Balancing family commitment and hobby interest can be quite a demanding task but when there is a window of opportunity for our hobby we will quietly disappear into thin air and head towards the birding site in no time. Although it was just for about 2.5 hrs of birding but it was well worth it. Met a couple of new friends (Choo Eng etc) as well as familiar raptor experts (Seng, Carol etc) up on the hill where a 4WD and sun screen would be greatly appreciated. Most of the raptors were thermaling quite high up on their autumn migration towards south. Looks like they are using the east route. So most images taken were only for record shots. Here are some of the uncommon raptors seen at this site:
While waiting for a positive confirmation from the raptor experts, this raptor was presumed to be a "Common Buzzard - Dark Morph"?. Note: raptor experts have replied that the above raptor is most likely a Changeable Hawk Eagle - Dark Morph !
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| Black Baza |
They are like butterflys up in the skies. Most of the raptors seen were comprised of this group.
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| Osprey |
Probably the star bird sighted on this trip. We saw 3 of them.
I believe these are Oriental Honey Buzzards.
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| Paddy Field Pipit |
We also saw this lone pipit on the way down from the hill.
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