Short Trip: Fraser's Hill Bird Watching and Photography
Short Trip : Fraser's Hill Bird Watching and Photography for 2 Days 1 Night
Day 1:
This short trip request provide much rewarding birds though the place was dry. At least 37 species was documented over a very short period of time. It was rather very quite upon arrival in mid evening. It took us a while but soon some birdlife began to appear. Long Tailed Sibia, Oriental Magpie Robin and one Black Eagle come eye level to us. Birding soon move towards trail and other park of Fraser's where more bird was seen and photography opportunity was available. The Orange-bellied Leafbird in poor lighting and also back lighted was a challenged to us though Eu Meng got a better shot then mine.
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| Orange - bellied Leafbird (Photo taken by Terence Ang) |
I soon took Eu Meng to another spot for Trogon. Not long after I whistle for the bird we soon able to see one subadult and a female in the area. The Trogon was there for a while in close distance too close for me to digiscope in a way.
Day 2
Day 2 began in as early as possible with already the Javan Cuckooshrike was up and around. Other bird soon join in with large group of Spectacle Laughingthrush, Long-Tailed Sibia and Green Magpie making the crowd goes interesting.
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| Javan Cuckooshrike (Photo taken by Terence Ang) |
Another part of Fraser's seem to be fruitful as well with Large Niltava both adult and Juvenile was both seen in the area. The bird was coorperative allowing Eu Meng to get a very good shot of the bird.
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| Large Niltava - Male(Photo taken by Terence Ang) |
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| Large Niltava - Juvenile (Photo taken by Terence Ang) |
Group and group of bird soon flock in with more photography opportunity. Fire-Tufted Barbet was just by the road and Silver Eared Mesia was in high good number giving increasing more bird to photograph. Though fast moving bird was not so good for digiscoper like me but for SLR user like Eu Meng himself, this proof to be the time to get going.
Soon after the excitement, I was able to spot another bird for another excitement. This time was the Buff-Breasted Babbler. This shy little bird was about 20 meter away from us and remain in the bush area and this is the best shot I can get out of this little guys here.
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| Buff-breasted Babbler (Photo taken by Terence Ang) |
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Comment from Eu Meng
ReplyDelete"I am a fairly new birder and I've always been aware that without the services of a good bird guide, especially when overseas, I wouldn't know where to start to look for the types of birds that I want to see.
Fraser's Hill has been a destination that I had wanted to visit for the last two years and last week, I finally made the trip.
I was fortunate to have been introduced to Terence Ang by some kind folks who I contacted on Birdingpal Malaysia.
Terence, in spite of his relative young age, proved to be knowledgeable about both birds in general and the birdlife at Fraser's. He is personable and not impatient, helpful and considerate. We got along fine and had good chats during the long drive up. He had come to pick me up from the airport.
Via his keen eyes, I had many lifers up in Fraser's. Among my favourites were the Red-headed Trogan (female), Silver-eared Mesia, Javan Cuckooshrike, Black-browed Barbet, Large Niltava (which sat for long minutes for us to photograph it), Rufous-browed Flycatcher and the ever-present Spectacled Laughingthrush and Streaked Spiderhunter.
Thank you, Terence, for a fine and fruitful time despite the supposedly sparse bird life up there. I look forward to joining you on another Malaysian bird trip in the not too distant future."