TonyQ Big Year Number 5

[TonyQ]

134.M86. Mountain Imperial Pigeon  Ducula badia   

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

[TonyQ]

135.M87. Olive-backed Sunbird  Cinnyris jugularis   

M+F, From our balcony, Andaman Hotel, Langkawi         19.02.2020 

    

(F) Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang            26.02.2020

(F) Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang            26.02.2020

(M) Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang            26.02.2020

(M) Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang            26.02.2020

[TonyQ]

136.M88. Olive-winged Bulbul  Pycnonotus plumosus          

Penang /Kedah           23.02.2020

Penang/Kedah            23.02.2020

[TonyQ]

137.M89. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker  Dicaeum trigonostigma      

From our balcony, Andaman Hotel, (M) Langkawi         19.02.2020 

    

Langkawi         (M) 20.02.2020  

   

From our balcony, Andaman Hotel  (F) Langkawi         21.02.2020

 

At the Andaman Hotel, we had a 4th floor room with a small balcony which looked out onto rainforest. It was very enjoyable watching birds from this viewpoint.

[TonyQ]

138.M90. Orange-bellied Leafbird  Chloropsis hardwickii      

Fraser's Hill     13.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     13.02.2020

Small bird, very high up!

[Galana]

I would not mind being lockeddown in Andaman Hotel with birds like that from my Balcony !

 

Keep them coming!

[TonyQ]

@Galana   there are also some very interesting mammals at the Andaman which I will show when I start a trip report!

 

But, I am breaking the flow of birds from Malaysia because of an exciting sighting from our garden.

Thursday night, we could hear a loud noise from the back of our house. We grabbed our cameras and went into the back garden. We could hear a male and female Tawny Owl calling to each other. Then on flew across and landed in a tree just past the end of our garden.

It was very dark, and this was my first "decent attempt" (the time stamp on the photos are wrong because I didn't change them after Malaysia!)

 

139.UK.51. Tawny Owl  Strix aluco   

Our Garden, Birmingham        02.04.20         

 

iso 25600, Shutter Speed  0.5sec  188mm (hand held, focussing manually)

It waited for a long time, not bothered by us. We went inside and got a torch and tried some more photos

iso 5000, Shutter Speed  1/10sec  286mm (hand held, autofocussing )

iso 5000, Shutter Speed  1/10sec  286mm (hand held, autofocussing )

We stayed with it for about 20 minutes, and were thrilled with such a close sighting of such a wonderful bird. We would have been delighted anytime, but appreciated even more in the current Lockdown situation

[pedro maia]

An owl in the garden, how lucky!!

[Tdgraves]

Brilliant @TonyQ

we sometimes hear them in our garden but have not been lucky enough to see one. We put a nest box up this year, so fingers crossed!

[Galana]

Well done. At least if we cannot go to the birds it is nice when they come to us.

[PeterHG]

Imagine having Tawny Owls in your garden! Great to see you managed some pictures. 

[michael-ibk]

Very cool!

[Peter Connan]

Very cool indeed!

[Zim Girl]

Lovely new Malaysian additions, and how special to have a Tawny owl in your garden - great pictures!

[TonyQ]

@pedro maia @michael-ibk @Peter Connan @PeterHG @Galana thank you

@Tdgraves thank you, and good luck with your nest box

 

Back to Malaysia

 

140.M91. Oriental Dollarbird  Eurystomus orientalis  

Langkawi         20.02.2020

     

Penang/Kedah            23.02.2020

[TonyQ]

141.M92. Oriental Magpie-robin  Copsychus saularis           

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020  

   

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

     

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

with kill!, Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

I think the first 2 are female and the second 2 are males.

Widely seen throughout the trip

[TonyQ]

142.M93. Oriental Honey Buzzard  Pernis ptilorhynchus      

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

[TonyQ]

143.M94. Oriental Pied Hornbill  Anthracoceros albirostris   

Andaman Hotel grounds, Langkawi         19.02.2020

Andaman Hotel grounds, Langkawi         19.02.2020

Andaman Hotel grounds, Langkawi         19.02.2020

These came in to roost in the hotel grounds, giving very good views

[TonyQ]

144.M95. Pacific Swallow  Hirundo tahitica   

Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

We saw these in a number of places. This one was on the balcony outside our room

[TonyQ]

145.M96. Pacific Reef Egret  Egretta sacra   

Andaman Hotel beach, Langkawi         21.02.2020

Andaman Hotel beach, Langkawi         21.02.2020

A pre-breakfast walk along the beach showed this bird catching its own breakfast

[TonyQ]

146.M97. Paddyfield Pipit  Anthus rufulus     

Langkawi         20.02.2020

Langkawi         20.02.2020

One advantage of birding here was that this was the only sort of Pipit in the area!

[TonyQ]

147.M98. Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus           

Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

[TonyQ]

148.M99. Pink-necked Green Pigeon  Treron vernans          

(F) en route to Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

(M) en route to Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

(M) Penang            24.02.2020

[TonyQ]

I am breaking the alphabetic (ish) order for No.100 from Malaysia

This is probably my favourite bird of the trip

 

149.M100. Silver-eared Mesia  Leiothrix argentauris

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

 

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

Bright, colouful, confiding and sits out in the open. It also appears very characterful. What's not to like!

[Tdgraves]

And what a lovely century bird it was too!