Birding at Taman Rimba Ampang
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
A fantastic day for bird watching in Taman Rimba Ampang, KL today. Started the watch at 7.30am with Yong Ding Li (and friend), Stephen Boey, Khong, Jan, and (of course, a regular bird photographer) Banard. There was not much of action initially. But as we make our way towards the playground, the birds start to show up and mostly up on the top canopy.
1. Banded Woodpecker 1 Feeding on ants attracted to fruits
2. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
3. Checker-throated Woodpecker
4. Maroon Woodpecker
5. Buff-rumped Woodpecker
6. Gold-whiskered Barbet (heard)
7. BLue-eared Barbet (heard)
8. Brown Barbet (heard)
9. Red-bearded Bee-eater (heard)
10. Blue-throated Bee-eater
11. Blue-banded Kingfisher 1 male seen
12. Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (heard)
13. Violet Cuckoo (heard)
14. Raffle's Malkoha
15. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 3 in kampong scrub
16. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
17. Glossy Swiftlet
18. Wihskered Treeswift
19. Emerald Dove
20. Crested Serpent Eagle
21. Asian Fairy Bluebird (heard)
22. BLue-winged Leafbird
23. Lesser Green Leafbird
24. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
25. Black Magpie (heard)
26. Green Iora
27. Lesser Cuckooshrike
28. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
29. Scarlet Minivet
30. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (White morph)
31. White-rumped Shama (heard)
32. Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher (heard)
33. Rufous-chested Flycatcher 1 seen
34. Oriental Magpie Robin
35. Javan Myna
36. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
37. Sultan Tit
38. Stripe-throated Bulbul
39. Spectacled Bulbul
40. Red-eyed Bulbul
41. FInsch's Bulbul 3 seen on fruiting macaranga
42. Buff-vented Bulbul
43. Hairy-backed Bulbul (heard)
44. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
45. Dark-necked Tailorbird
46. Short-tailed Babbler (heard)
47. Black-capped Babbler (heard)
48. Rufous-fronted Babbler (heard)
49. Grey-headed Babbler
50. Striped Tit-Babbler
51. White-bellied Erpornis
52. Crimson-breasted FLowerpecker
53. Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
54. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
55. Purple-naped Sunbird
56. Little Spiderhunter
57. Spectacled Spiderhunter 1 seen, on fruiting macaranga busily chasing away other bulbuls and cuckooshrikes
58. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
59. Scaly-breasted Munia 1 carrying nesting materials
Everyone went home with a smile and satisfaction of another good birding day at almost 3pm.
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