Avian Field Report January 2019 - Sg Congkak Hulu Langat

Hoping to see the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher on its return leg from down of Peninsula; I was at Sg Congkak to check out the place and the Rbkf Port. The place is still intact and birders continue to visit during the weekend. Got to meet a new acquiantance Hi Chang u r on candid camera. Mingloh was there too and another 3 birders who I am not familiar.

Chang is a newbie but his gear is pro aka Nikon 200-500mm D500

 The Rufous-backed Kingfisher is active again at its port. Looks like they are in  mating mode already in the month of January as the male was seen in its ritual  to impress its mate with its catch and deliverance. The female stayed about 80 ft away from our position while the male was feeding itself and bringing fish to the female on several occasion.

The female  have a more prominant eye patch lores than the male

The effervescent colors of the RBKf is just beautiful when sunlight hits its body. Picture on the right

The male got a fish for deliverance..............

The female staying a bit away waited to be fed. 

Feeding time

Come March there will be more activity of nesting building and hatching activity here in Congkak. Many broadbills like the Dusky and Black & Yellow were calling aloud but not responding to our mimmick calls. Probably mating season is here already. Even the Black Magpie is seen gathering nesting material ..........

Some would have started building nest whilst other are just being amorous and affection. So there are plenty to see soon here in Congkak i the coming months

The Yellow-rumped flycatcher was my first time sighting at the port. Normally it stays away from the local birds unlike the APfc which will follow the locals in birdwave. The YRfc  was not obliging to stay long as the guys were sitting openingly and too near the perch. So guys if you really want better shots do bring some camo netting  or hide. I was using a Camo ponco. This was my only perch shot I got for the day from close up.

 The other first  here is the Grey-headed babblers visiting the port. They only come late in the morning from 11 am onwards. It was a good shoot-out as the lighting is much better. Apparently they tranverse a large area and they stop by only once or twice before moving on. So you got to be patient and wait till afternoon if necessary. Thank DO for the heads-up

The family of 5










The uncommon bird here in Congkak is this  Rufous-tailed Tailorbird  which stayed away at a 50 ft range. This was my best picture of the 30 odd shots. The last I seen this bird was way back in 2012. The common one you can see here is the dark-necked. RTT is a tidy clean looking bird and some people also call it the rufous-crowned or red-headed



The Orange-headed Thrush finally have the guts to feed on the perch late in the morning after many of the guys have left the port. Chang and I set up our poncho hide by then. It came only twice and kept to the background the whole morning earlier.

























The other regulars that we  manage to see and shoot  that morning were as below :-