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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