Memburung di belakang zoo

Satu hari ahad, aku menerima ajakan Tabib dan Madibirder untuk memburung di Kemensah. Dah lama dengar ada kawasan hutan di belakang zoo negara ini, tapi tak pernah sampai. Sampai-sampai di depan pintu zoo negara, Tabib, Madi dan anak lelaki Madi(Ilyas) sedang makan pagi. Selesai makan, kami masuk ke kawasan hutan Kemensah dengan kereta Madi.

Sampai-sampai, masuk je denai kena memanjat bukit. Wah! mengah-mengah nak memanjat ke atas.. mungkin sebab cuti sebulan berjalan.

Sampai di sebuah kolam, sementara diorang mencari pekaka. Saya tangkap gambar burung ini..

Burung Merbah Belukar (Olive-winged Bulbul) sedang berkicau sambil diperhatikan oleh pasangannya.


Burung Layang-layang Pasifik(Pacific Swallow) ini juga sedang berehat di atas besi cerucuk yang terpacak di dalam tasik.


Naik lagi ke atas bukit, saya di temukan dengan lifer saya yang pertama hari itu..


Burung Layang-layang Berjambul Kecil (Whiskered Treeswift), tertarik saya dengan cara ia melipat sayapnya selepas hinggap, semacam robot.

sampai di satu lembah, banyak lagi berjumpa berbagai spesis burung.


Burung Belatuk Biji Nangka betina (Rufous Woodpecker;female) yang pertama dapat ditangkap gambarnya oleh saya. Pada spesis belatuk, yang jantan ada calitan merah pada sisi kepalanya.


Burung migrant juga sudah kembali.

Ini burung Sambar Asia(Asian-brown Flycatcher).



Ini pula burung Kelicap Pipi Merah betina.(Ruby-cheeked Sunbird)Sepah Puteri Dada Merah; betina.(Scarlet-breasted flycatcher;female), masih tak dapat yang jantan.


Daripada sekumpulan 5 ekor burung Cenuk Kerak ini, saya hanya dapat mengambil gambar seekor Cenuk Kerak Betina(Raffle's Malkoha;female) saja.


Seekor lagi burung betina?, Belatuk Merah.(Banded Yellownape;female). mungkin ya, sebab tak nampak tanda merah di sisi kepala.

Selepas keluar dari kawasan tersebut, Madi membawa kami berkereta di jalan-jalan sekitar Kemensah. Di satu lagi tempat di tepi jalan..

Lifer yang kedua!

Burung Mata Putih Rimba (Everett's White-eye)

Hampir-hampir tidak dapat menangkap lifer saya yang ketiga.


Merbah Siam(Black-headed Bulbul)

Terima kasih kepada Madibirder dan Tabib sebab mengajak saya mengunjungi kawasan yang mempunyai banyak spesies burung yang sungguh dekat dengan Kuala Lumpur.

My birdlist(seen,shot and with clear ID)

1. Whiskered Treeswift
2. Rufous Woodpecker
3. Yellow-bellied Warbler
4. Pacific Swallow
5. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
6. Raffle's Malkoha
7. Banded Yellownape
8. Olive-winged Bulbul
9. Blue-tailed Beeater
10. Everett White-eye
11. Black Headed Bulbul
12. Barn Swallow

Catching the wave

The National Botanic Garden at Shah Alam or I fondly called Bukit Cerakah is one of my frequently visited places for birding. Altough there are free bus services inside, I normally just take a walk alone in various trek from the entrance.

In this particular day, I just walk through the paddy fields.

Here can see few species of munia such as white-headed, scaly-breasted and white-rumped. Also the normal javan myna. The waterhen are here but quite shy. Since this day is almost noon, no luck..

then moving on to the cocoa/oil-palm area, trying to spot the red eyed bulbul. no luck here either.

so went on to the danau perikanan, walk up to the water tunnel.. there are fences bordering the park, I notice some indon family fishing.. I wonder did they pay to get in or any other means..broke the fence??

anyway... shoot this in the water tunnel. Hirundo tahitica... nice scientific name.. stuck in my head.. remind me of hula hula hawaian.. :)


Pacific Swallow
Layang-layang Pasifik
Hirundo tahitica

coming out of the tunnel, I notice the fishing indon family wasnt there anymore.. split already.. notice broken fences in the tunnel, there must be somemore broken fences.. went to the other sides of the lake..

Suddenly there are some commotion in the canopy.. Aha! a bird wave...led by


Rembah Kayu Besar
Large Wood-shrike
Tephrodornis gularis

there are some other bird I cant identify, notice some species of woodpecker though.. being in the high canopy, just took some record shots.. the wood shrike a quite tough to id.. being bird pic to small..

then the birds went to the taman haiwan area with me following. No I'm not running, just walk.. at top of the hill, the leaf bird are low enough to shoot.



Daun Sayap Biru
Blue-winged Leafbird
Chloropsis cochinchinensis



my futile attempt shooting bird in flight.. the female leafbird to blur to shown here..

after that I just walk back to the entrance.. Birding, just another reason to walk..