Today me and Mr CY Tan went to check-out a birding site at Hutan Lipur Sungai Gabai. The road leading to the area goes through a Malay kampung with many chempedak and other fruits trees along the way and ends at the entrance to a waterfall recreational area. We started very early and reached the location at about 7.30am. We started to "bird" at the junction which turns to an "orang asli" settlement. The first bird we saw in a misty morning was a great surprise.
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| Purple Heron |
Although there is a man-made pond nearby you won't expect this purple heron to travel so far inland.(Note: it was reported that these herons will likely frequent marshlands rather than tidal mudflats. So that explains its existence here).
These pigeons will certaintly go to my little file called "Mystery Birds"
Here are some of the birds seen inside the waterfall area:
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| Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha (female) |
We saw this Red-Eyed Bulbul trying a piece of these partially destroyed "Chempedak"
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| Whiskered TreeSwift |
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| Black-and-Red Broadbill |
After seeing this broadbill we drove out and stopped at some locations which we have passed thru in the morning.
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| Grey-Rumped TreeSwift |
Although said to be fairly common, you won't find this swift every where.
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| Greater-Racket-Tailed Drongo |
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| Gold-Whiskered Barbet |
This barbet perched just right above our heads.
Since we still have time, we decided to drive to Sg Lepuh which was not too far away. Although we reached the place at about 10.30am the birds were still there. Some of them which was seen by myself two weeks ago can still be located.
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| Drongo Cuckoo |
This cuckoo bird which was seen by me previously was still there.
We saw a number of Asian Glossy Starlings grabbing these fruits. Wonder whether the Netherlands people would like to have this as their national fruit.
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| Black-Capped Babbler |
This babbler was seen at exactly the same location previously. It was seen flicking some leaves and then managed to grab a cricket.
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| Bamboo Woodpecker (female) |
This woodpecker was an interesting find at Lepuh. I have seen a male at Gg Nuang a few years ago. So this sighting completes my series.
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| Grey-Headed Canary Flycatcher |
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| Yellow-Eared Spiderhunter |
This spiderhunter was seen together with a few of its own kind on this rambutan tree
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| White-rumped Munia |
This munia concludes our adventure for today.
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