Avian Birding Site - Kuala Gandah April 2017

 The Ashy Bulbul came close to 15 ft

 There was not much activity at Bukit Rengit Deerland other than the usual birds at Post A88. So  I decided to  recce Kuala Gandah the elephant santuary which is another 3 kliks from the T junction to Krau. Across the bridge there is a ficus tree blooming with fruits which have attracted plenty of bulbuls as shown here. Opposite the ficus there is a low shrub tree which fruits are ripening attracted the smaller flowerpeckers

 The uncommon cream -vented bulbul was quite approachable up to 20ft whilst the Grey-bellied was more suspicious of me and stayed at a distance. There were plenty of Red-eyed which dominated the tree.

The spectacled bulbul is the  smallest amongst the bulbuls there. The Buff-vented stayed mostly under the tree in the shaded areas together with  the Striped throated.

The surprise is to see a Siberian thrush feasting on the ficus fruit which I think is enroute home to northern hemisphere


Other than bulbuls I managed to see several species of  flowerpeckers  which I was hoping is to see the Thick-billed or Scarlet -breasted but it was not to be...............Instead  I saw the Orange-bellied and Yellow-vented very shy hiding behind the foliage and under another  fruiting tree.

 The Crimson male wasmore confiding with its partner

 The Yellow breasted  above and the moulting male Crimson below ..maybe a juvenile