A Late Morning Birding along Old Gombak Road

At the very last minute i decided to look for birds at along the old gombak road with Mr CY Tan who was kind enough to join me at a very short notice. We reached the location i.e the first rubbish dump at around 11.00am and as expected you don't see many birds at this time. The cloudy day makes the trip a bit dull but nevertheless we did saw some birds albeit mostly common ones.

  

Oriental White-Eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)

Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) - a male

Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)

A usual winter visitor at this time of the year



Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Zanclostomus curvirostris)

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata)

As both male and female have white patches on its tertials, it would be difficult to ascertain this bird's gender without seeing its ear coverts.



Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos)

Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole olivacea)

Other birds heard and seen were as follows:

i)  3 White-bellied Erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) - previously known as Yuhina.

ii) 1 Dark-necked tailor bird ( Orthotomus atrogularis).

iii) 1 Rufous woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)

iv) 1 Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis) - heard call only.

The birds sighted on this trip will just be recorded as general information since the trip was for a very short time.