Drive by shooting ...

Taken mafia style, drive by shooting ...

saw the bird was beside a dirt road

while driving in the oil palm estate.

Stopped the car, lowered the window .... bang bang bang

Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis

New play ground ...

Found this new location complete with a
clean stream and tar road, within 3 hours 2 lifers.

Spotted this Malkoha with their characteristic hopping and

turning as if thoroughly checking every leaf looking for food.

Black-bellied Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus diardi

The friendly local woodpecker, we were less than 3m

from this guy and this doesn't bother him at all.

Got a close-up demo how the pecking is done,
unforgettable audio and visual experience.

There was another pecking sound from a nearby
bamboo cluster, was hoping for a bamboo
woodpecker but could not spot it.

Buff-necked Woodpecker

Meiglyptes tukki

Searching for new locations ...

Cloudy the whole day, with slight drizzle in

late afternoon. Lack of good light ...

Recee around Tampin and found this tree full of weavers

Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus



Before going back to the river ... can't get enough of the
flourescent bee eaters and their aerial display ...

Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridis



Lifer, finally catch a glimpse of the chirpy bird
in the grass land. Wake up to their calls every morning.

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
Treron bicincta



Opportunity for BIF as the whistling duck made
several rounds in the air before settling for the
night in the marsh land ...

Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica

Melaka river bank birding ...

Back to the river bank after major river re-aligning works,

destruction every where. The place is turned up-side

down but the birds are still there ...

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus goaivier

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Merops viridis

Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Gunung Datuk, Bongek birding ...

Many firsts today, must be my lucky day.

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

Black-crested Bulbul

Pycnonotus melanicterus

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Richard's Pipit

Anthus novaeseelandiae

Raffles's Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus

Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis