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Welcome to my Malaysian Birding Blog. I migrated to blogspot.com as my blog at multiply.com closed shop in 2012. I wish to showcase all Malaysian birds that I have photographed whether here or overseas. My countdown of lifers started in 2005. Coming to Oct 2024 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
577/688 species of birds of Malaysia in photos.

My shooting gear was a EF400mm f4 DO lens and Canon 7D body which to me is the ideal setup for mobility and bird chasing at that time. Eventhen the weight over my shoulder is more that 5.5 kg. As of June 2016 I have also acquired a Fuji XF 100-400mm OIS lens to complement my travelling cum birding trip overseas. My Fuji X-T2 went kaput recently and I upgraded to the X-T5 in 2023 ; the weight over my shoulder is much lighter now by 30%. In December 2018 I acquired the Nikon Coolpix P1000 as supplementary camera for distance shooting of 3000mm.
Fuji have finally made available their new XF 200-600mm lens which I yet to decide to spend another RM10,000. As for Fuji body I will stop with X-T5 36megapixel ..........

I am a weekend birder. Do feel free to drop me a line at mikebirding@gmail.com and I see whether you can tag along in my outings. My usual day trip is just an hour ride away to Hulu Langat, Lancang, Kemensah, Krau, Awana, Hulu Kali, Gombak Ole Road, Fraser's Hill , Bukit Tinggi and KSNP & Coastal Sg Janggut Jeram side of the coast . Overnite trip to Merapoh & Amp; Cameron, Air Hitam and further north to Kuala Sidim is a seldom affair but for lifer we travel. Panti in Johor is another good birding site that I yet to go. Then there are the Borneo birds of Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia which I seriously much go to chalk up more lifers. This I did in 2018 to Sepilok Sandakan and Kinabalu Park. Next Danum and LahatDatu . In 2024 I visited a new happening birding spot inTalang Seremban.......

WARNING Birding is an addiction once you started its hard to stop. The wifey and children are now birding widow and orphan.

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Monday, 20 May 2013

WADER 9/60 - SNIPES 1/4 Pin-tailed Snipes


Pin-tailed Snipes

A winter visitor from up north. Sighting in Johor and southern part of Peninsula.

A very beautiful bird of about a foot with a shorter pointed beak compared to Swinhoe's or the Common. It has a shorted orangy pintail. Often found in dry part of Marshland, Paddy fields and in my case in a football field in Tioman isle !

There are many experts' description out there on the differences between Pintail Snipes and Swinhoe Snipes but most of them would end up with a suggestion of counting the number of its tail feathers to be exact or 100% sure.  However there are also experts out there who are confident that the differences can also be determined in flight. Using the matrix checklist procedure Rodney of ron-nature-adventure.blogspot.com have summarised his findings  to identify the different  snipes which can be seen in Malaysia


                                                                                Pintail         Common       Swinhoe
Characteristics: 
i) Zig zag flight patterns                                           Yes               Yes           More direct
ii) White trailing edge to secondaries                Almost none        Yes          Almost none
iii) Belly - white and unbarred                            More barred        Yes          More barred
iv) Brown on top with cream lines                      Pale brown         Yes          Pale brown
      down their back
v In flight legs extend beyond tail                             -                    Yes             Shorter

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