Gunung Nuang - Jan 2013

Hulu Langat area never fails to produce interesting birds for birders. Although the area is getting a bit of traffic lately but if you avoid the morning rush hour you can reach the place in about 30 minutes from KL. Today i went to look for birds at the base of Gunung Nuang and saw a pair of Red Jungle fowls. Before i could lift my camera they were gone - ran straight into the jungle and vanished. That was the first time i encounter a red jungle fowl in the area. The birds seen today consisted mainly from the bulbul family. Here are some of them:

Black-headed Bulbul

Red-eyed Bulbul

Olive-winged Bulbul

Black-crested Bulbul

 They (the bulbuls) were seen eating these berries.

Here are some other birds seen beside the bulbuls:

Oriental Magpie Robin

 This was actually the first bird which has greeted me. Quite a friendly fellow.

Pacific Swallow

All his friends flew away when my camera was aimed at them except this fellow.

Rufous Piculet

Located this miniature woodpecker from his calls rather then its drumming sounds. You can see that it has managed to make a little round circle on the tree trunk. Certainly a long way of making a hole as the tree trunk was probably too hard for this little fellow.

Grey-breasted Spiderhunter

This is a female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker.

Another tiny flowerpecker at this place- this one is a common Orange-breasted Flowerpecker which can be found more often then the rest of the other flowerpeckers.

I believe this flycatcher is the Dark-sided Flycatcher.

This is a Chesnut-winged Babbler. It was seen with two others foraging in a dark undergrowth. They were virtually operating on silent mode.

Large Woodshrike

I believe this fellow is a Plain Sunbird (Male)

Baya Weaver (Male)

If it had some bold streaks on its chest and flanks this bird could have been a Streaked Weaver.

Concluded this birding trip at about 11.30am. Quite satisfied with the birds sighted although i wished i could have gotten the image of the red-jungle fowls.