A Leisurely BY 2022 from Herman and Kit

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491. Black-bellied Malkoha, Hulu Langat

 

Really high up in the tree, and refused to emerge from the shadows.

 

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492. Silver-eared Mesia, Frasers

 

 

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493. Grey-chinned Minivet, Frasers

 

 

female

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494. Blue-winged Minla, Frasers

 

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495. White-rumped Munia, Frasers

 

 

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496. Silver-rumped Needletail, Hulu Perdek

 

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497. Large Niltava, Frasers

 

a shockingly accommodating niltava that posed a fair while for us. 

 

 

 

 

a clip of its call: 

 

 

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498 Blue Nuthatch, Frasers

 

Of course it had to emerge when the fog was its thickest. 

 

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499. Black-and-crimson Oriole, Frasers

 

A striking bird in the right light conditions.

 

 

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500. Brown Wood Owl, Frasers

 

Weng Chun knew exactly where to find this night bird -a lifer species - and we found it just after 5 minutes. It seems pretty used to people since its hangout is at a residential area. 

 

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excuse the chatter!

 

 

TBC

Edited December 30, 2022 by Kitsafari

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501. Malayan Partridge, Frasers

 

The last time we were in Frasers, we dipped on this species. there were just too many of us, and half of them were walking about and whispering, so of course this nervous skulking partridge didn't turn up. this time, it was just herman and I and we were silent and sat still and of course weng chun knew the best time to see the partridge - in the morning. 

 

 

I'll just post Herman's shots from now on, unless it's really something different to share, because mine have turned out too reddish in ST pages. 

 

 

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502. Speckled Piculet, Frasers

 

Another one of those tiny active birds that hide in the dark. 

 

 

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503. Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Frasers

 

Tough to hide when the pigeons are that big! very pleased to get them. 

 

 

 

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504. Rufescent Prinia, Frasers

 

non-breeding plumage. can count feathers in this shot. 

 

this isn't so annoyingly red!

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505. Lesser Shortwing, Frasers

 

 

 

[xelas]

6 minutes ago, Kitsafari said:

because mine have turned out too reddish in ST pages

Could that be the case of using a different colour space? Like using AdobeRGB and not sRGB?? 

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506. Long-tailed Sibia, Frasers

 

 

 

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some more repeats: 

 

Sultan Tit, but with a yellow crest (black crested was in Bach Ma)

 

 

 

my lifer but not herman's - Rufous-backed Kingfisher

 

 

We had an awesome sighting of the Bushy-crested Hornbills which were unexpected. we had seen one in flight in Belum but it was very high. Weng Chun thought he'd just try a playcall for the bushy-crested, but a flock of five clearly wanted to check it out landed in the tree just in front of us. I was just too stunned to take a video clip but just enjoyed watching them. Herman was faster. these are social birds and very noisy! 

 

 

 

 

 

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on this trip to Frasers, a pair of helmeted hornbills flew just above us as we were looking at bulbuls, but they hid from us even though we could hear them calling, while rhino hornbills were calling loudly in the valley but we weren;t able to locate them. But we saw a fair number of wreathed hornbills, so although they were far in the distance, it was quite super to see them here. 

 

507. Wreathed Hornbills,Frasers

 

and this is cropped

 

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508. Streaked Spiderhunter, Frasers

 

i just liked the bird among the colourful flowers

 

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509. Black-throated Sunbird, Frasers

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510. Mountain Tailorbird, Frasers

 

Herman did well with this impossibly active busy little tailorbird

 

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511. Siberian Thrush, Frasers

 

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512. Malayan Whistling Thrush, Frasers

 

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513. Greater Yellownape, Frasers