Frustratingly, I couldn't identify potentially the best birds of the visit - a pair of partridges which scuttled off into the undergrowth without me getting my bins onto them. A pair of Jambu Fruit Doves eluded my camera, as did a male Green Broadbill. Some of the species I did manage to capture are below.
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I glimpsed the partridges while photographing this Black-capped Babbler.
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For my second consecutive trip I managed to photograph Siamangs - these ones were definitely undomesticated!
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Rufous-fronted Babbler is a species I rarely see and have not photographed in the Peninsula before. I was surprised to see the bright pink base to the lower mandible, as it's not shown in any of the books I looked at. Perhaps it only occurs during peak breeding time, like on some herons?
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One of a few Black-and-Red Broadbills which were active.
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Numerous fruiting trees attracted a variety of bulbuls, including Black-headed.
If you are visiting here again, i could bring you to a place not too far from Perdik where you could listen to the soft whistling calls of a crested patridge. Hv heard it a few times myself but each time it was in the thick undergrowth.
ReplyDeleteHi Ronnie
ReplyDeleteAh - that might be what I saw then. I look forward to getting another chance to visit.