Alatan baru untuk memburung

Memandangkan lokasi burung2 dah semakin jauh untuk dicari dan harga minyak pun semakin mahal, saya mengambil keputusan mendapatkan kenderaan baru untuk pergi memburung.

Setelah difikir2, saya telah membeli sebuah motosikal scrambler untuk saya senang masuk ke belukar dan ke mana-mana sahaja ;)

Pilihan saya, Demak DTM150, terbukti jimat minyak dan cukup besar untuk mengangkut alatan2.


Sebaik sahaja habis pantang, saya lenjan masuk hutan dengan tayar jalanraya.. :)
belum cukup modal untuk menukar ke tayar knobby..

Helang Merah(Brahminy Kite) ini terlalu jauh dan terlalu tinggi untuk diambil gambarnya..cantik untuk silhouette bagi saya :)


tetapi Beberek Ekor Biru (Blue-tailed Bee-eater) yang bertenggek di talian elektrik di tepi jalan ini cukup elok untuk di tangkap dari atas motor.

Tarikh gambar (Oktober 2010)

akan tetapi, setiap alatan perlu difasihkan penggunaannya sebelum dapat dimanafaatkan sepenuhnya.. Nantikan gambar2 yang lebih baik selepas ini.. hehe ;)

The Interceptor

"Landing strip clear, arrestor wires ready..You are cleared to land!"

Flaps down, wire in sight...


"Contact!"

No arrestor wires, no landing strip, just a single barbed wire. Now, that is I called precission.

what does the Blue-taled Beeater catch in the air?


a bee of course..


Hey, this time its not a bee. its a flying ant.

All caught in the air, impressive!

Its the second season now..

The first time I saw this bird, was in Mac 2008. That is when I walk in the park actually searching for birds, I was carrying my point and shoot camera at that time. A Kodak 12x zoom camera, which equals 420mm in 35mm terms.

This is the pic i shot, cropped of coz

shot against the blue sky without flash. Click for larger pic

other birds that I shot that day were, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Asian Glossy Starling, Black-naped Orioles, Oriental Magpie Robins and the Common Myna. I guess I can call them lifers because at that time I didnt know what is their names and how to identify them.

by April, I cannot see them anymore..

in May, getting my DSLR a canon 350D with lens an old nikon 300mm F4.5 prime(why? becoz its dirt cheap, bought for RM600)

Now that I got the equipment,now where is this Blue Tailed Beeeater.

not until October, when I started to see them..first are the sub adult (havent had the distictive long tail, and less vibrant colors. They tend to look like the Blue-throated Beeeaters.

later in Dec 08, started to see the fully adults, with the yellow, orange, green to blue colours.


Spend some time and I notice they always perch on the same branch after chasing bugs..

Here is a pair, with one stretching its wings

Beberek Ekor Biru(Malay)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Merops philippinus

Never get bored shooting them when have the chance.. So beautiful, so available