Bidadari, Tuas, Singapore Strait 15Oct16

From KH

Con, Danny and I started at Bidadari. There were 3 Brown-chested jungle flycatchers, 1 juvenile Malaysian hawk cuckoo, 1 juvenile Slaty-breasted rail and the usual suspects.

Later, Danny and I went Tuas for raptor watching, but we only got 1 accipiter and 1 OHB.

JS went pelagic birding with Francis and gang in 2 boats. They got the usual terns (including Aleutian terns), Swinhoe's storm petrels and a flock of migrating Pacific swifts.

Tuas 10Oct16

From GC

Plaintive cuckoo, female
Rusty-breasted cuckoo (friendly)
APFC
Yellow-rumped FC, female
Brown-chested JFC (skittish)
Asian Brown FC
Eastern crowned warbler

Only 9 OHB (very high), some Blue-tailed bee-eaters and Barn swallows on migration.

1 tattered Jap sparrowhawk flying from Tuas to Johor!

Female Plaintive cuckoo ©Tan GC

Johor 07-08Oct16

From KH

Con, Danny, JS and I spent the weekend birding in Johor.

Grey-capped Woodpecker ©Con Foley

Lesser Fish-eagle ©Con Foley

Rifle Range, Wallace Centre, SBWR 01Oct16

From KH

Con brought along a couple from Colombia to join Danny and I today. We started at Rifle Range. Along the way to Jelutong Tower, we got the usual residents Banded woodpecker, Hill mynas, Greater racket-tailed drongos, Short-tailed babblers, Pin-striped tit babblers, Dark-necked tailorbirds, Asian glossy starlings, and the usual migrants Yellow-rumped flycatcher, Asian brown flycatchers, Eastern crowned warblers.

At Jelutong Tower, we managed to get some more birds: Blue-crowned hanging parrots, Pink-necked green pigeons, Olive-winged bulbuls, Brown-throated sunbirds, Scarlet-backed flowerpeckers.

On the way out, I saw a rare Brown-chested jungle flycatcher.

Shifting location to Wallace Centre, we found tonnes of photographers there! We got an adult White-bellied sea eagle soaring high up, a confiding male Yellow-rumped flycatcher, 3 noisy Asian fairy bluebirds, an almost invisible Little spiderhunter and singing Straw-headed bulbuls.

Moving on to Sungei Buloh, we met Martin and his friend, and there were only the usual waders.

Panti, Fraser's Hill 22-28Sep16

From Con

Panti

24 Sep: White-crowned hornbill near second yellow sign

Male Buff-rumped woodpecker ©Con Foley

Fraser's Hill

25 Sep: I finally saw the Collared owlet in Malaysia on Telecom Loop. Also recorded call of the owlet.
26 Sep: Best bird for today: a pair of Large scimitar babbler
27 Sep: Today Malaysian whistling thrush, Bamboo woodpecker and Bay woodpecker all seen. Got my first Slow loris!

Panti 13-17Sep16

From Con

13 Sep: Some of the better birds this morning: Grey-breasted babbler, Rail babbler, Rufous-chested flycatcher, Pale blue flycatcher.

15 Sep: Some of the better birds from today: Brown wood owl, Brown hawk owl, Blyth's frogmouth, Malaysian eared nightjar, White-necked babbler.

White-handed gibbon ©Con Foley

Oriental honey buzzard ©Con Foley

17 Sep: Brown hawk owl calling at 10 am on its own!

Turut Track, SBWR, NTL2 10Sep16

From KH

Danny and I went to Turut Track, but soon the sky was threatening to rain. We quickly retraced the path and decided to head for SBWR to take cover.

White-throated Kingfisher

Male Long-tailed Parakeet

SBWR turned out to be uneventful too, except for the pretty male Copper-throated Sunbird.

Male Copper-throated Sunbird

Lastly, we headed for NTL2 and glad-fully the Long-toed Stints, Little Ringed Plovers and Wood Sandpipers were still around.

Black-winged Kite hovering

Javan Myna

Zebra Dove