Bird Watching @ Fraser's Hill - March'2012 - Pt 1

Fraser's Hill is still one of the best place to watch birds in this region. Recently Mark Winter, an expert in shorebirds (as described in States)  / waders (as pronounced in UK)  from England who has also declared himself as a Sunderland football club supporter visited the hill. We arrived at Fraser's Hill close to 10.30am as we were birding along the winding trunk road - the first bird we saw along the way was this Crested Serpent Eagle.

Certaintly looks like a well fed eagle. This raptor was seen after the Selangor reservoir area.

We also heard and saw a Moustached Babbler which calls (as verified by Mr Choo Jiin Hwa) was really loud and clear. Unfortunately i am not able to download the calls here. After having tasted the delicious "nasi lemak" and a cup of tea in Fraser's Hill, we headed to our first destination - JELAI HIGHLANDS RESORT. Here are some of its common resident birds:

This is a Long-Tailed Sibia feeding on a papaya given by the resort's staff.

This is another common bird at this place - a Chestnut-Capped Laughingthrush.

At times you will find this bird here - a Javan Cuckooshrike.

This is a male Orange-Bellied Leafbird which you can also find at this place.

Accompanying him nearby was his female partner.

We also saw a stream of raptors, presumably Oriental Honey Buzzards (OHBs) in spring migration to their breeding home. Unlike in Tanjung Tuan, they were travelling in high speed and in a single file one after another heading eastwards.

After having a great view of the migratory passage of these raptors we headed to our next destination which is the Pine Tree Trail. (have a look at the continuation of this trip in part II). Thanks.