a beach fullw ith rock and so close to the Bintulu town .. ~10-15min drive … and this place also good for sunset (direct to WEST), but please take note the beach is not safe for swim and you may see warning “NO Swimming”
not my first time here but this trip I spent more time here and found .. this is a definate a great place like Pantai Pandak @Terengganu … … but here is Sunset instead Sunrise @Pantai Pandak … *** please take note for this place is VERY slippery .. take extra note when you walk on the rock …
– another raining day and today is from 8am rain non stop until evening … so cold at mountain area … just got morning session some good birds but target birds still missing .. this bird come so close to us
– this was captured during heavy rain, it is just how amaze the bird still active in such heavy rain.. we almost cannot see the bird but the camera still able to find the bird and lock focus .. it is a wet bird and photographer moment
– overall Brown (front), greyish-blue (head, back), and dark wing.
– 较大型的婆罗洲高山特有种。身部-浅棕。背部-灰蓝。
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– a big montane endemic of Borneo, not rare but not really a easy bird to get close .. beautiful much easier than the Sumatra Treepie very look alike
– 婆罗洲高山特有种,蛮普通。可是也不容易接近。
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– a really big and active big to be photograph, always good to see them far to have the environment view to see how long the bird is
– 婆罗洲蛮大只的特有种,也非常活跃。较喜欢远点拍它,可以让环境做个比较。
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5. Black Magpie, 白翅鹊, 白翅鵲, Platysmurus leucopterus leucopterus, クロカケス (leucopterus), BURUNG-KAMBING BARAT
– a noisy and shy bird that making loud and funny metallic sound
– overall black, long tailed and wing with white stripe
– 黑鸟,长尾巴。翅膀带有白
– 非常的吵闹。
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– a lucky day with new CANON R6II, few Black magpie came low for feeding manage to have some effortless shots
– 非常幸运的第一天把佳能新的R6II 带出来。第一只鸟竟然是这么难拍到的鸟。还很近,低
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– a casual walk and this bird hoping around for food lucky to have some picture of this shy bird
– 轻松的早上,这害羞的鸟在找吃。幸运的拍到几张照片
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6. Bornean black magpie, 婆罗洲白翅鹊, 婆羅洲白翅鵲,Platysmurus leucopterus aterrimus,クロカケス, BURUNG-KAMBING BORNEO
– same metallic call, active, moving in group as the Black Magpie
– the Borneo one without the white on wing
– 与马来西亚西马的一样叫声,同群结队活动。与西马的差别,翅膀没白。
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During a brief visit to RDC, we were scanning for birds to photograph when this one approached, making a noisy call. Suddenly, it flew toward us. Without hesitation, I pressed the shutter. Despite the low light in the forest and the high ISO, it still tracked well.
– another bird that use to be not so common at RDC but recently it become almost cannot miss bird .. a black bird that look similar to Peninsular Malaysia species but here without the white patch on wing
– a bird that make various “digital” song, and here sharing few call of this black bird
– 一只全黑的鸟,会叫出好几种“电子”声音。
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– it is quite difficult to have good photo before pandemic 2020 but it seem pretty common and tame overall since than … it is noisy active bird and good thing sometime it move together with other bird
– 在疫情前拍这鸟可不容易。可是现在几乎太容易了。这鸟非常吵,活跃。
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51. Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie, 斯里兰卡蓝鹊, 斯里蘭卡藍鵲, Urocissa ornata, セイロンサンジャク
A large, long-tailed blue bird with a white-tipped tail, and chestnut hood and wings. Inhabits humid forest from lowlands to hills, where it often accompanies mixed canopy flocks, either singly or in small groups. There are no other large, long-tailed blue birds in its range. A noisy species. Sounds typically a series of high-pitched, piercing “clink” calls, as well as some rasping “krak” notes often given in a sequence. [Ebird]
– we only saw this at Sinharaja, few of them normally moving together .. the colors bright, big bird but many would say the colors combination just weird
– I am checking whats bird in the bird wave, this bird sudden fly down and feed infront of me just 10 feet away. when view close it look beautiful instead
– very common along the Tapan road, but just no luck to have better photo opportunity. Typical treepie call and big-long bird
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– A long brown bird with a metallic-sounding call.
– A relatively common Sumatran endemic, but slightly shy when approached for photographs. We were very fortunate to spot it resting and preening while searching for another target.
a Wagler’s pit viper stand still and looking for it’s prey Kendall’s Rock Gecko but the Gecko feel something not right and left after few second stand still … this was capture with 4 pictures panorama merge (previous share how I pano/merge my macro shot)
for the first time I go to Kedah (northern part of Peninsular Malaysia) but just up to Sg Petani – Kota Kuala Muda … a happy and wonderful outing again with my gang …..
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without famous, best view, great picture, best tool , best result… But I feel great, happy on this picture … we spend a wonderful moment with my gang (capture this while raining, lightning)