One of the 2011 resolution is to climb a mountain ...... after 2 hour climb here is the reward.

Panorama view from the top of Gunung Datuk Negeri Sembilan.

 

Along the trail heard the call of Rhino hornbills but never got to see them,

monkeys pose for Patrice,

woodpecker heard pecking right at the top of the mountain.

The 5 hours ordeal ended with 2 bottles of cold drinks and KFC.

Special thanks to Patrice for taking part in the crazy idea.

Spotted Wood-owl

Was scanning into the bush for some babblers calling in the dark when we heard ....... woo wooo wooo0... #154

Their faces was not be visible in natural lighting, only by pushing the ISO to 3200 f/5.6 1/30sec casts some light into their ID.

Spotted Wood-owl

Strix seloputo

Pipit

Pipit

Tiger Shrike

Tiger Shrike

Lanius tigrinus

Little Green-pigeon

Little Green-pigeon

Treron olax

Lineated Barbet

Some birds are more in certain places than in any other. A group of them just outside the gates of Kinta Nature Park. #152

Lineated Barbet

Megalaima lineata

Crested Serpent-eagle

Close-up shot of this bird on a pole overlooking Kinta Nature Park pool.

Crested Serpent-eagle

Spilornis cheela

Common Flameback

This pair spotted in Kinta Nature Park. #151

Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense

Heron

Need help with ID.

Grey Heron

Picture perfect perch minus the bird.... in Kinta Nature Park.

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

White-throated Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Brown Shrike

Brown Shrike

Lanius cristatus

Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike

Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike

Hempius hirundinaceus

Grey-capped Woodpecker

Grey-capped Woodpecker

Dendrocopos canicapillus

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonnerati

Tiger Shrike

Tiger Shrike

Lanius tigrinus

Red-bearded Bee-eater

Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus

Asian Paradise-flycatcher

Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni

Rhinoceros Hornbill

Lifer #149.

Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros

Black-bellied Malkoha

Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi

Crimson-winged Woodpecker

Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus

Sultan Tit

Nice tits, rare find in Gunung Tampin

Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea

Blue-winged Leafbird

Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Lifer #147.

Thick-billed Green-pigeon Treron curvirostra

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler

Lifer #146.

Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler Macronous ptilosus

Yellow-crowned Barbet

Yellow-crowned Barbet ??? Need help to ID.

Yellow-crowned Barbet Megalaima henricii

Red-naped Trogon

Lifer #145, another trogon digitized.... surprise from this area. He allowed me to take 2 shots before flying behind some thick covering.

Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba

Rufous Woodpecker

Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus

Shrike

Banded Woodpecker

Lifer #144.

Banded Woodpecker Picus mineaceus

Ashy Bulbul

Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Lifer #143. Second cuckoo from this area.

Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

Streaked Bulbul

Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis

Simpang Pulai birding

Trying to find Blue Rock Thrush in the limestone hills around Simpang Pulai Ipoh. Its more difficult than I thought, with a big rock right in front of you the birds go either left to right or right to left. Nothing from top or bottom.

Lifer #141

Pied Fantail
Rhipidura javanica

Lifer #142

Striated Swallow
Hirundo striolata

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea