Ampang and Genting Highlands on a Rainy Season 26 November 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006

This morning, I joined 'endemic guide' and Mark on a trip to Taman Rimba Ampang in the morning and Genting Highlands in the afternoon. Hoping to see the Blue-banded Kingfisher, I walked along the stream. And the only things I saw were children playing in the water. No sight of any bird at all. Well, the weather isn't good either. We do get to see some birds up in the top canopy of the forest. Since we also wanted to go and see montane birds, we left ampang at 12pm. Oh, I met Soon Pin in the park as well for a short chat. Up in Genting after lunch, we headed straight to the peak. The rain is not doing much of a favor for today. Still, we walked in the rain hoping to find birds for our friend from Australia.





Ok, the list of sighting includes
  1. blue-tailed bee-eater
  2. chestnut-breasted malkoha
  3. glossy swiftlet
  4. greater green leafbird
  5. black magpie (1 pair)
  6. bar-winged flycatcher-shrike
  7. scarlet minivet
  8. velvet-fronted nuthatch
  9. spectacled bulbul
  10. red-eyed bulbul
  11. common tailorbird
  12. crimson-breasted flowerpecker
  13. yellow-breasted flowerpecker
  14. oranged-bellied flowerpecker
  15. purple-naped sunbird
  16. grey wagtail
  17. oriental magpie robin
  18. tiger shrike (juvenile)
  19. asian brown flycatcher
  20. asian glossy starling
  21. common myna
  22. mountain tailorbird
  23. mountain leaf warbler
  24. chestnut-tailed minla
  25. black-throated sunbird
  26. mugimaki flycatcher (we were walking in the rain then)
  27. large niltava
  28. large cuckooshrike
  29. brown barbet
  30. dark-sided flycatcher
  31. grey-rumped treeswift
  32. pond heron
  33. yellow-vented bulbul

some of the unconfirmed sighting (and those that escape my scope and camera)

  1. drongo (both the guide and Mark saw this and probably a black drongo)
  2. mountain bulbul
  3. ashy tailorbird
  4. black-thighed falconet
  5. whiskered treeswift (flying high up in the sky of ampang)
  6. common buzzard (it was raining and misty on the highland)
  7. unidentified raptor (on the way up to Genting Highland)
  8. unidentified spiderhunter (at least 2 species)
  9. another flycatcher was sighted with the mugimaki (the guide says it is a pair but to me, it looks like a narcissus)
  10. black-naped oriole

a common buzzard?


the only bird photo I shoot and can be shared with you today is this flycatcher.



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