• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Fraser's Hill (29-30 October 2011) (1 Viewer)

wengchun

Registered Member
I met Graham and Flor at the airport and left approximately 11pm. The slow traffic en route towards the hill station delayed our arrival at the hotel.

The next morning, we started it off at the usual spot – nailing over 20 species before breakfast. The thick mist began to cover most part of the hill station, reducing bird activities and visibility. So, I decided to make a quick dash to a lower elevation. Along the way, several new birds were spotted for the day. In the afternoon more birds were sighted and 1 cooperative Crested Serpent Eagle perching on a bare branch provided a photographic opportunity for Graham. A Mountain Scops Owl was sighted shortly after dinner – Strange, none of the owls were calling during the day.

Here are the species highlights for Day 1: Crested Serpent Eagle, Large Woodshrike, Chestnut-capped (Spectacled) Laughingthrush, Chestnut-crowned (Malayan) Laughingthrush, Little Pied Flycatcher, Silver-eared Mesia, Black-and-Crimson Oriole, Gold-whiskered Barbet, Black-browed Barbet, Streaked Wren-babbler, Lesser Shortwing, Golden Babbler, Blue-winged Minla, Little Cuckoo Dove, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Bronzed Drongo, Verditer Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Grey-chinned Minivet, Streaked Spiderhunter, Black-throated Sunbird, Fire-breasted (Buff-breasted) Flowerpecker and many more.

On the 2nd day, we covered a few hotspots around the hill station and were rewarded with more new birds. Migrating Common Buzzard flew above us late morning. 2 Blyth’s Hawk-eagle also engaged in an aerial fight. Before going to the airport, we stopped at 2 wetlands near the airport.

Among the highlighsts for Day 2 include Blyth’s Hawk-eagle, Common Buzzard, Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Blue Nuthatch, Greater Yellownape, Pygmy Wren-babbler, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Slaty-backed Forktail, Painted Stork, Purple Swamphen, Yellow Bittern and more.
 

Attachments

  • largewoodshrike02.jpg
    largewoodshrike02.jpg
    48 KB · Views: 39
  • mountainimperialpigeon011.jpg
    mountainimperialpigeon011.jpg
    48.5 KB · Views: 30
Warning! This thread is more than 13 years ago old.
It's likely that no further discussion is required, in which case we recommend starting a new thread. If however you feel your response is required you can still do so.

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top