Avian field report 1/June2013 - Lancang Pahang ( Javan Frogmouth)

I obliged Alex and Micheal wanting to visit Lancang for the first time after a successful visit to Bukit Tinggi the day before. They missed the  nesting of the ..........oops forgot.  It was found abandoned by the birds..... most probably by too much attention by fellow bird photogs. Later they  say the nest was found destroyed by macaques. The treeswift nestling  and silver-eared are still around though.

The early month of June still have evening drizzle in Lancang. The trees are fruiting and the common species of bulbuls are having a feast even a family of  giant squirrels. This is a full frame shot from my EF400mm mind you. We can expect dry weather in Krau in the coming weeks of June -July 2013. Some of the broadbills  have been busy building nest like the Black & Red. No sighting of any of the 4 Trogon subspecies this time. Babblers are also active. I am still hoping to see the Grey-breasted one of this days......sigh

The Large Wren was not in the mood to come out to play but just duet with our playback. There was plenty of Racquet-tailed Drongos activity along the stretch we were walking. Black hornbill and Red-billed Malkoha did showed up but no photos too high in the canopy. The resident Rufous KF  was also seen rocketing across the trail.

The highlight of the trip is definitely the Javan Frogmouth off a beaten track. It was alert at times as it give us the "angry bird" look. Most of the time this nocturnal bird just slumber to sleep in the mid day heat. If you are lucky to stumble upon it ; you can shoot it until you are out of memory card as it seldom budge from its perch unless physically disturbed. We left it to itself  as not to stress the bird.

Plain Sunbird was too hyper to get a sharp picture

Black-throated Babbler

 

This one still a mystery just to far away