Great Tit - an intercontinental bird?

Great Tits are said to be very common in Europe that it often frequents bird-tables and seed-dispencers. Over here they are reported to be more common in mangroves areas. Although both Great Tits have a bold black line running down from its breast to its vent as well as a white patch on its cheek but the Asian ones have a white colored body as compare to a yellow body on European Great Tits. All these images were taken at a mangrove area.

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I believe these birds might have nest in hollow tree trunks

Birding at Lower Nuang - June 2012

Recently i decided to do a bird count at lower Gunung Nuang. Together with Mr CY Tan we saw a total of  26 birds on a half-day birding trip. Most of its trails were dim and dark despite a sunny day. This was perhaps due to the thick foliage of bamboo covering the sunlight. Here are some of the clearer images.

Thick-Billed Green Pigeon

  This Thick-billed Green Pigeon came and flew off within 3 minutes.

White-Rumped Sharma

Rufous Piculet Jr and Sr

Emerald Dove

Rufous Woodpecker

A Pair of Black Headed Bulbul

Looks like a large Chinese Joss Stick

A closer look at the same plant

At a glance you may think these are ripe bananas but its was just another type of jungle fruits. 

Birds of Forest Edge

Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak) is blessed with many places to watch birds (both endemic as well as migrant Sp etc). In Peninsular Malaysia there are several birds which you may encounter along the forest edge. Here are some of them.

The bird (above) is a Yellow-bellied Prinia. The calls it makes may not be as what the image suggests but it can certaintly be heard from a 50 meter radius.

You can find this Pied Fantail in your gardens as well as near the forest edge.

These are White-rumped Munias. It seems to have a bi-coloured bill.

This is a Yellow-vented Bulbul - a juvenile.

Some books called this bird a Peaceful Dove while some has named it as Zebra Dove.

This is an Ashy Tailorbird.

Another common bird of forest edge - a Common Iora.

This is a Rufous Piculet. Although said to be a common bird over here but its not easy to be seen. At times they do come out near the forest edge to hunt for food like this one.

These are Grey-bellied Bulbuls. They are not really common but they can be spotted near the forest edge at times.

This is a Spectacle Bulbul - hiding itself in the thickets of a forest edge.

This is a common Olive-backed Sunbird (female).

I did saw this Baya Weaver (male) near a forest edge.

Blue-Winged Leafbird

The most common leafbird which you may find near the forest edge.

Pied Thriller

You may also find this bird in the garden or mangroves or places where there are water flowing like rivers and lakes.