Avian Sighting October 2025 - Garnet Pitta post nesting & feeding

We were treated to a spectacle photo shoot by a Garnet Pitta family -feeding in its  post nesting 2-3 weeks. We travelled 3.5 hours to Sg Lembing Pahang to Ricky port. in the port the lighting was on a low side as I was shooting at 1/30s -1/60s ISO1600 with my Fuji XT5. So no point going in before 9.00 AM. 

The details of the scarlet crown of the birds is a tough job for my Fuji camera as the contrast of its dark body keep burning-out the bright head. 

I did not manage to shoot the male pitta which have a stronger whitish blue barring to its wing compared to the female. It did showed up behind the logs which was perturbed  by a Rufous Collared Kingfisher and a persistence wood shrew. 

 

Can you see the nesting of the Garnet Pitta on the tree stump