Paddyfield pipit on Football Field

I was jogging near the football field adjacent to Taaman Tasik Raub when I saw two pipits walking about near the access road. When I completed the morning exercise, I took a camera.

and shoot from the car window.

 

Paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus) perch on top of concrete bunker

Green caterpillars are the larval stage of various moths and butterflies

Full frame shoot

 

makan ulat beluncas

Raub Golf Course Birding - Revisited

Hampir 5 tahun saya tak memburung di Padang Golf Raub.
Kali terakhir adalah pada November 2013 - HERE
Tak banyak perubahan dari segi spesis yang di jumpai, kecuali Burung Belatuk Belakang Kuning ini adalah pertama kali di sini. ( saya pernah  jumpa di Bukit Tinggi)

Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis)

Belatuk Belakang Kuning

Burung Tempua - Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) - female - above pic,

Terkukur - Spotted Dove (Stigmatopelia chinensis) -below

Punai Gading Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) -male above

Burung But-But Besar (Centropus sinensis), singing below

Sambar Asia; Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) -migrant above.

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus), below

  Bangau Kecil - Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), flying above

Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier), foraging on bamboo tree below

Another Migrant bird -  Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

A pair of Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis), below

Pipit Rumah Terbang Jatuh - Fledgling Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Found this juvenile Eurasian Tree Sparrow, trapped on the balcony.
I picked it, took a few pics and released it. She flew away happily

Forgotten Pictures

These pictures were taken in Dec last year, but I forgot to post it here.

Location: Padang Golf Raub, Pahang.

Common Birds at Raub's Open Grassland

My initial plan for labour day holiday birding was at Fraser's Hill.
Last minute family commitment change my plan to just one hour morning birding at my usual watering hole.
Here are some of everyday birds;

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) - male
Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) - this migrant bird was still here.
Noisy Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis), sunbathing and stretching his wing.
and this common Baya weaver singing at his nest.

--- open grassland birds taken last year.

White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)

White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja)

This is the view of open grassland at Raub's Golf Course.

Location: Padang Golf Raub, Pahang.

Paddyfield Pipit Behavior

This Pipit pictures was photographed last month at Padang Golf Raub. I post it now after reading the Star Newspaper about Pipit Invasion at Keningau Sabah. Full news click here.

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Paddyfield Pipit in the Rain

Pipit

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Many kind of PIPIT and CIAK

In Malay the word 'Pipit' is a general term that cover many birds that sing a song "pit-pit-pit".
There are six Pipits in Lonchura sp, and I have only photographed three of them.
(another 3 in my wanted list are: (i) Black-headed Munia/Chesnut Munia (Lonchura malacca) -seen at Kemensah but no photo, (ii) White-bellied Munia (Lonchura lucogastra), and (iii) Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans) - only in Sabah & Sarawak (endemic)

(1) Pipit Pinang - Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

the Juvenile Pipit Pinang

(2) Pipit Tuli - White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)

(3) Pipit Uban - White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja)

the Juvenile Pipit Uban

The is the only Pipit that has an English name- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus) - but Malay called it Ciak Bendang

CIAK
This is what Malay called Ciak Rumah - Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

This is another CIAK - Ciak Tempua - Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)