasshopper.

Duck - Khaki Campbell

The current hot topic at NaturePixels bird forum now is about rare winter migrant - the Masked Finfoot. I got this 'rare' visitor in my front yard.

This duck somehow lost or trapped in between my front yard's fence and the monsoon drain.
None of my neighbors own the duck, so this bird must be from further up and probably carried away by river water the night before.
It is not a wild duck because it looks tame and didn't fly when I approached with a camera.
I tried to get the species name of this duck, can't find the specific feather pattern. I closest that I get is Khaki Campbell, probably juvenile judging from incompleted feathers of the wings.

The picture above was taken at 8:34am under very low morning lighting.
The duck was still there until 7.00pm, and the picture below was taken at 3.11pm.

Not the best exposure here. The above white at the neck and yellow at the vegetation is over exposed.

What attract bird to Flowers ?

Bright coloured flower.
Foods - seeds, nectar and insects

Injured Lizard

I found this injured Common House Lizard (Hemidactylus frenatus), at my car park.
There were two wounds near the neck, probably inflicted by my neighbour's cat. The tail is missing; the lizard drops its tail as a defence mechanism from attack. I tried to nurse it with a local antiseptic, but it ran away.
Didn't know who was the culprit from the list below;
1. Orange Cat
2. Black & White Cat or
3. Vagabond dirty Cat

Flying into the New Year

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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Pond-Heron (Ardeola sp)

Pond-Heron chasing the Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Steel Bird in Flight! MAS (Malaysia Airline System) - Airbus A330

Oiseaux communs d'arrière-cour

Hope I got the right French words here. ;)

Rose des vents pie

Pie orientale Robin - alimentation

I got three version of translation for this "Yellow-vented Bulbul". Don't know which one is right.

Bulbul Jaune-exhalé, or Bulbul Déchargé de jaune or Jaune-ventilé Bulbul

Myna Commun

Vue Penetrative

Sunbird Foraging on Banana Leaf

Brown-throated SunBird

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Singing

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Click for the Song (taken from Xeno-canto; recorded by Arnold Meijer)