Anatidae series | 鸭科 | liewwk Nature – 7-2 [update 20250121]

Malaysia does not have many ducks and mostly migrant

1. Wandering Whistling Duck, 斑胸树鸭, 斑胸樹鴨, Dendrocygna arcuata, オオリュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS MERANTAU

2. Lesser Whistling-Duck, 栗树鸭, 栗樹鴨, Dendrocygna javanica, リュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS KECIL

3. Garganey, 白眉鸭, 白眉鴨, Spatula querquedula, Spatula querquedula, ITIK KENING PUTIH

4. Northern Shoveler, 琵嘴鸭, 琵嘴鴨, Spatula clypeata, Spatula clypeata, ITIK-SUDU UTARA

5. Sunda Teal, 爪哇灰鸭, 巽他灰鴨, Anas gibberifrons, インドネシアコガモ, ITIK-KECIL INDONESIA

6. Cotton Pygmy-Goose, 棉凫, 棉鳧, Nettapus coromandelianus, ナンキンオシ, BELEBAS KAPAS

7. Knob-billed Duck, 瘤鸭, 瘤鴨, Sarkidiornis melanotos, コブガモ, ITIK TOMBOL BIASA

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101. African Pygmy-Goose, 厚嘴棉凫, 厚嘴棉鴨, Nettapus auritus, アフリカマメガン

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1. Wandering Whistling Duck, 斑胸树鸭, 斑胸樹鴨, Dendrocygna arcuata, オオリュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS MERANTAU

– only found at Sabah, Sarawak (Borneo) but not Peninsular Malaysia

update 202310

– a pretty easy bird near KK town, it lost almost all habitat how they doing well on the limited area

– 在亚庇蛮容易拍到的。在剩下不多的环境，希望它们安好。

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2. Lesser Whistling-Duck, 栗树鸭, 栗樹鴨, Dendrocygna javanica, リュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS KECIL

– only at Peninsular Malaysia and the only resident

update 202107

Fujifilm X-T4, Canon EF500mm F4 IS2, Fringer EF-FX II Selangor, 202103

– Duck, one of my favorite family. But Malaysia don’t have many. This is most common in fresh water pond, paddy field etc.

– 鸭科是我最喜欢之一。可是马来西亚很少鸭子。

– 这是马来西亚最普通的鸭子，通常都在淡水湖，稻田等地方。

update 202103

– the only resident duck for Peninsular Malaysia

– while waiting for my video lifer, this family suddenly wake up (alert) and moving away

– 非常喜歡鴨。可是馬來西亞西馬就只有這鴨。

– 當在等另一直鳥時。這幾只鴨子突然緊惕起來。

3. Garganey, 白眉鸭, 白眉鴨, Spatula querquedula, Spatula querquedula, ITIK KENING PUTIH

– a not common winter visitor for Peninsular Malaysia but for Eat North Borneo is a common visitor

4. Northern Shoveler, 琵嘴鸭, 琵嘴鴨, Spatula clypeata, Spatula clypeata, ITIK-SUDU UTARA

– a rare migrant for Peninsular Malaysia but common winter visitor for East-North Borneo

– 馬來西亞西馬稀有過冬鳥。婆羅洲較普通的過冬鳥。

update 20231224

– I still remember years ago, when we had one visit Malaysia.. drove 2 hours… sit in the hide before light … the bird stand 200-500m away .. and here (Taiwan) so easy and so many … and now I shooting with 1792mm (R7 with 1.6 crop, 800mm + 1.4x tc).. the plumage also look good .. check out the CANON RF200800 update for actual size JPEG

很多年以前，马来西亚来了一只。我们驾车2+小时，还要一大早在帐篷里等。再➕鸟在200-500米远。到了台湾，多么多，容易+进（也没很近，可是我用1792mm… CANON R7 – 1.6 , RF2008000 – 800mm – 1.4x)

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update 202302

– a special tour at South, make a opportunity to visit a hot spot for waders one dawn. only this duck and black winged stilt spotted for the morning. am waiting for it flying back with back view. but turn out never come back.

– 不是很普通的候鸟。这次因为特别任务团到南部，用了一个早上到这个最近蛮热的鸟点。一大早就见到2种鸟。非常希望拍到背部可是，机会只给了一次。

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5. Northern Pintail, 针尾鸭, 針尾鴨, Anas acuta, オナガガモ, ITIK-RUNCING UTARA

– another rare winter visitor for Peninsular Malaysia

– 馬來西亞西馬稀有過冬鳥

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5. Sunda Teal, 爪哇灰鸭, 巽他灰鴨, Anas gibberifrons, インドネシアコガモ, ITIK-KECIL INDONESIA

– only at Borneo, this capture at Sabah

6. Cotton Pygmy-Goose, 棉凫, 棉鳧, Nettapus coromandelianus, ナンキンオシ, BELEBAS KAPAS

– a small tiny small “duck” male with more white and “pied”, female white-brown

– a not so common winter visitor

– 不很普通的過冬鳥。

– 很小的鴨科。

update 202105

– lucky to see this group of Cotton Pygmy-Goose (78++) birds – it is always happy to see them flying to see the male wing-back look greenish and white. female is almost grey-brown – captured this fully manual focus with 1000mm focal length is a painful experience

– 非常幸運見到這麼大群的稀有過冬鳥。(78++只）

– 公鳥-綠-黑-白。母鳥-棕-灰。

– 1000mm 手動對焦真的不容易。飛的還蠻快。

update 202103

– another site found, this site record ~78 birds

– 在这个点，发现到～78鸟。

– an only a single female bird found here

– 在这个点。就只有一只母鸟。

7. Knob-billed Duck, 瘤鸭, 瘤鴨, Sarkidiornis melanotos, コブガモ, ITIK TOMBOL BIASA

– a rare migrant and believe to be 2nd record after 2016 at North of Peninsular Malaysia. But this is little bit odd while out of migrant season Jun 2022

– any how, local experience birder claim it should not be any escape from nearby small bird park or zoo.

– a lovely waterbird

– 马来西亚第二记录。第一次在北部2016. 这一次，奇怪的在6月份（不是机候鸟季节）。可是当地经验鸟友说这是野鸟，鸟园飞出来机会不大。

– 如果是野的。是我666 拍摄马来西亚鸟种

101. African Pygmy-Goose, 厚嘴棉凫, 厚嘴棉鴨, Nettapus auritus, アフリカマメガン

Colorful miniature waterfowl that is smaller than most ducks. Both sexes have rufous underparts, a dark back, white on the face, and white on the wing in flight. Males have a green patch on the back of the head and a yellow bill; females have a black-and-white head and a dark bill. Found in freshwater wetlands with floating vegetation, especially water lilies. Shy and inconspicuous, as it generally avoids open water. Voice is a high-pitched squeaking. Small size and bold and colorful plumage separate it from other waterfowl. [Ebird]

色彩斑斓的小型水禽，比大多数鸭子都小。雌雄鸟均有红褐色的腹部、深色的背部、白色的脸部，以及飞行时可见的白色翅膀。雄鸟的头后部有绿色斑块，嘴喙为黄色；雌鸟则有黑白相间的头部，嘴喙为黑色。主要栖息于有浮水植物（尤其是睡莲）的淡水湿地中。性情羞怯，不显眼，通常避免出现在开阔水域。鸣声为高音调的尖叫声。其体型小巧且羽毛鲜艳，能够明显区别于其他水禽。

update 202501

It was a rainy morning, but even after spotting our target bird, the Black Coucal, we didn’t let the weather stop us from birding. Just before our breakfast break, we were treated to great views of a Palm-nut Vulture and this tiny duck. We were lucky to see it flying around rather than staying hidden!

这是一个下雨的早晨，即使已经拍到目标鸟-黑胸鸦鹃，我们依然继续观鸟。就在早餐停下来之前，我们幸运地看到了棕榈鹫和这只小鸭子。很幸运能看到它在空中飞翔，而不是藏起来！

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February 14, 2021April 6, 2024

Megapodiidae series | 冢雉科 | liewwk Nature – 1-2 [update 20240406]

Malaysia only has one species on this which found near Sabah Borneo

1. Philippine Megapode, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

51. Philippine Megapode, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

52. Maleo, 塚雉, 蘇拉威西塚雉, Macrocephalon maleo, セレベスツカツクリ

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1. Philippine Megapode, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

It is same species as 51, from Sulawesi…

– shy and not difficult to be found at most the islands near Sabah

update 202404

– a casual relax short break with only camera and myself .. managed to have few good birds and enjoy my cold drink with beautiful beach view. Lucky to have few birds included this use to be shy bird and came out feeding without worry about me.

– 很久没休息了，终于有机会半工作+休闲。到了一个小岛，走走看看鸟。然后，到海边欣赏漂亮海边+冷饮。加这只平时蛮害羞的鸟，可能没人理他。一对自己出来看看我。

51. Philippine Megapode, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

– a very active and shy bird
– reddish eye-ring
– first saw at Sabah, also same very active and shy

非常活躍與害羞的鳥。與在沙巴見得都一樣。

update 202102

– from Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia

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52. Maleo, 塚雉, 蘇拉威西塚雉, Macrocephalon maleo, セレベスツカツクリ

– a special almost represent Sulawesi as almost any where you can see symbol

A massive black-and-white megapode with a rose-pink breast and a diagnostic prominent knob on the nape. Found in lowland and hill forest, in areas near beaches or areas with volcanic sands in which they lay their eggs. Immatures show a blacker head with a white throat and a tufted crest. Occurs in pairs that forage on the ground and roost in trees by night. Often best seen at known egg-laying sites, either during laying sessions, or roosting in trees nearby. Generally silent, but occasionally gives a loud, bubbling “waow.” [Ebird]

update 202310

– another main target for a short Photography tour, not really a difficult bird to be seen but it stay far from the hide and very alert with sounds. But there are few individual come to the ranger area which gave some close pictures.

– 这次摄鸟行的其中目标之一。虽然不很难，可是在的鸟的“小屋”里鸟在蛮远还很怕人。因为是喂食的，有什么声音活动就会跑掉。可是在门口处竟然有4只很乖在哪活动可是还是不可以太大动作。

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February 4, 2021May 14, 2021

Fregatidae series: Frigatebird | 军舰鸟科 | liewwk Nature – 1

a big seabird that always sees them flying near coasts or outside the sea

1. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

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1. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

– one of the least common in this region with the Greater

– male is easier to distinct but females sometimes confuse.

– LF which refers has obviously the extended spurs which absent from Greater Frigatebird. some angles may confuse with Chrismats Island Frigatebird.

update 202101

– captured this at our hotel near the beach while our stay at Raja Ampat, Indonesia

– the spurs extend from center white breast

– blackhead, the white breast should be an adult female?

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January 31, 2021May 13, 2021

8k video from CANON EOS R5 | liewwk Nature

One of the reasons to own 8k video most probably is to crop the video like this one to get more clarity (but I didn’t reduce it to 4k just want to show 8k video and zoom in)

let’s have a look at 4k and tell me how’s this video looks like? very good? good? normal?

update 202101

Dusky eagle-owl, 乌雕鸮, 烏雕鴞, Bubo coromandus, ウスグロワシミミズク, BURUNG-HANTU BERTANDUK KELABU ASIA

– one of the 8k 25p video by CANON EOS R5

– trying to zoom in ~100% crop (picture mode), no sharpening

– my 2016 Mac Book Pro 13″ not able to play the video file. I just put into Premiere Pro and export it to MP4 with Zoom in effect

佳能 EOS R5 的 8k 視頻。我的蘋果 MBP 13″ 2016沒辦法做太多的後期。就切到～100% （照片）

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January 28, 2021March 4, 2021

600mm setup… only ~1.4KG ! Fujifilm XF70-300 | liewwk Nature

I am glad to be given a chance to be tried on the Fujifilm XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR. Even though we don’t have that many opportunities to do more tests on this setup because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

for quick sharing from Fujifilm XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Liew WK – Lens Stories

For birding Photography, we always concern about on few camera and lens specifications

1. Image Quality

– how sharp and how’s the ISO performance

– with Teleconverter Image quality

2. Autofocus performance

– how fast the autofocus, how accurate autofocus, and how good is the tracking capability

3. Weather-resistant, Weight and Size

– no one can deny bigger lens (longer and bigger aperture) will give you better image quality but we need to know how much we can tolerate with Image quality drop with the size and weight reduce.

– most of the bird photography here (Tropical rainforest – Malaysia) involves a lot of tracking, walking, hiking so it is not really a good choice to carry heavy equipment to long hours to do bird photography here.

Some Extra Features

4. Minimum Focus Distance

– most of the Bird photographers also a nature lover who may also capture many other creatures (butterfly, snake, etc

– minimum focus distance of 0.83 which give magnification 0.33

5. Image stabilization

– I can’t comment much as not really do a lot of testing on this but some of the dark conditions where I shoot ~600mm at 1/10-1/30s also give a very good success rate but for my comfort. 1/100 is a base shutter speed to get a very high success rate for myself.

I also captured some videos handheld

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Very low light condition

ISO1600, F8.0, 1/30

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1. Image Quality

– with previous testing on the Fujifilm equipments

Fujifilm X-T4 | Shadow & Highlight recovery Test | liewwk Nature

Birding Photography with Fujifilm X-T4 | liewwk Nature

– both

A. FUJINON XF200mmF2 R LM OIS WR

B. FUJINON XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

do provide good quality of image quality with good Autofocus performance (for both still together with Fujifilm X-T4

For this small lens that provides 107mm to 457mm (35mm equivalent), it is just

580gram

Ø75mm x 132.5mm（Wide）
Ø75mm x 205.5mm（Telephoto）

and this lens compatible with both 1.4x and 2.0x Teleconverter (TC) which may give you

149.8mm to 639.8mm

214mm to 914mm

(35mm equivalent)

but for everyone know the use of TC most probably lower the Image quality and autofocus performance.

here is some pictures sample I captured 3-4 days before Covid=19 MCO 2.0 lockdown..

[click the pictures for the original size]

NORMAL condition

update 202103

– another good moment with this active bird

– 非常活躍的鳥。他在看我在做什麼。

update 202102

– very active bird that keeps moving nonstop

– same location last month where I meet the handsome male but I met only 2 beautiful female now

– 非常活躍的鳥，總是動不停。

– 上個月，同個地方遇上雄鳥。今天遇上了2只母鳥。

– lucky to have this while we looking for our target bird close

– another close encounter

202102, Selangor, Malaysia
#- a good moment to see this owl making some call
– shooting this with car body as support
幸運的見到這鴞在叫。這攝頻沒用腳架，只是靠在車拍的。

Long-tailed Parakeet, 长尾鹦鹉, 長尾鸚鵡, Psittacula longicauda, オナガダルマインコ, BAYAN MELAYU

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x: 630.0 mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/250]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x: 434.0 mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/90]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [600mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/40]

Lowlight Condition

update 202102

- very lowlight condition,

- misty

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [267mm ISO2000 F.7.1 1/7]

Blue-winged pitta, 马来八色鸫, 馬來八色鶇, Pitta moluccensis, ミナミヤイロチョウ, BURUNG-PACAT SAYAP BIRU

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [300mm ISO1250 F.5.6 1/10]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [300mm ISO1250 F.5.6 1/30]

Cloudy, Raining Condition

Quality with 2x TC

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 2.0x [900mm, ISO800 F.13.0 1/30]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 2.0x [900mm, ISO1600 F.11.0 1/1600]

2. Autofocus performance

– as previous testing share, the X-T4 AF performance FAST, accurate and tracking is good too.

– I won’t share any single point AF here as all others above are using AFS or single focus but here I am sharing what I am concern about continuous focus for both lock focus & tracking capability

– Both above Loglight Condition sharing pictures were captured in very low light condition and AF is still fast and accurate for AFS

All pictures below captured with AFC – continuous focus and Zone (almost full screen). [I let the camera and lens decide to lock the object and track without any additional setting change]

i. Terns

– many of them flying far and near with moderate speed but in any direction under the hot sun

– most of the focus can lock fast and continuous tracking the bird by the next 1-2 s as the tern fly out from the frame

– it is almost no fail to lock focus when the birds flying with blue/white sky and sea background which has enough contrast

– it is getting difficult to lock focus when a bird flies into the frame where the background is green

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [607mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/1600]

ii. Owl

– this owl all of a sudden fly out from the small palm oil plantation- the focus lock fast but the tracking miss 50% intermittent as it is flying toward me fast and close (some of the focus frame lock on the wing but not the head).*** the tracking may able to improve by some AF setting. as the focus locking is fast enough to focus again after miss out of focus within 1-2s flying toward me series

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [434mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/1250]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [434mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/2220]

– This is a special case where this hornbill standing on a building wall. So make use of the continuous focus & tracking mode. Even the bird is near the tracking work since the bird begins flying until it missing into a tree.

– the moment happens just ~2s, while I am shooting 7fps. and the focus just miss 2 frame

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [322mm, ISO800 F.7.1 1/640]

iv. Swift

– it is very difficult to capture swift picture due to normally they are flying fast, all different direction

– success rate is not very high due to the flying speed very fast and accelerates in any direction for feeding. But the camera and lens still able to lock the focus as long as my position is at the right position.

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, [450mm, ISO1600 F.5.6 1/1600]

3. Weather-resistant, Weight and Size

– due to the APS-C sensor size the lens design in a smaller size compared to an equivalent 35mm equivalent lens (100-400mm)

– the lens with X-T4 which is 607g (including battery and SD memory card)

– 1.4x TC

with such focal length 107mm to 457mm or (107mm to 457mm)x1.4 or x2)

look at the size

4. Minimum Focus Distance

– this lens can take a photo at a minimum focus distance of 0.83 which give magnification 0.33 think this is also good for some butterfly, big object macro

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [213mm, ISO1000 F.8.0 1/30]

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [563mm, ISO500 F.8.0 1/18]

5. Image stabilization

– testing mostly dark environment for either still or video (all handheld)

update 202103

– another beautiful winter visitor flycatcher of Malaysia

– another Fujifilm new XF70-300 test and this also another #handheldvideo

– I am shooting this video handheld

– 馬來西亞漂亮的過冬姬鶲 – 另一富士 XF70-300 的測試。 – 手持拍的視頻。

update 202102

– another handheld video captured with X-T4 and XF70300

– very low light situation ~ISO1600, 1/24 & F6.4

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January 26, 2021December 28, 2024

Sciuridae series: Squirrel | 松鼠科 | liewwk Nature – 12 [20241228]

Another mammal collection.

1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi

2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***

3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis ***

4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus

5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii

6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠, Ratufa affinis

7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus

8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠

9. Red giant flying squirrel, 棕鼯鼠, 大鼯鼠, Petaurista petaurista

10. Temminck’s Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus

11. Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans

12. Thomas’s flying squirrel, 托氏飞鼠, 托氏飛鼠, Aeromys thomasi

*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name

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Other’s Mammal collections as below

Primates series | 灵长类 | liewwk Nature – 13 [update 20230923]

Borneo pygmy elephant, 婆羅洲侏儒象 | liewwk Nature [update 20240206]

Otter series | 獭 | liewwk Nature [update 20230118]

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1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi

– locally common, montane Borneo endemic
– small and overall brown with white ear tufts

– 婆羅洲高山特有種。
– 小，棕色，白耳毛。

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– another cute fellow everyone looking at, it is small, fast and cute.

– Borneo endemic found from low to mid range at montane of Borneo

– 婆罗洲另一只高山特有种。

– 非常可爱，小，动作快。

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2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***

*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name

– common North-East montane Borneo endemic

– very look-alike Plaintain Squirrel except it is a Grey belly but not red

3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis

– Overall olive-brown, very small ~20gram

– lowland Borneo endemic

– mostly active feed at eye level

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4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus

– montane species also named Pallas’s squirrel

– a medium-sized tree squirrel, overall olive-brown and underpart red. Slight different form the Plantain squirrel which is lowland species and with an extra Black buff stripe on the flank

– Fraser Hill, Cameron Highland, Genting Highland Pahang, Malaysia

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5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii

– moderate size tree squirrel

– many different sub-species across Malaysia and Sumatra based on slightly different colors

– overall black upper part

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Callosciurus prevostii pluto [Danum Valley, RDC, Sabah, Malaysia]

6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠, Ratufa affinis

– large tree squirrel found primary forest or “good” secondary forest

– few different sub-species across SEA

– overall cream and tri-colors

R. A. Sandakanesis [Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia]

7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus

– medium size, chestnut belly, and a black and white stripe on the side

– common at mangrove, urban garden, forest

– found South Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok Borneo island & Singapore

**8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠**

– montane Borneo endemic

– white eye-ring, white patch near nose and eye

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9. Red giant flying squirrel, 棕鼯鼠, 大鼯鼠, Petaurista petaurista

– common at lowland forest (RDC, DANUM etc)

– 在低海拔森林，蛮普通。

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– a wonderful special extension for some mammals, we sight Thomas’s Flying Squirrel flying in day time at Danum Valley, follow by Black flying squirrel flying close toward us (yes just ~10m from us like hitting us … plus this common Red giant flying squirrel flying in close distance while ours dusk drive .. wow wow wow

– 非常幸运在哺乳特别加长版，我们见到3中飞鼠在我们面前飞。都在非常近距离的飞啊。。。这一只还在这么漂亮的夕阳光线下飞。幸运啊

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– very lucky morning to have this flying toward us so close in the morning

– 第一次见它在早上（天已亮飞到我们面前）

10. Temminck’s Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus

update 202403

– a very small flying squirrel found near Danum Valley, BRL

– lucky moment to see it feeding so long but not able to capture other angle

– 在丹浓谷看到这小家伙。可惜没看到他飞+其他角度

11. Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans

– a not so big “red” with white spot

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– a very lucky night with some owl and this lovely flying squirrel feeding on tree for long …

– 非常幸运的一个晚上，见到鸮后还加上这只小可爱在哪吃果子。

12. Thomas’s flying squirrel, 托氏飞鼠, 托氏飛鼠, Aeromys thomasi

Thomas’s Flying Squirrel is endemic to Borneo where it inhabits tall forest, both primary and secondary, in the lowlands and in mid-montane areas at elevations of up to 1600 metres.

Its fur is reddish-brown to dark brown, with no markings to speak of : it is this plain appearance which distinguishes it from other large flying squirrels, such as the Red Giant Flying Squirrel and Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, both of which typically have black fur on some part of the body (e.g. face, feet, tip of the tail etc.).

In common with most other flying squirrels it is exclusively nocturnal. Its diet includes forest fruits, but little else is known of its ecology.

Within Borneo, this species has been documented in parts of Sabah (including Mount Kinabalu), Sarawak, Brunei and west and east Kalimantan. It appears to be absent in the southeast of the island. [https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/thomas%27s-flying-squirrel.htm]

托马斯飞鼠是婆罗洲的特有物种，栖息于低地和中山地带的高大森林中，包括原生林和次生林，海拔可达1600米。

其毛色从红褐色到深棕色不等，无明显的斑纹。这种朴素的外观使其与其他大型飞鼠区分开来，如红巨飞鼠和斑巨飞鼠，这两种飞鼠的某些部位（如脸部、足部、尾尖等）通常具有黑色毛发。

与大多数其他飞鼠一样，托马斯飞鼠完全为夜行性动物。其食物包括森林中的水果，但其生态学方面的其他信息所知甚少。

在婆罗洲，该物种已被记录在沙巴（包括京那巴鲁山）、砂拉越、文莱以及加里曼丹的西部和东部地区，而似乎在岛屿的东南部未发现其踪迹。

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After witnessing the spectacular gliding display of the Red Giant Flying Squirrel, we encountered this Thomas’s Flying Squirrel up close—just about 10 feet away. It was calmly feeding on a small tree, completely unbothered by our presence.

在欣赏了红巨飞鼠精彩的滑翔表演后，我们又近距离观察到了这只托马斯飞鼠，距离我们大约只有10英尺。它正悠闲地在一棵小树上进食，丝毫不在意我们的存在。

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January 23, 2021January 23, 2021

Fujifilm X-T4 | Shadow & Highlight recovery Test | liewwk Nature

In with conjunction previous other Fujifilm X system testing

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Birding Photography with Fujifilm X-T4 | liewwk Nature

One of the basic requirements of the camera, how much do we able to from Shadow & Highlight (under & overexpose).

Here are some basic tests

– Fujifilm X-T4, FUJINON XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

– Handheld

– Same ISO, F-number, Shutter Speed, Auto WB

– Adobe Camera RAW 12.4, same recovery and other parameters for the same test

*** I found the Dynamic Range setting not just affect JPEG output, but also affects the data inside the RAW files. So testing also included DR100 (off), DR200 (suppose reserve highlight exposure 1 stop) & DR400 (suppose reserve highlight exposure 2 stop)

But check out the RAW files recovery result below !!! it is some magic that happens !!!

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1. Highlight Recovery Test

1A. Highlight Recovery Test: Dynamic Range setting

– make sure of in Camera setting to protect Highlight details

– Dynamic Range 100 (off), 200 (protect 1 stop highlight information) & 400 (protect 2 stops highlight information)

CAMERA JPEG output

Even with the direct JPEG output, the highlight details have been protected (DR200 1 stop and DR400 2 stops). But let’s have a look at the RAW file recovery

LEFT: DR100

CENTER: DR200

RIGHT: DR400

1B. Highlight Recovery Test: RAW files recovery

Test1: Highlight recovery from RAW files

– ISO1000, F5.6, 1/15 – this makes the picture +4 (4 stops overexpose)

– Adobe Camera Raw recovery. [Highlight -100%, Exposure -3.00]

Test1Bi. Highlight recovery, DR100 (DR off)

– All setting same as mentioned above

– DR100

– LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

Test1Bii. Highlight recovery, DR200

– All setting same as mentioned above

– DR200

– LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

Test1Bii. Highlight recovery, DR400

– All setting same as mentioned above

– DR400

– LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

Here’s come the magic of the RAW file and the Dynamic Range settings !!!!

– Look at the right face of the toy & background paper beg

– the DR400 not just protect highlight data in JPEG but in the RAW file, preserve more than what we expect (3 stops + 100% hight recovery)

2. Shadow Recovery Test

– 5 stops underexpose

– ISO800, F5.6, 1/8000

– DR100, 200, 400

– below are JPEG direct output from Camera

Test2A. Shadow recovery

Test1: Highlight recovery from RAW files

– ISO800, F5.6, 1/8000

– this makes the picture -5 (5 stops underexpose)

– Adobe Camera Raw recovery. [Exposure +5.00]

As the discussion of Dynamic Range is to protect Highlight data of the pictures. But I still go ahead with my test with DR100, 200 & 400

Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR100

Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR200

Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR400

For the 5 stops Shadow recovery, most of the details of the focused object still intact.

But when we turn on the Dynamic Range (DR200 & 400) gives an impact on the RAW files. Something really weird where DR400 actually give negative impact which produces more color noise and purple tint when exposure recovery

So we need 2 settings for Highlight & Shadow recovery

1. Highlight recovery: Highly recommend Turn on DR400

2. Shadow recovery: Highly recommended Turn of DR which is DR100

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January 22, 2021January 17, 2025

Coraciidae series: Dollarbird, Roller | 佛法僧科 | liewwk Nature 2-3 [update 20231218]

Malaysia has 1 Roller and 1 Dollardbird

1. Dollarbird, 三宝鸟, 三寶鳥, Eurystomus orientalis, Eurystomus orientalis, TIUNG-BATU BIASA

2. Indochinese Roller, 印支佛法僧, Coracias affinis, インドブッポウソウ, TIUNG-BATU INDOCHINA

51. Indian Roller, 印度佛法僧, 棕胸佛法僧, Coracias benghalensis, インドブッポウソウ

101. Purple-winged Roller, 紫翅佛法僧, Coracias temminckii, セレベスブッポウソウ, Tiong-lampu sulawesi

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201. European Roller, 蓝胸佛法僧, 藍胸佛法僧, Coracias garrulus, ニシブッポウソウ

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51. Indian Roller, 印度佛法僧, 棕胸佛法僧, Coracias benghalensis, インドブッポウソウ

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1. Dollarbird, 三宝鸟, 三寶鳥, Eurystomus orientalis, Eurystomus orientalis, TIUNG-BATU BIASA

– not rare, medium size blue-greenish bird

2. Indochinese Roller, 印支佛法僧, Coracias affinis, インドブッポウソウ, TIUNG-BATU INDOCHINA

– another not so common winter visitor (North)

– normally up to North Peninsular Malaysia

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101. Purple-winged Roller, 紫翅佛法僧, Coracias temminckii, セレベスブッポウソウ, Tiong-lampu sulawesi

– a very beautiful bird, just like Malaysia Indochinese Roller but this with less vibrant colors and a “purple” wing-tail. Sulawesi endemic.

– 非常漂亮的佛法僧，非常害羞。蘇拉威西特有種。

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51. Indian Roller, 印度佛法僧, 棕胸佛法僧, Coracias benghalensis, インドブッポウソウ

A brightly colored bird with various shades of blue on the wings, tails, and belly that are often more prominent in flight. Note the longitudinal white streaks on the throat and breast. Indochinese Roller has a purple-blue breast, a darker olive back, and is generally darker blue. Generally silent, but more vocal in breeding season with harsh calls. Prefers open areas, including agricultural landscapes, sitting on exposed perches including electric wires, occasionally pumping its tail slowly. Practically a resident roller with some movements in the western parts of its range. 【Ebird]

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– wonderful moment to get close and stay long for us, it is so colorful

– 非常漂亮的鸟，与马来西亚的种不一样。这只很乖站了很久也蛮近的

201. European Roller, 蓝胸佛法僧, 藍胸佛法僧, Coracias garrulus, ニシブッポウソウ

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In South Africa’s western region, this season is perfect for birdwatching as many common species are abundant. It’s been an enjoyable time spotting various targets, with the bonus of encountering a few truly stunning birds along the way.

在南非的西部地區，這個季節是觀鳥的最佳時期，許多常見的鳥類都很活躍。我們在尋找各種目標的同時，也有幸看到了一些非常美麗的鳥類，讓人感到非常愉快。

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January 21, 2021May 25, 2024

Leiothrichidae series: Sibia, Minla, Mesia | 噪鹛科: 相思鸟, 希鹛 | liewwk Nature 4-1 [update 20240329]

few different remaining Leiothrichidae series. mostly montane and colorful

1. Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鹛, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG PERUT KUNING

2. Blue-winged Minla, 蓝翅希鹛, 藍翅希鶥, Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG SAYAP BIRU

3. Silver-eared Mesia, 银耳相思鸟, 銀耳相思鳥, Leiothrix argentauris, ゴシキソウシチョウ, KEKICAU TELINGA PERAK

4. Long-tailed Sibia, 长尾奇鹛, 長尾奇鶥, Heterophasia picaoides, オナガウタイチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG EKOR PANJANG

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51. White-eared Sibia, 白耳奇鹛, 白耳奇鹛, Heterophasia auricularis, ミミジロチメドリ

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1. Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鹛, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG PERUT KUNING

– montane active bird … keep moving most of the time ..

Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, Burung Rimba Ekor Perang

2. Blue-winged Minla, 蓝翅希鹛, 藍翅希鶥, Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG SAYAP BIRU

– submontane, quite common at Fraser Hill

Blue-winged Minla,藍翅希鶥,Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, Burung Rimba Murai Gunung

3. Silver-eared Mesia, 银耳相思鸟, 銀耳相思鳥, Leiothrix argentauris, ゴシキソウシチョウ, KEKICAU TELINGA PERAK

– very common at most of the montane at Peninsular Malaysia

update 202403

– another bird that use to be so common in Fraser Hill, but getting less sighting recently … wonder what happen .. common but beautiful bird

– 福隆港蛮普通而美丽的鸟。可是最近几年，这鸟开始很难遇上不像5年前，几乎那都可以见到。

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4. Long-tailed Sibia, 长尾奇鹛, 長尾奇鶥, Heterophasia picaoides, オナガウタイチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG EKOR PANJANG

– gray overall

– common at sub-montane and montane

– normally moving in a group

update 202405

– a very common bird of Fraser Hill, moving in flock. Overall Grey, red eye and long tailed.

– as usual at one of the “feeding” spot at Fraser hill, this lovely and noisy birds came for food too

– 福隆港非常普通的一只鸟。通常群体活动。灰，红眼，长尾。

– 在一个“鸟点”等主要目标时，几只这蛮好不错的鸟下来蛮低的吃东西。

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51. White-eared Sibia, 白耳奇鹛, 白耳奇鹛, Heterophasia auricularis, ミミジロチメドリ

– a pretty common bird but didn’t see it low my last visit at DaxueShang. As named it come with white “white mask”

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– remember years back visit at Daxueshang this bird seem common but last visit is not very easy to meet one and this one came quite low for photo

– 上一次来，记得还蛮普通。这次去，没见很多次。还好最后一个小时，这鸟下来让我拍好好。

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January 21, 2021May 14, 2021

Rostratulidae series: Painted-Snipe | 彩鹬科 | liewwk Nature – 1

Malaysia only has one Rostratulidae

1. Greater Painted-Snipe, 彩鹬, 彩鷸, Rostratula benghalensis, タマシギ, MERAGI BIASA

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1. Greater Painted-Snipe, 彩鹬, 彩鷸, Rostratula benghalensis, タマシギ, MERAGI BIASA

– very beautiful bird

– abnormal breeding behavior where the male will taking care after lay egg

– very shy bird

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– casual lazy birding, driving around. but not a bad morning at all, found this pair of the lovely couple.
– male and female are also beautiful. the one focus is female

– 幸运的遇上这漂亮的一对。母鸟在前方。

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3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis

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4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus

5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii

8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠

9. Red giant flying squirrel, 棕鼯鼠, 大鼯鼠, Petaurista petaurista

12. Thomas’s flying squirrel, 托氏飞鼠, 托氏飛鼠, Aeromys thomasi

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But check out the RAW files recovery result below !!! it is some magic that happens !!!

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1. Highlight Recovery Test

Here’s come the magic of the RAW file and the Dynamic Range settings !!!!

2. Shadow Recovery Test

1. Highlight recovery: Highly recommend Turn on DR400

2. Shadow recovery: Highly recommended Turn of DR which is DR100

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**8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠**

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