Male and Female Brown Shrike

Female Brown Shrike

Male (Zoro) Brown Shrike

 

Brown Shrike – first winter foraging on White Lead-tree

Burung Seliah / Burung Tirjup mencari makan di Pokok Petai Belalang

Brown Shrike – first winter  foraging on White Lead-tree 

Datang semula pada tempat biasa, di belakang kedai Taman Maju Indah,  SINI (https://redzlan.blogspot.com/2021/04/brown-shrine-on-white-lead-tree-and.html)
 

A first winter Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus), foraging on White Lead-tree (Leucaena leucocephala) 

Dorsal view

Perched on the blue PVC-coated barbed wire

L.c. cristatus (described above) breeds in C and E Siberia, S to N Mongolia, L. Baikal area, N Sakhalin, and W Kamchatka. It winters in C and S India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar coastal area, and the Malay Peninsula. (info from https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-brown-shrike.html)

 

First Winter Migrant this year 2021

Brown Shrike

 

Mr. Brown , ENCIK COKLAT

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Brown Shrike on Durian tree (Durio zibethinus)

Brown Shrike and Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) on Petai tree (Parkia speciosa)

Encik Coklat di atas pokok buluh

-Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) - my backyard early winter migrant

Yellow wagtail  Grey Wagtail is the first to arrive in my backyard. In the next couple of weeks or months, I will see the Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, Asian Brown Flycatcher

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

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Kedili di Dalam Longkang - Grey Wagtail in Monsoon Drain

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)  - Kedidi Kepala Kelabu

Brown Shrike at Manggo Tree

Brown Shrike at a manggo tree

Haze and Migrant Birds

These birds are frequent  visitor at my backyard during the winter / migrant season.
I have searched for it for the past two weeks and found nothing.
Could this haze weather prevent it from returning?
Birds have been shown to use a sun, moon and stars compass, magnetic fields, visual landmarks and sense of smell

Brown Shrike below

EDIT (9 Oct. 2015)
Finally, after weeks of hazy weather, the sun shows it self and clear blue sky with white clouds yesterday.
The brown shrike perched on that  wire, but I did bring my camera and telephoto. Shrike, please wait for me!

Look at the Skywatch Friday HERE

Major attraction at Bukit Tinggi - Blue & White Flycatcher

This first-winter juvenile male Blue and White Flycatcher  (Cyanoptila cyanomelana), currently is a star attraction at Bukit Tinggi. Bird photographers from as far as Singapore, Penang, and even Taiwan came on a weekend here. I'm from Pahang, sure not to miss this beauty.

When I first arrived at 7.30am, this is what I got.
Later, when the lighting gets better, I got much improved shot. This bird is not afraid of photographer and will perch regularly to feed on insects and worms at the Botanical Garden.

The usual resident made their usual appearance and I will post it later.
Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.
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Wagtail

My 2nd LIFER - at Fraser's Hill last Sunday

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) - female

Penghijrah - Perantau - Brown Shrike

My main birding lens is Canon 400mm f4 couple with taped pins Tamron 1.4x teleconverter (TC). With that combination, I have only one active focusing point (the periphery), so most of my shots are with tripod. With the arrival of migrant bird, I tried shooting bird in flight by taking off the TC. Oh, I really enjoyed the quick nine AF points for handheld shot.

This shrike is a few sample of hand held shot.

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) - Adult male

Perantau - Tirjup Coklat

Welcome back Mr. Brown - Welcome to Malaysia!

Selamat datang ke Malaysia En. Tirjup Coklat

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

This Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) was photographed early this year.

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Wild Migrant - Flycatcher

This is migratory bird that winters in tropical southern Asia.

Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)

Happy Holiday!

Burung Harimau -Tirjup - Tiger Shrike

This another LIFER, found it on Sunday. Why they called it TIGER?
The answer is: due its reddish-brown plumage with blackish bars that look like a tiger-stripe pattern.

Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) ~ juvenile

This bird is migrant and winter visitor here.