Teluk Air Tawar Wader Count 111016

MNS penang branch has made a trip to Teluk Air Tawar on the mainland Penang to make the usual yearly winter migration wader count. We starts off at around 8 am and here are some of the waders seen.


 Red necked Stint,

 Common greenshank.

 The bird of the day was a Great knot. I hope i photographed the right bird...but looks a bit like Curlew Sandpiper...maybe i got the wrong guy, as it was very far away...

 Little egret with common greenshank and common redshank.

 Common redshank.

 Terek Sandpiper

 Little egret in breeding plumage,

 Common redshank,

A Curlew sandpiper with a single leg yet it survived the migraation. Amazing!

That's all guys. Thanks.

Taiping Raptor Festival

Come and join this event. Organized by MNS Perak Branch.

 

Hope to see you guys there. Thanks.

Alor Setar 111008

I went back to Alor Setar for some urgent work. I manage to squeeze in some time to monitor the autumn migration for this year. Pity there was no raptor seen thermalling yet like last season but i end up with some good shots of others. Hope they'll pass by when i go back for the Hari Raya Qurban/Aidiladha.

Enjoy...

This male Asian Paradise Flycatcher is a frequent visitor at my wife's house. I shot this with my macro lens Nikon 105mm and cropped it a bit.

 A bee? Only after i shot this and look at it in my monitor then i saw the white spider...can u see it?

 A male brown throated (or plain throated) sunbird,

 Pied fantail with a dragonfly,

Lesser or greater..sandplover? I'll go for lesser...correct me if i'm wrong,

A lesser sand plover with two common redshanks,

Cattle egret,

 Some macro and close up shots,

Ladybird,

 A mating stinkbug?

 Great egret,

 Slaty breasted rail

 Tiger shrike

 White-winged tern (id corrected)

 Lesser sandplover with Terek sandpiper

 A young little heron swallowing a climbing perch,

Common redshank,

 Whiskered tern,

 Eastern Yellow Wagtail,

 A swiflet,

I also manage to go to Gunung Jerai to sample some of the herpetofauna there. It was raining but we were lucky that it stop just before dark. An ideal situation for herping. This two is the main target for the night. A resident in the mountains of Malaysia. Their call is quite distinctive but very hard to locate as for its small size...both shot were taken during daytime in the lab,so both in day coloration. At night they tend to be paler...

Philautus petersi

Philautus parvulus,

A huge female Megophrys nasuta,

A calling male Limnonectes blythii,

Thanks a lot.

Langkawi 110918

This is the bird i've been trying to locate a few times during my visit to Langkawi. Finally i got it...

Thanks to Dr Norhayati Ahmad for lending me her Sigma 150-500mm lens. It appears to be quite a sharp lens. I may need to save up and get it in future..huhu :(

Anyway, the boatman and guide told us that this bird can be easily seen if you come early in the morning at Kilim mangrove, at around 8 to 9 a.m. But make sure you check the tide,if it is too low,then the boat will stuck...


Some other birds, a pair of white bellied sea eagle,

 I was lucky it decided to mate while i got my camera pointing at them...

 A subadlut, maybe 3rd year?

 Mangrove pit viper, resting on the mangrove root...

 Brahminy kite,

 A juvenile,

Thanks all for viewing.

Penang Hill 110910

Went for a recce at Penang Hill last weekend. Here are some shots taken there..

Careful with this fella whenever you hike up Penang Hill. They are quite commonly seen there. If you see one move away and never try to handle or kill it.

Malaysian Blue Coral Snake, Calliophis bivirgata flaviceps..

Hosemys spinosa, Spiny Hill Turtle.

Thanks.