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A nice atmospheric shot of a thrush in the glow of a street lamp.
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It seemed that the birds had accepted the presence of my hide by this time.
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This shot shows both birds.
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This picture shows the shiny blue forehead, contrasting with the dark lores, well.
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A Rufous-browed Flycatcher had been visiting the same spot over the previous two days, and I finally managed a reasonable shot of it today!
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I went for a short walk along Hemmant's Trail before check-out, and came across this solitary Malaysian Hill Partridge. Unfortunately I had my flash on the wrong setting, or it might have been a decent picture!
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The same can be said of this record shot of a Buff-breasted Babbler, my last photo of the trip.
All in all, I felt this visit had been a successful one, with outstanding views of a number of tricky species, and a respectable total (for June) of 84 species. I saw Little Spiderhunter and Common Tailorbird at the top of the hill for the first time, a sign of rising temperatures? I saw Red Junglefowls at the Rubbish Dump again (first noted two years ago). Notable absentees from my list were Bronzed Drongo and Verditer Flycatcher.
5 comments:
Hi Dave. Fantastic series of posts and photos. Great reading. Thanks for taking the effort to get them online.
Charlie.
Thanks Charlie. Always enjoy reading yours too!
Dave
I have been thinking of a repeat visit to Fraser's and TN. Reading your blog sure amplifies the desire.
I stumble upon your blog by accident. wow!! your shots are just mind blowing! keep up the great work, I sure will be back.
greetings :]
Hi - you take great shots.
Are you interested to come up to Borneo Highlands? We are organising our first Bird Race - it will be a mini one on the 19 October from 8.30am - 2.30pm. Doing it for public awareness and build interest in birds. Anyone interestd can join. Will be sending out notices by email by next Monday.
Cheers
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