See Toh's 2013 Peninsula Malaysia List (1 Viewer)

Although I lived in Singapore, decided to do some sort of a Big Year for Malaysia in 2013.

Got my Big Year going on January 19 when I paid a visit to the rice fields of Batang Tiga where big flocks of Asian Openbills and also 3 migrating aquilas could be seen and boy I was not disappointed.

January 19 - Batang Tiga, Melaka

1. Asian Openbill Stork - over 300 hundreds seen (lifer)
2. Yellow Bittern
3. Cinnamon Bittern
4. Chinese Pond Heron
5. Western Cattle Egret
6. Purple Heron
7. Great Egret
8. Intermediate Egret
9. Little Egret
10. Black-winged Kite
11. Brahminy Kite
12. Eastern Marsh Harrier
13. Pied Harrier
14. Greater Spotted Eagle - Juvenile (lifer)
15. Steppe Eagle - Juvenile (lifer)
16. Imperial Eagle - Juvenile (lifer)
17. White-breasted Waterhen
18. Red-wattled Lapwing
19. Pin-tailed Snipe
20. Wood Sandpiper
21. Rock Dove
22. Spotted Dove
23. Zebra Dove
24. Lesser Coucal
25. White-throated Kingfisher
26. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
27. Brown Shrike
28. Black-naped Oriole
29. Black Drongo
30. House Crow
31. Yellow-vented Bulbul
32. Barn Swallow
33. Red-rumped Swallow
34. Zitting Cisticola
35. Javan Myna
36. Common Myna
37. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
38. Scaly-breated Munia
39. Paddyfield Pipit

Spent the saturday morning in Johor Bahru for a round of causal golf.

January 26 - Daiman 18 Golf Course, Johor Bahru

40. Straited Heron
41. Common Kingfisher
42. Black-crowned Night Heron
43. Asian Glossy Starling
44. Asian Koel
45. Red Junglefowl
46. Dollarbird
47. Pink-necked Green Pigeon