TonyQ Big Year Number 5

[TonyQ]

@Peter Connan @xelas @Galana @Kitsafari @Tdgraves thank you

@michael-ibk thank you. We were due to go to South Africa in late June. Hopefull we will return in another year!

[shazdwn]

Another contender hits 100 - better get my skates on. 
 

Well done and beautiful images 

[pedro maia]

Congrats for reaching 100 with lots of quality photos and beautiful birds, looking forward for the next ton!!

[TonyQ]

@shazdwn thank you

@pedro maia  thank you. I won’t reach 200 with Malaysia birds. Depending how the year develops, I may or may not manage it. But I will enjoy watching what comes to the garden

[PeterHG]

Congrats on the first 100. I am really enjoying your Malaysia collection!

[TonyQ]

@PeterHG thank you

 

101.M51. Golden Babbler   Cyanoderma chrysaeum

Fraser's Hill     13.02.2020     

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102.M52. Great Hornbill  Buceros bicornis    

Langkawi         20.02.2020

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103.M53. Great Slaty Woodpecker  Mulleripicus pulverulentus        

Langkawi         20.02.2020

Langkawi         20.02.2020

We had just left our hotel with Wendy (our guide) when she spotted these. You can see 3 of them in the second photo, but there were actually 5 of them on the tree.

[TonyQ]

104.M54. Great White Egret  Ardea alba       

Penang            23.02.2020 (with some smaller cousins)

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105.M55. Greater Coucal  Centropus sinensis          

Penang            23.02.2020

The only brief glimpse

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106.M56. Greater Yellownape  Chrysophlegma flavinucha   

Fraser's Hill     14.02.2020

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107.M57. Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus paradiseus        

Taman Negara            17.02.2020

Langkawi         22.02.2020

[TonyQ]

M58. Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea   

Already posted from UK

  

Penang            23.02.2020

Very familiar in many parts of the world

[TonyQ]

108.M59. Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea     

Fraser's Hill     13.02.2020

Again, a familiar bird from home. This one, at the side of a road, was the only one we saw in Malaysia.

[TonyQ]

109.M60. Grey-throated Babbler  Stachyris nigriceps           

Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

Fraser's Hill     12.02.2020

A pretty little bird I thought

[Dave Williams]

Closing in on me fast now Tony. Some lovely birds  seen and photographed.

Must admit, I'll be surprised if our trip to SA goes ahead in September to be honest.

[TonyQ]

@Dave Williams thank you - the totals don’t seem to matter much at the moment, I feel.

Shame about SA, but you did get to Sri Lanka and gave us some beautiful birds

[Kitsafari]

wow so lucky to see not one but 5 great slaty woodpeckers! they are now extinct in singapore although once in a while one appears in between many years, and the thinking is that it flies in from Johor or that a handful are still around but not seen. we had no luck in Langkawi. 

[Zim Girl]

Congratulations on the 100.  Shame about your SA trip though.

[TonyQ]

@Kitsafari  as we are so ignorant, we had little idea of which birds were rare/difficult to see and which are very common

@Zim Girl thank you

 

 

110.M61. Hadada Ibis  Bostrychia hagedash

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

Not native to Malaysia, but they live wild and breed there.

[TonyQ]

111.M62. Hill Myna  Gracula religiosa           

Taman Negara            16.02.2020

Rubbish photo, but the only time we saw them

[TonyQ]

112.M63. House Crow  Corvus splendens    

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

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113.M64. Intermediate Egret  Ardea intermedia        

Penang/Kedah            23.02.2020

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114.M65. Javan Myna  Acridotheres javanicus        

Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

and a Leucistic one, Lake Gardens, KL       11.02.2020

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115.M66. Large Cuckooshrike  Coracina javensis     

Fraser's Hill     13.02.2020