The morning was spent on Trail 5 in the hope of seeing Mountain Peacock-pheasant or Brown Bullfinch - no luck on either account!
Just as well as I discovered that my flash wasn't working, which would have been very frustrating on this shady trail!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPyT0v4KR4bCTwk3v5IlW64_RPAV6bn8BzzIPj7oQuX_KeLaail8ON-jaqTJ-9kcvlVt3-bfqs_J0vob8e2j1MMHVv5PYrFFpd42I-dIfFBlfQTs6V2jr4dPxK09XIK62cqalPQ/s400/Ragadia+crisilda_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5568.jpg)
Zebra Ringlet, or Ragadia crisilda to the experts!
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Once again I had point blank views of Blue Nuthatches, but their frenetic pace was no match for my flashless camera. There were also several yellownapes about, including this juvenile Greater Yellownape...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEc78cc77B8Mdl0NaMVyyJR-cl31ev9HVgjzcKx6CMK1WCnRJJR4fCejG_DTRQ6OZNj3Xhl7CFBsnEkHihVQiyRu6NH4SonfN3IcMTmgAJ3Y0pVeyIN6c9DIKLpp8qSZVOhrOBg/s400/Lesser+Yellownape_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5641.jpg)
...and a couple of Lesser Yellownapes. This female (?) worked methodically at each of the protrusions on this tree trunk, making a small hole in each and then poking its long tongue in.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzumG2Hrhnz8vrS5Kvx0dBhS9vTl6B69Ah09kj43K6WecBYt0oBddtud6g8FcNr_NDD8JiD5gzeFiqUe0K_YvcdPfJBEScLuRqbK_SQH_9MZlfOwPYA5DiFCK0Tx-UC-2ijN1uw/s400/Lesser+Yellownape_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5657.jpg)
The male just hung about not doing anything much.
In the afternoon I went to the summit of Gunung Brinchang, which is, memorably, 6,666 feet asl!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7BavzM3UKiWGC7zmgRwmoXbP-CYfD2ljv6yzlUpDqmu-VgeDn81VAqJYY3dysK3VzrE087Qzac73DWzM8Kv8kfKSXN0qiZNaGeNoGPMRYftzEyCsC6GW0tgKLn2cZ-CNPGI4PA/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5670.jpg)
A party of Bar-throated (formerly Chestnut-tailed) Minlas took great interest in me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAakoK8qPibKizGFUheEHZePlzwLZmquZhKNSr-G0X2PPiaR2Q6cjpveiB6Hqn7pnGKwzfs0wQcCpOIrUzLuhd7wMlEfQEFOPWYMOp4qr9hpk4D6TDihzBEm1CePnKHZwX3mt9g/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5680.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpTMud_Nk6FHj_YxQ1eSD2HNJjoq-uHp1_MZnyhHG1plKYWjG6jBYWRN6gwaLu5TkD1BjIW4-7APAdrTqidEICwacAmVxh0RSuWSRjZJoVXjFH6x_ke_wYFlq3w58ROLmqIMC2Q/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5691.jpg)
This race - malayana - has much darker grey ear coverts than the castanicauda race I photographed on Doi Inthanon in Thailand here. Also, the the eye-ring seems much more distinctly bicoloured on the Malaysian birds..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXy6CX8pXrMv9cVHw5zrYvK7bd0uUIBfOzFhMgoMav7XB-g7dHo34ztx44rGw6CRt_Ky9atqmFCb69tSNIGGHm0341X2kht3r9z4on_7RkUey0-fQZITt13owwXLf35qG3YTj-A/s400/Rufous-winged+Fulvetta_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5698.jpg)
Another upper montane specialist - the treecreeping Rufous-winged Fulvetta. This is the race soror, which has more extensive chestnut on the remiges (primaries and secondaries) than the one I photographed on Doi Inthanon, which I think is 'castaneceps'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEeQsYhFDaJTyy84_Xp-cubt5tQx5x12021Ss-upSbVPgtMWX1kNkV1GIXmw-fEZEKvCkNZ9kstmJ_5IiX2Z6XMyYx4duKAOx53k_Q7ucuOpTScYe_EBMwLV8EZWO0gTYX0s1aw/s400/Snowy-browed+Flycatcher_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5662.jpg)
The tiny Snowy-browed Flycatcher is quite common and tame near the summit but easily overlooked as it sits quietly.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwOYmMFeaq7rG1lcjxgbL5LmhKgyCiazEESGDlKNifCfz_-EdYclXbUFLZMO-wuWjycfGn203YMkks7dZBjtByVyccI1Yix9PojLN56ZUBFic0KujqbAWk0NGFo5od1jGZQD3QA/s400/Golden-thraoted+Barbet_Cameron+Highlands_060709_DSCN4267.jpg)
In the fading evening light I found this Golden-throated Barbet enjoying supper in a fruiting tree.
After dinner I filmed the full moon rising. I could see swiftlets flying around in its light occasionally.
Just as well as I discovered that my flash wasn't working, which would have been very frustrating on this shady trail!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPyT0v4KR4bCTwk3v5IlW64_RPAV6bn8BzzIPj7oQuX_KeLaail8ON-jaqTJ-9kcvlVt3-bfqs_J0vob8e2j1MMHVv5PYrFFpd42I-dIfFBlfQTs6V2jr4dPxK09XIK62cqalPQ/s400/Ragadia+crisilda_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5568.jpg)
Zebra Ringlet, or Ragadia crisilda to the experts!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1i4ArlBmpL4iSfAmj3cYy0a6Pcco6HgO3q8FenyRQXRuoAwta8_RNUmfG8aTdFqq8MxoFzHm5OueDNsX2t2R21T9hgyXMVqBRkKdGXBG9Z0XjHLMVMwA3iH77A4JJP2eamsUPGQ/s400/Greater+Yellownape_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5588.jpg)
Once again I had point blank views of Blue Nuthatches, but their frenetic pace was no match for my flashless camera. There were also several yellownapes about, including this juvenile Greater Yellownape...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEc78cc77B8Mdl0NaMVyyJR-cl31ev9HVgjzcKx6CMK1WCnRJJR4fCejG_DTRQ6OZNj3Xhl7CFBsnEkHihVQiyRu6NH4SonfN3IcMTmgAJ3Y0pVeyIN6c9DIKLpp8qSZVOhrOBg/s400/Lesser+Yellownape_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5641.jpg)
...and a couple of Lesser Yellownapes. This female (?) worked methodically at each of the protrusions on this tree trunk, making a small hole in each and then poking its long tongue in.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzumG2Hrhnz8vrS5Kvx0dBhS9vTl6B69Ah09kj43K6WecBYt0oBddtud6g8FcNr_NDD8JiD5gzeFiqUe0K_YvcdPfJBEScLuRqbK_SQH_9MZlfOwPYA5DiFCK0Tx-UC-2ijN1uw/s400/Lesser+Yellownape_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5657.jpg)
The male just hung about not doing anything much.
In the afternoon I went to the summit of Gunung Brinchang, which is, memorably, 6,666 feet asl!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7BavzM3UKiWGC7zmgRwmoXbP-CYfD2ljv6yzlUpDqmu-VgeDn81VAqJYY3dysK3VzrE087Qzac73DWzM8Kv8kfKSXN0qiZNaGeNoGPMRYftzEyCsC6GW0tgKLn2cZ-CNPGI4PA/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5670.jpg)
A party of Bar-throated (formerly Chestnut-tailed) Minlas took great interest in me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAakoK8qPibKizGFUheEHZePlzwLZmquZhKNSr-G0X2PPiaR2Q6cjpveiB6Hqn7pnGKwzfs0wQcCpOIrUzLuhd7wMlEfQEFOPWYMOp4qr9hpk4D6TDihzBEm1CePnKHZwX3mt9g/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5680.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpTMud_Nk6FHj_YxQ1eSD2HNJjoq-uHp1_MZnyhHG1plKYWjG6jBYWRN6gwaLu5TkD1BjIW4-7APAdrTqidEICwacAmVxh0RSuWSRjZJoVXjFH6x_ke_wYFlq3w58ROLmqIMC2Q/s400/Bar-throated+Minla_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5691.jpg)
This race - malayana - has much darker grey ear coverts than the castanicauda race I photographed on Doi Inthanon in Thailand here. Also, the the eye-ring seems much more distinctly bicoloured on the Malaysian birds..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXy6CX8pXrMv9cVHw5zrYvK7bd0uUIBfOzFhMgoMav7XB-g7dHo34ztx44rGw6CRt_Ky9atqmFCb69tSNIGGHm0341X2kht3r9z4on_7RkUey0-fQZITt13owwXLf35qG3YTj-A/s400/Rufous-winged+Fulvetta_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5698.jpg)
Another upper montane specialist - the treecreeping Rufous-winged Fulvetta. This is the race soror, which has more extensive chestnut on the remiges (primaries and secondaries) than the one I photographed on Doi Inthanon, which I think is 'castaneceps'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEeQsYhFDaJTyy84_Xp-cubt5tQx5x12021Ss-upSbVPgtMWX1kNkV1GIXmw-fEZEKvCkNZ9kstmJ_5IiX2Z6XMyYx4duKAOx53k_Q7ucuOpTScYe_EBMwLV8EZWO0gTYX0s1aw/s400/Snowy-browed+Flycatcher_Cameron+Highlands_060709_IMG_5662.jpg)
The tiny Snowy-browed Flycatcher is quite common and tame near the summit but easily overlooked as it sits quietly.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwOYmMFeaq7rG1lcjxgbL5LmhKgyCiazEESGDlKNifCfz_-EdYclXbUFLZMO-wuWjycfGn203YMkks7dZBjtByVyccI1Yix9PojLN56ZUBFic0KujqbAWk0NGFo5od1jGZQD3QA/s400/Golden-thraoted+Barbet_Cameron+Highlands_060709_DSCN4267.jpg)
In the fading evening light I found this Golden-throated Barbet enjoying supper in a fruiting tree.
After dinner I filmed the full moon rising. I could see swiftlets flying around in its light occasionally.
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