Birds and Nature Photography in Malaysia
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Showing posts with label swift. Show all posts

02 July 2023

Birding at Taman Tasik Raub

Taman Tasik Raub is a lake that originated from the activity of extracting gold.

Raub has a well-known history for its gold mining industry. The term Raub comes from the term "Raub," which refers to the act of digging or searching for gold.

People come here for walking or jogging every morning and evening. A few are present to unwind with their loved ones. I arrived with a large camera lens to photograph the beauty of this location.

Taman Tasik Raub, Pahang

A pair of Baya Weaver.  The breeding male has a bright yellow crown.

Male Baya weaver (above left) bringing food to the chick

Active nest of Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus  infortunatus)

New fresh (green) nest
                           
Early morning view of the lake from the far end

Five egrets in a blurry shot

Little egret landing

Little Egret ow fly passes the Taman Tasik Lake bank.

The Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia )- in flight

A flock of Pacific Swallows and House Swifts foraging close to the water surface.
A few of them scoop the water on the fly, or are they catching food?
 
A mix of Pacific Swallow and House Swift.
I have seen the Pacific Swallow drink water on the fly, but this action is not drinking because the swoop is forceful.
Could they forage for insects on the water surface that float, like water striders, fishing spiders, and mosquitoes?
I shot from this yellow concrete platform. It is very difficult to focus on those tiny and fast-flying swallows.

Jogging starts from the front, near the car park. One loop or lap equals 1km.
Striated heron with a nesting material (stick).

The striated heron (Butorides striata)

foraging in the Willow tree, (Salix species).
                                                                    
Three juvenile Striated Herons hiding in the willow leaves

An adult-striated heron is not hiding from the photographer.

This Brown-throated Sunbird (male), head is partially hidden also on a willow tree.

You can't ignore this Common Tailor-Bird chirping loudly on the bush on the lake bank.

This yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) also makes a loud call to show its presence.
The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator  macromaculatus) shows its forked tongue.  

uses its forked tongue to sense from which direction a smell is coming and swims toward it.
Link from Smithsonian Magazine
searching for food at the lake's dam
                                                                          

Red Leaf Heliconia

 A man is sitting in a chair, looking at his phone, or is he photographing me?
                                                                 
sunrise 

concrete-paved path

30 June 2016

02 July 2015

House Swift

? species - House Swift ? House Swift (Apus affinis)
Little Swift, Layang Layang Rumah (Malay)
ID:  Main features: Small (15cm), all black with prominent white rump; throat white; wings long, slender, scimitar- shaped; tail square not deeply forked, appears rounded when fanned. Genders look alike.
Ref:  Naturia.Sg  HERE

21 June 2010

Burung Layang-layang - Glossy Swiftlet at my porch

This Glossy Swiftlet has been roosting on my front porch for the past week. If not for the stains of drooping on my shoes, sure I didn't notice it up there. They start to cling their small short legs onto the vertical wall at 7.15pm and out and about by 6.30am.
I notice they are in the process of building a nest. I'm in a dilemma now, whether to let the Swiftlet continue their activity (and have a photography session) or destroy the early nest because of waste /pollution.
My wife grumbled about having to wash the garage every day. She told me to get that shit away!.
I have to find the solution fast.
Glossy Swiftlet Nest
Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Shiny blue-black -Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta cyanoptila) -
There are 32 subspecies and cyanoptila Oberholser, 1906 - distributed in Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and lowland Borneo.

27 June 2009

Whiskered Treeswift - SkyWatch



Whiskered Treeswift

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) -
Whiskered Treeswift
Whiskered Treeswift
Layang-layang Berjambul Kecil
Whiskered TreeswiftThis is a female - without the chestnut ear-coverts. Thank you Madibirder for info.
Whiskered Treeswift