Coucal. Greater - Prince of Darkness Bird

I'm refering to this picture of the Greater Coucal

bringing some sort of fantasies..watching too much comics maybe.. but the long tail of the coucal being spread does look like a cape.

This is after rain, the coucal spreading its feathers to dry out.

There are quite a few times I found this species perching on top of bushes. A great photo oppurtinity..

Beeeater.Blue-throated Bird

If I said I took this picture back home I believe it? No I did not trick ... but this is not my backyard, but in residential areas. There lived a dilapidated building has been increased by the high trees that are occupied by illegal immigrants. It is not fear also want to go there. not afraid of snakes or poisonous animals .. fear of immigrants came to overlook us because of fear of their pictures in newspapers gamaknya ..

New Blue Bird Neck Beberek landed on a branch. Fluffy tail acts as a rear air brake.

With the arrests.

Beberek eat flying insects such as hornets, bees, beetles, dragonflies and other flying insects. Yes, he caught the bug when the insect is flying ..

The view from the rear.

Blue Bird Neck Beberek migrated from north to Peninsular Malaysia to breed from April to September Mildew. When these birds go, birds are Blue Tail Beberek will replace the place ..

Finally, a special pose.

Perhaps if we plant pokok2 with our many residential areas, these beautiful birds may be choosing a place for us to make a nest and breed

Blue Neck Beberek
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridis

Species of Birds in The Kuala Selangor Nature Park

Kuala Selangor is actually halfway to my hometown, so if posibble, I'll try to drop by for birding. So on May 10 on the way back, stop by at noon. I decide to take the pangolin trail and plan to double back when reached the bridge.

just after entering the trail, heard this bird call,quite similar to the common Yellow-vented Bulbul.

Merbah Belukar
Olive-winged Bulbul
Pycnonotus plumosus

more, the vent(the part below the tail) is a dull yellow colour, a quick look almost dismiss it as the common bulbul.

I like to identify it with the streaks at its cheek. The Olive green patch at the wings is not easily seen like in this pic taken at Bkt Cherakah

on the way back, the light is better with the sun behind my back. as i always shoot without flash.

I found this Strip-tit Babbler, very skittish bird.. including this I encounter it 3 times without a good photo. Oh well, try again.

Rimba Berjalur
Striped-Tit Babbler
Macronous gularis

another skittish bird I got is the Ashy Tailorbird, not a good photo..but it show its activeness..

a bit dark... only natural light.

Bertemu Hantu Jalur di lereng bukit

One Sunday, after the rain I went to my usual place. A bit slow as well, have at 11. This time I made a new path .. Redah breast-high shrubs, ranging up to the hillside. I climbed the hill.

Follow me around the hill slowly while looking around ... Suddenly, I noticed that there are institutions in the trees. large eyes watching me ..

Owl Line
Barred Eagle Owl
Bubo sumatranus

It is the Barn Owl Band is relax waiting for the night. Together with his favorite son

I'm always watching .. The mother? trying to connect lelapnya .. Just her cute white .. will be brown when mature. Look at the big ears ... I noticed a few minutes .. when to circulate, I whisper "bye bye owl. " Just drive the mother? turned his face .. fuih! the new whisper .. very sensitive hearing ..

Malkoha.Raffles's

Heeeeea heeea heea .. sounds kind of crying .. but in the dark forest. Did you update your stuff and back .. no! find the source of the sound should go though ...

Tu sound coming from the bird .. Bird Cenuk crust. It moved down the limb. dicelah daun2-gap. if from a distance looks as if the leaves bergerak2 own. When you observe his or her eyes appear light blue and greenish half - green.

This is the male .. brown head.

female-headed birds are white.

Cenuk Scale
Raffles's Antwren
Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus

Among the birds found in Taman Pertanian Bukit Cerakah

Bulbul.Yellow-vented Bird

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
Oh I believe I can fly

a nice song by R. Kelly which makes a nice prelude to my pictorial..

One day, found this little fella on the high branches being fed by its mother, or father..


the parent does seem smaller isnt it.. but notice the juvenile bird tail feather doesnt fully developed yet.

Weeks past and one day found a pair of parents chirping away..with food in their bills. Just imagine talking with your mouth full! But they can do that..


One offering berry and another a worm.


gulp...One swallowed the berry..

The young one still dont wanna to try to fly down an get some meal..


I guess it havent get the gut to fly down yet. The first time is always scary i guess.


hmm.. better get a nicer food, maybe will entice the young one to overcome its fear..


One parent fly away... one still offering the worm ,

hoping its young will fly down to get its meal..

flying the first time

first step to adulthood...

Flowerpecker.Orange-bellied Bird

After lots of reading and recomendation from a fellow birder, I went to search for this place. The first time I went didnt find the place, instead I went to sg congkak. This time, Dec 11, after studying the guides by numerous websites manages to find it. It actually before Sg Congkak.

The Direction.
Find the Kg Kuala Perdik before Sg Congkak, if from KL, find a signboard of Nur Lembah Pangsun with a small sign "Jln Hulu Perdik" at the bottom. went straight until there are no road. Will gone thru tar to gravel road.

There I found a lifer. The only species of bird I managed to capture there..

The brightly coloured male

Sepah Puteri Dada Oren (Malay Name)
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Dicaeum trigonostigma

Female, sub adult. Notice the beak still have some of the juvenile orangeness..will turn blacker.

Male and female together.

after the birds finished having their snack, I went in up the river to find the waterfall or other birds,but halfway I turn back coz the sky is turning black.. and I have made 3 river crossing, and I know the river will swell up if it rained heavily and I am alone in the forest.

Robin.Oriental Magpie

I like the chirping in the morning! I think I was singing a delicious .. mynahs also like to imitate my singing. maknusia already created the likeness of "like magpies disconnected pieces. " My state is famous .. all I know .. hehe .. tu-known petroleum company was advertising for my article .. proudly ... : D

let me know closer ..

This time I was fresh out of the nest, not good at flying again. short tail was longer .. try, look at the base of my half, no more yellow color .. was so glad my parents were feeding me food. No hair on my chest, ribs wavy color .. can not know more male or female ...

This is the time I was good at flying! I was joined my parents in search of food. We are looking for worms, insects and other small animals. Feathers in my chest is still freckled, but I saw my gender. I guess the male to female?

This fine bird magpie male villagers ..

glossy black fur on his chest

magpie females village gray chest ..

so .. the answer is female. I live in any of the people living there but was informed that there are trees for nesting. New Can I sing the morning to open the heart.

Murai Kampung
Oriental Magpie Robin
Copsychus Saularis

Javan Myna Feeding Time!

"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"
"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"

if you follow the sound, will find baby bird asking for food...

So that day, I found a juvenile Javan Myna noisily asking for food...



"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"
"Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh! Chrrrrrhhh!"

the juvenile is a little greyer than the adult and the eyes also more to grey than yellow. The yellowing at the base of its beak still present.

waiting a while, came the adult, The adult have blacker appearance, with grey underparts and its eyes is yellow.

the juvenile open its beak wide!


and its fed something like regurgitated food


Javan Myna
Acridotheres javanicus

for a bird so common in Malaysia, it funny that it doesnt have an official malay name. Tiong Jawa is not taken, well how about that?

Baya Weaver Nest Maintenance

The baya weaver will add more leaves to strenghtened its nest from time to time.



sometimes, it overcooked it..



side reinforcement?



this nest is blown by the wind and get stuck, somehow the parents tied the lower end to a branch and get this horizontal nest..

Fantail. Pied Bird

The Pied Fantail malay name (Murai Gila) fits its character perfectly, a very skittish bird, jumping around the branches with its tail fanning out..

Murai Gila(Malay)
Pied Fantail
Rhipidura Javanica

Murai in malay basically describe a blackish bird with a beautiful voice and Gila means mad.


showing its fantail, albeit a little blurred.

two chicks in a nest


normally I found it stays under shady trees, overgrown bushes near water.

Baza.Black Bird

I spotted the black baza when I was birding at my usual birding ground. It was afternoon(my lunch break) at the last week of November 2008. It was black like a crow, but the flight and the way it swoop down to catch prey wasnt crow like. Looks like a raptor to me.. So I went to this patch more frequently than others.

My first shot was this

not so clear but enough to confirm its a black baza. There a a pair of them, not like a flock that was described. maybe some circumstances makes it made the stopover at my patch..

so the subsequent week i try to track them until on December 5 finally got a better picture.


Helang Baza
Black Baza
Aviceda leuphotes

it makes worth of my time.. to see this bird in my patch where the usual bird are yellow-vented bulbuls, crows and mynas. area is overgrown abandoned buiding project in middle of residential and industrial area, subang jaya. few minutes from where i work.

Beeeater.Blue-tailed

The first time I saw this bird, was in Mac 2008. That is when I walk in the park actually searching for birds, I was carrying my point and shoot camera at that time. A Kodak 12x zoom camera, which equals 420mm in 35mm terms.

This is the pic i shot, cropped of coz

shot against the blue sky without flash. Click for larger pic

other birds that I shot that day were, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Asian Glossy Starling, Black-naped Orioles, Oriental Magpie Robins and the Common Myna. I guess I can call them lifers because at that time I didnt know what is their names and how to identify them.

by April, I cannot see them anymore..

in May, getting my DSLR a canon 350D with lens an old nikon 300mm F4.5 prime(why? becoz its dirt cheap, bought for RM600)

Now that I got the equipment,now where is this Blue Tailed Beeeater.

not until October, when I started to see them..first are the sub adult (havent had the distictive long tail, and less vibrant colors. They tend to look like the Blue-throated Beeeaters.

later in Dec 08, started to see the fully adults, with the yellow, orange, green to blue colours.

Spend some time and I notice they always perch on the same branch after chasing bugs..

Here is a pair, with one stretching its wings

Beberek Ekor Biru(Malay)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Merops philippinus

Never get bored shooting them when have the chance.. So beautiful, so available

Dove.Zebra ~Merbuk

One sunday went to my birding spot at Taman Hutan Bukit SUK at Shah Alam. Just entering the parking lot, saw some zebra doves feeding on the palm oil seeds (buah sawit) on the ground.

Without exiting the car, I began to take pictures..


Zebra Dove
Merbuk (Malay name)
Geopelia striata(Scientific name)

This is after eating, this one decide to take a break under the tree.

Feeling sleepy.. this is about 11.00am (I'm not a morning birder..hehe!)

take a nap



It seems so peacefull, no wonder it is also called the peaceful dove

Among the bunch(there are 5-6 of them), I spotted an injured bird with a hole in chest but it seems are not much bothered by its injury.. seems as active as the others.

here are its pic..


a little blur on the head, I was focussing on the chest cavity.

Prinia.Yellow-bellied

Being an active bird like the tailorbird, not always have a good result of having pic this species taken. But can always knew they were around with its meawing sound. almost like a lost kitten. Always can found near the marshes,swamps or fresh water ponds.

Actually the first time caught is an adult but the noise too bad(using prosumer camera). With my dslr caught the juvenile, almost id as a different bird. fortunately PMers (Photomalaysia.com) has been a great help

A Juvenile at Putrajaya Wetlands


another juvenile at a oxidation pond in subang jaya

after a few months still havent get any pic this species until dec 2008 caught adult at the bund of klang river


The yellow coloured head of the juvenile will turn grey.

Perenjak Kuning
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Prinia flaviventris

Swallowing Yellow Vented Bulbul

Looks like the 'daun palas' seed, after removing the skin.

Open wide!

Halfway!

Gulp!


Yellow-vented Bulbul
Merbah Kapur(Malay)
Pycnonotus goiavier