Birds and Fauna of Bukit Hijau and Sedim Recreational Forests

I took my father for some bird watching recently. Bukit Hijau is located about 45 minutes drive from a town called Sungai Petani, Kedah. One needs to drive pass another town called Kuala Ketil before reaching the place. Today Bukit Hijau was rather quiet as compared the last time we visited the place.

The first birds we encountered are this pair of Common Flameback - male (at the top) and female (below).

Then we came across this handsome Giant Squirrel which was quite funny with its tree antics.

Besides the common Gold-Whiskered Barbet and a Red-Eyed Bulbul, the only other bird we saw was this Grey Wagtail.

We only spent about an hour at this place and since it was low in bird activities we decided to drive to Sedim which is another 18 km from Bukit Hijau. As we reached at the post where we need to pay RM2/- to enter, we saw this flycatcher:

It could be a Dark-sided Flycatcher as it was quite small as compared to the usual Asian Brown.

The next flycatcher we saw near the car park is this Ferruginous Flycatcher.

Not so sure whether is this a Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo ?

(Note: expert has confirmed that this bird is a Crow-Billed Drongo !)

While walking we saw this colony of jungle bees and we were informed by a local boy that usually in the afternoon there was a bird which likes to disturb the bees - could it be a bee-eater? or honey guide?

Then we saw and heard this Oriental Honey Buzzard (as id by Seng)  circling just above the tree top - i believe it has caught something.

This male Orange-Bellied Flowerpecker was the last bird we saw.