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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 2022 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
559/688 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 & 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.......

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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Thursday 7 May 2015

AVIAN SIGHTING at Kledang Ipoh hiking trail - Collared Scops Owl


It was a long weekend of 1-4 May 2015 as my family join the holiday rush up north from Subang. Starting at 7.30 am hitting the NSE nearing the  forked junction to the Restoran Jejantas the jam already started  to backlog  so we impromptu turn right back to KL- Duta to take the trunk road. For that we were lucky we took 3 hours to reach Ipoh that morning. 

On Sunday I met my ole classmate Kevin C who is an avid trekker who brought me to recce the many Gunung Kledang trail. There were plenty of regular hikers during the weekend going up and down the trail we were taking. After a short distance I decided to stop as the trail is getting too steep for any viable setup. So we chatted of the good ole days of Anderson School and family while waiting for any bird sightings. The White-rumped Sharma and Oriental Magpie are the first few birds we see. Then the resident Owlet came our to greet us staying about 30 ft away. As I was supposed to head back to KL on the same morning to avoid the return leg jam, we left the trail early for a quick breakfast.


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