Macro in Pandan Falls

When looking up, makes my neck strain or when see some interesting insect, I change to my Pentax 35mm F2.8 coupled with the panagor macro converter and shoot the said insect or flower whichever is the case.

At the top of the waterfall, a stick insect catches my eye, because it is on the rocks and almost got trampled by me. Another reason to watch where your feet are..

Here is it on the rocks.. as is


using kit lens..

using my macro setup, the stick insect head



this is how big the insect compared to a human arm



at the end of the hanging bridge, at one old tree stump, a colony of large forest termites was discovered



I estimate to be 10-12mm long, much bigger than a kerengge(A common large ant)

also a grasshopper seen at the same stump



At the site where we take a dip, an interesting damselfly keep popping at the water edge where waterflows above the rock.



how it kept itself from being dragged by the waterflow is intriguing.

Birding at Pandan Waterfalls

I got an invitation from a friend to visit Sg Pandan Waterfalls at Kuantan for the weekend, so I got on the bus, check in a hotel and went to the waterfall in Sunday morning. Never went birding in the east coast before, so I was quite exited. So here are the record shots I managed to shoot!

A Common Yellow Vented Bulbul catching insect?


nope,

A pair of Eastern Crowned Warbler, my 1st lifer


Eastern Crowned Warbler
Cekup Daun Tongkeng Kuning
Phylloscopus coronatus

or maybe a different species, maybe..

This site is a good reference for this species

next is the



Grey-headed Flycatcher
Sambar Kepala Kelabu
Culicicapa ceylonensis

another lifer..

then on top of the waterfall, found the White-rumped Munia(Pipit Tuli). How I wish it is the White-bellied munia.



then we came down from the top of the waterfall and took a dip in the cool water..

but then, notice a bird carrying nesting material to its unfinished nest at a branch on top of the stream.

It is the Munia's nest, waste no time to grab my camera.



I went nearer,and wait...

but the pair just sit in the nest and sometimes pecking at the wall, maybe weaving it it tighter.(it in the early afternoon already)



spend more time doing macro and waterfall shot, then we head to cherating.

Where we saw some birds at the sand...

took a while to id this ...


Greater-Sand Plover(Rapang Besar)

Kera di Taman Tasik Perdana

Dulu, saya tak kenal pun mana satu kera, mana satu monyet, mana satu lotong... main sebut saja.. sekarang, mana-mana jenis kera ke, monyet ke, saya nak letakkan gambarnya di sini berserta dengan namanya sekali untuk rujukan.

Kera atau dalam bahasa inggerisnya Long Tailed Macaque ini saya jumpa di Taman Tasik Perdana Kuala Lumpur. Ia berjalan berkumpulan mencari makanan.

Kera
Long-Tailed Macaque
Macaca fascicularis

Ia juga pandai mencari makanan sisa buangan manusia di dalam tong sampah..

Tapi, jangan memberi makanan terus kepada kera ini. Bila ia belajar manusia ada makanan, ia akan mula meminta, malah mungkin merampas apa yang dipikirkan ada makanan di dalamnya.

Biawak Air

Semalam masa melepak di tepi Sungai Klang, nampak lagi biawak berenang-renang menyeberangi sungai. Selalu juga nampak binatang ini sampai kekadang buat tak tahu saja.

Yesterday, while I was at the Klang river bank, saw one monitor lizard swimming across the river. Quite a number of times, i found this lizard that sometimes i just ignore it

Ini kelihatan ia sedang merayau mencari makanan.

This is when it is foraging for food


Suatu hari tu terjumpa bangkai babi/anjing terdampar di tebing , mungkin dibawa air pasang. Tak lama menunggu, datanglah seekor biawak memakan bangkai tersebut..

One day, I spotted a pig/dog carcass that landed on the bank, maybe carried by the rising water. Not long, came a monitor lizard and it start eating.


Ini pula gambat potrait. Baru jer naik dari longkang, terjumpa ngan saya...dapat beberapa shot, dia turun balik.. hehe

Here is the potrait shot, It just climb up the drain wall and met me.. got a few shots, and it went back down..hehe

Biawak Air
Malayan Water Monitor
Varanus Salvator

Anak dia comel jer, macam cicak..tapi yang ni dah sekaki setengah agaknya.

Its young are pretty cute, just like common house gecko..but this one already about one and a half feet.


Biawak ni tak makan orang, cuma orang je makan biawak. Kekadang saya duduk diam-diam, dia datang dekat.. kalau dah dekat sangat, saya hentakkan kaki ke tanah.. dia pun lari ler..

This lizard doesnt eat people, just people eat them. Sometimes, when I sit quietly in the bushes, It came near..If it is too close for comfort, I just stomp my feet to the ground and off it went!