Some
of the birds seen during the birdwatching activity included the Silver-eared Mesia above as well as the following:-
Streaked Spiderhunter
Fire-tufted Barbet
Buff-breasted Babbler in hopping action
that Saturday afternoon
Mountain Bulbul
Greater Yellownape
Green-billed Malkoha
Rufous-Browed Flycatcher
Which
MYSTERIOUS bird literally made us (including our presenter Mr Mark Ng) so
excited that we were sprawled on the tar road at Fraser Hill below, trying to
catch a glimpse of it? It was a pair of Mountain Scops Owl of Fraser Hill. This was a very difficult species of owl to see in the highlands. We were very lucky indeed that Saturday evening to see this nocturnal bird during daylight since our birdwatching activity was scheduled to end by 5pm!
The individual Scops Owl peered at us from within the thick foliage |
Walk
along Hemmant’s Trail, Fraser’s Hill (FH) 11th June 2016
The walk started from FH town center,
towards the mosque and then turning left into Hemmant’s trail. The trail itself
was relatively quiet in terms of bird life. A few Chestnut-capped Laughing
Thrushes were seen as the group walked along the trail. A Large Niltava was
calling at the edge of the forest canopy. It was fairly wet after the rain but
there were some interesting find in the trail itself that kept some of the
first-timer excited. The group was shown various Begonias along the trail. Also
present was a wild ginger species.
Recording Bird Sightings
We
re-grouped at the Fraser Hill Sports Complex to record the bird sightings for
that Saturday, 11th June 3.15 to 5.15pm.
The
joint event between WBCM and FHCL concluded by 5.30pm. It was a successful
inaugural event. WBCM will continue to work closely with FHCL, to educate the
community of Fraser Hill on the importance of preserving the rich and unique avifauna
and its habitat, more so for the benefit of our children and the next
generation of Malaysians. WBCM will enter the list of birds seen at Fraser Hill that Saturday afternoon through EBIRD portal. The list is reproduced below:-
Number
|
Common
Name
|
Latin
Name
|
Count
|
Note
|
1
|
Long-tailed
Sibia
|
Heterophasia picaoides
|
||
2
|
Streaked
Wren Babbler
|
Turdinus brevicaudatus
|
1
|
|
3
|
Rufous-browed
Flycatcher
|
Anthipes solitaris
|
1
|
|
4
|
Buff-breasted
Babbler
|
Pellorneum tickelli
|
1
|
|
5
|
Slaty-backed
Forktail
|
Enicurus schistaceus
|
1
|
|
6
|
Large
Niltava
|
Niltava grandis
|
2
|
Male
and female
|
7
|
Fire-tufted
Barbet
|
Psilopogon pyrolophus
|
||
8
|
Pacific
Swallow
|
Hirundo tahitica
|
||
9
|
Black-throated
Sunbird
|
Aethopyga saturata
|
1
|
|
10
|
Little
Pied Flycatcher
|
Ficedula westermanni
|
1
|
|
11
|
Silver-eared
Mesia
|
Leiothrix argentauris
|
||
12
|
Chestnut-capped
Laughing Thrush
|
Ianthocincla mitrata
|
||
13
|
Streaked
Spiderhunter
|
Arachnothera magna
|
1
|
Vocalizing
& feeding
|
14
|
Oriental
Magpie Robin
|
Copsychus saularis
|
||
15
|
Mountain
Scops-Owl
|
Otus spilocephalus
|
2
|
|
16
|
Mountain
Bulbul
|
Ixos mcclellandii
|
2
|
Perched
|
17
|
Greater
Yellow-naped Woodpecker
|
Picus flavinucha
|
4
|
|
18
|
Blue
Nuthatch
|
Sitta azurea
|
2
|
|
19
|
White-throated
Fantail
|
Rhipidura albicollis
|
||
20
|
Black
& Crimson Oriole
|
Oriolus cruentus
|
2
|
|
21
|
Lesser
Yellow-naped Woodpecker
|
Picus chlorolophus
|
||
22
|
Blyth’s
Shrike Babbler
|
Pteruthius aeralatus
|
||
23
|
Green-billed
Malkoha
|
Phaenicophaeus tristis
|
||
24
|
Grey-chinned
Minivet
|
Pericrocotus solaris
|
2
|
Male
and female
|
25
|
Lesser
Racket-tailed Drongo
|
Dicrurus remifer
|
Below are some of the
members from WBCM who took part in this joint activity with FHCL. WBCM held a Committee
meeting on Saturday, 11th June night at Seri Berkat Bungalow. Three (3) media
members (NST, Unreserved Magazine & The Star) joined WBCM during this 2-day
1 night outing to Fraser Hill. WBCM members continued birdwatching in Fraser
Hill on Sunday, 12th June 2016 morning.
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