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Birds in December 2021 and Jan 2022
Another year has gone. Along with the brand new year, a couple of new active birders have also emerged. Will they be able to sustain this bird watching hobby ? - only time will tell.Here are a few...
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A Night Walk with MNS Herp Group - Feb 2022
One of the most interesting things you will find from a night walk is the chance to see those nocturnal creatures or animals which you can hardly see them during daytime. Recently I joined a night walk...
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Birds in February and March 2022
Sometimes you can be lucky when all birds congregate on a certain location or tree. Should that happened then you can just unfold your portable "fishing" chair and sit there to enjoy the birds. I was...
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Birds with red underwear !
Pittas are probably one of the most sort after birds by birders. They are attractive yet elusive. Their cryptic habits require tons of patience from birders but when they really show up in the open,...
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Birds in April 2022
For the month of April, there are fewer birds seen because less birding trips. Kena marah from wife lah! So have to kwai kwai stay at home. Here are just a few interesting ones.Blue-throated Bee...
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Waders in April 2022
According to a research, birds in the order Charadriiformes are commonly called shorebirds which include plovers (Charadriidae). Meanwhile birds in the family Scolopacidea are commonly known as...
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Birds in June to August 2022
Not sure why there are no bird photos in May'2022 but I believe it might be due to the rainy season at that time. I am more incline towards butterflies nowadays so photos of birds are usually...
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Waders at Kapar, Selangor - May 2022
My only interest in birds are with waders. It is probably because most of them are migrant birds, flying in as far as Sakhalin, East Asia etc and they have a variety of plumage to showcase and confuse...
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Juvenile Waders in late August and month of September 2022
The earliest recorded arrival of waders in KKM was in late July but in 2022 I didn't manage to visit the place in July. So the photos here depict the waders in late August until September 2022.Common...
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Birds and waders in October 2022
 At times local birds can look just as nice as those rare deep forest birds. Yellow-bellied PriniaPro photographers would always tell you to focus on their eyes because that is where the centre piece...
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Local and common birds in November 2022
 Here are just a few nice ones seen in November 2022. A female Ruby-cheeked Sunbird with a caterpillar. It was under the thick shade of a macaranga tree.Another common bird - a Blue Throated Bee...
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Rare and Common Birds in December 2022
Year ends usually provide much relief for most birders because they could have more time to go out to look for birds. I managed to squeezed a bit of time to get a few rare and exotic ones before the...
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Surveying waders at Teluk Air Tawar (TAT) - Important Bird Area (IBA) - Nov 2022
We do have several IBAs in Peninsular Malaysia. One of them is the well known IBA of Teluk Air Tawar which apparently stretches almost 10km from Bagan Belat right up to the cape of Kampung Sungai...
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Some uncommon birds in Feb 2023
A long time ago this region was once connected to the great Sunda archipelago where we shared quite a number of beautiful avifauna including Fruit Doves. When the sea rises and split the region as it...
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Portraits of Lesser Sand Plovers
Lesser Sand Plovers are the commonest migratory wader in this region. Every year without fail, flocks of them will fly into this region for their winter break and very soon they will be flying back...
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Birds in March 2023 - raptors etc
When you do birding in March, usually you will be looking forward to the spring migration of raptors. Chances of seeing them at this time are usually higher. So in this post you will see some of them....
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Birds in July and August 2023
 Here are some of the birds and a few chickens seen on these two months.Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)Formerly known as Brown Hawk Owl. It will call even during the day time just like the Collared...
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Waders at TAT - September 2023
Over here, the migratory waders would made their return trip (Autumn migration) as early as in July (based on pers comm with seasoned birders). From then to September you can see some of them in their...
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Common Birds from September to December 2023
 Didn't have much time for birding lately but I still managed to get one / two lifers nevertheless.A majestically looking White-bellied Sea EagleBlue Whistling ThrushCan be differentiated from the...
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Birding here and there from February to March 2024
 Not many birds appearing at my local patches. I probably need to travel further to see more birds.Green-back FlycatcherMaleQuite a friendly little fella. Probably it has got used to paparazzi.An...
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Malaysian version of a Blue Tanager
 Black-naped Monarch(Hypothemis azurea)Black-naped Monarch(Hypothemis azurea)
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Birds spotted from July to September 2024
From the three months (July to September), I believe that's when all the juvenile birds start appearing. I saw a few of them during my routine jungle trekkings.White-rumped ShamaIt was quite skittish...
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Waders in Feb and Mar 2024 - understanding waders plumage etc
This is a long overdue post. Too occupied with other work to concentrated on the waders until now. Here are several waders (the usual ones) which traverse our shoreline in West Peninsular Malaysia....
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Waders and other shore birds in April 2024
 Waders continue to be presence in month of April albeit with slightly less numbers. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereusWonder why they called them a 'Xenus' and not a 'Calidris' or a 'Tringa'?Terek...
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Birds, mammals & reptiles from the highlands to the coastline - August to...
The tropical forest over here is like a huge emporium or maybe also like a jungle 'Toys"R"Us'. There are so many things to see for so many people - from scientists, educationist, young children,...
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