Avian Sighting December 2019 - Eyebrowed Thrush in close quarters

 When news came around about migrant thrushes were actively sighted in   Genting Highland; I was up late and reluctantly took the one hour journey  to try my luck to catch any new lifer. I did not expect any birds so late in the morning at 8.30am. It was a surprise that an Eyebrowed Thrush was foraging on the ground. It was sharing the port with the Niltavas and another migrant pair of Siberian Thrush.

I think Thrushes prefer the misty and cool montane forest when they visit us. They do stay in lowland forests depending on whether there is ample grub around. Thrushes also take fruits where ever the find on their passage. Then you can expect that they will stay longer at the locale to fatten up/




The EBT is the aggressor bird here; whenever the other birds come out it will harass and chase them away. This was not I expected as usually winter visitors are the timid kind. Even the resident Niltavas was not spared except the larger Laughingthrush.


I was glad to get some better close up shots though hampered by the low light & misty condition. So you can see them  at Bukit Tinggi and now here. Hope it will stay long for you guys to tick this lifer.


Next I would really like to catch the Scaly or Dusky Thrush (which I have shot in Busan ) one of these days........

The Scaly can be overlooked as a female Siberian so shoot first and check later.

The guy has a rather rounded body as the Siberian below. I guess  the foraging of grubs is aplenty here during the month of December.

Later I heard news there are a family EBT of 3 sighted at Pak Long port feeding on moths and insect on the ground. So this year its a record of  sightings  in Ulu Kali now.