As a weekend birder I expect many visitors to this popular birding enclave in Bukit Tinggi. Sometimes we also shoot the other kind of pretty "bird" She is Thai by the way... The advantage is with my telezoom we can shoot them discreetly from afar.
The boomgate-entrance to the Japanese Garden is now under lock and key. So you guys wanting to escape paying by reaching the guard post in the wee morning.... no more chance fellow birders. So just drive straight to Colmar reception and pay up and they will send the SO to open up the boomgate for you. Anyway the charge is now RM16.00 pax which include free entrance to the animal park at the golf course. WTFlower.
Today my purpose to the hill station is to check out the winter visiting birds in the month of January 2019. At past 7.30am I was already set up at the post with my overnite packed breakfast and Essensso coffee. The first bird awaiting there was this confiding Orange-headed thrush. It was in fighting mood with the local Sharma. The pair of Sharmas were very skittish making hit and run feeding whilst the OHT stayed longer during its hourly interval appearance.
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| The minute or so staring confrontation at the tree trunk....eventually the OHT attacked the Sharma but the Sharma retaliate and chase the former into the fringe undergrowth. |
Coming to about 8.00 am WC and Sebastien with a threesome of Japanese bird photogs arrived. Shortly after a foursome of resident Ferruginous Partridge appeared to their delight. I think 1 adults and 3 offsprings. Only one Mountain Peocock Pheasant was seen for the whole morning. I wonder where the rest have gone to. Later another two local birders then drop by quite late at about 8.30am and the place was full. The action pick up as the bird take turns to come out and feed. At 10.00 am with no new sightings I decided to explore the trail up front for any lifers especially Scaly Thrush or White-throated. Instead I got the company of an amorous male Red-bearded following me which I have posted previously.
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| The male partridge always on the look out for any harm to its offsprings |
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| Two young siblings are always together. No spurs were seen |
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| This is the patriarch with its 2 spurs on one side |
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| This could be a young male coming of age on its own |
The second winter visitor that showed up was this rather fine specimen which can be seen at Bukit Rengit lowland forest and even TBSA . Notice that the thigh feather have a tinge of blue feathers
The Artic Warbler are the most common warbler to be seen during the migration period.
Surprisingly there were no visiting flycatchers sighted during my visit there. Maybe because the Black-thighed Falconet was there. It was sallying across the trail catching and feeding on butterflies as bigger preys are not available I guess. BTW I have witness BTF feeding on little flycatcher.
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| The amorous male with its splendous color and its purplish pink forehead fringes |
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