Avian Sighting Melawati - The migrants are coming..................

The month of October 2015  see the wintering birds arriving in the hazy condition in Klang Valley. Amongst the first Kingfisher is the Common. The Plaintive Cuckoo is a regular sighting here in Melawati.whilst the Arctic Warbler and Asian Brown FC is a sure see here too.

Avian Sighting 14/100 - Blue Nuthatch

 Awana still have many blooming fauna. NK & Dr R wanting to bird with me last weekend so I obliged to show them the ole hunt. We encountered 2 birdwaves. The earliest was at 9.30 am. The Blue Nuthatch is another laggard in the birdwave.  This time there were a pair and they stayed for a while for my gang to shot.  They were posing in various gravity defying manoeuvre -  upside down sideway you name it.....

 The other birds avian sightings worthy of postings are as below. The hazy month of October 2015 (no thanks to Indonesia) make photography a bit more challenging in the highland here in Awana. I hope NK and Dr R manage better shots than me......................and yes the migrants are trickling in - a tiger shrike was sighted but  no wagtails though.

Avian Sighting 13/100 - Sultan Tit of Awana



The Sultan Tit is a majestic bird in royal yellow. It is commonly sighted in a birdwave in Awana usually following the leading birds of the Grey Minivets. Their stay is brief and will move on within seconds so you must be ever ready with your setup to snap away whenever there is a perched opportunity.

Avian Sighting 12/100 - Lesser Yellow Naped Woodpecker

The Lesser Yellow-naped  is common woodpecker that you can see in Awana. This one was found resting quietly for a long period at noon at the ravine edge at the Chin Swee Temple near the pagoda.
I was using my Nikon  P900 superzoom 2000mm for this shot. If it is a moving bird it will be tough for me.