Berteman lebih baik.

Suatu petang seekor burung ruak-ruak turun ke sungai untuk mandi.



"Di sini macam tak selamat saja, risau pula mandi sendirian. Di sana tu ada Pucung Keladi sedang bertenggek. Mungkin lagi selamat rasanya", fikir Ruak-ruak.



Sampai di depan burung Pucung Keladi, burung Ruak-Ruak pun mandi sepuas-puasnya.

Selesai sahaja burung Ruak-ruak mandi, datang seekor biawak berenang di dalam air. Mungkin Ruak-ruak akan menjadi makanan sang biawak jika ia leka mandi sendirian.



Moral cerita: Jika berasa tidak selamat,elok berteman.

Pulau Carey

The first time I went to Pulau Carey is during a photo outing with some Photomalaysia forummers. That time i didnt bring my long lens.. saw a Collared Kingfisher at the beach that day but did not manage to shoot it..

This time around, I went again hoping to see the kingfisher again.

On the way to the secluded beach,saw a Crested Serpent-Eagle(Helang Kuik) perched on a dead tree beside the road..



it looked big, almost fooling me to think its a bigger eagle like the greater spotted eagle. I stayed an shoot for like 30 minutes. Seems like no action from the eagle, maybe just enjoying the breeze. So I drive to the beach..

It seems that the tide was high.. so no walking on the beach as before, so just parked my car and thinking what to do next..

then...

at a pond/drain behind the bund I saw a pair of White-breasted Waterhen(Ruak-Ruak) with its chick, seems like 2 chick following each parent.


Waiting for the chick to follow.


Bigger view of the black chick..


Another adult. Which one is male or female, I dont know...

After they have finished their business at the pond, they went away.

Not long, some squirrel call grabbed my attention. Always fooled me thinking it a bird call.. Well its just the common Plaintain Squirrel (Tupai Pinang)



It seems gravity didnt stop it.

Then my battery drained out.. so have to go back..

On the way back, the Crested Serpent-Eagle is still there, same perch.. so is I counted at least 3 Black-shouldered Kite on the telephone cables by the roadside..

sigh... out of juice!

for the record, this trip is on 3rd October 2009.

Waterhen lives near the water

It will be more interesting if shooting the White Breasted Waterhen with water visible, altough it is not always the case.

like this



opps... it flown away!



like chicken, it seems to fly only for short distance like 10m. Chicken have yellow chicks, but the waterhen got black chicks.

It is very hard to spot the totally black chicks as the parents would be very protective of them at this tender age.

this is shot across a river, not so black

I like their eyes

I can safely say, the more you see them, the more you learn about them..

Some times, I see the common waterhen, where the face are dirtier, I tought it was from digging the mud somewhere. Later I learn they are the juvenile or immature birds.



They have lovely black eyes, dont they?

The juvenile birds are more bolder and easier to shoot(by camera of coz) than the adult, which tend to be more cautious..



An adult by the water edge.

I had to stay very still behind some reeds to get this..

Wak wak bukan wak jiji

patutla dia cepat sangat cabut lari. takut sangat dia dengan manusia. tak lama dulu selalu orang menjerat burung wak wak ni. sekarang tak buleh dah.. kat filipina ada baca, tinggal lebih kurang 200 pasang je diorang jumpa. kat sini tak tahu la...tapi skang dah masuk dalam Akta Hidupan Liar 76/72 dan jika sabit kesalahan, mereka boleh dikenakan denda tidak lebih RM5,000 atau penjara tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali.




nampak tak gambar tu, dah lama dah tahun 2006, kesian burung2 tu.. makan ayam dah ler. makan wak wak ni buat apa, banyak tulang aje, selit celah gigi.., kata blog tu 31 ekor dpt tangkap.. diorang makan semua ke.. atau simpan peti ais, busuk buang. manusia memang tamak.

saya suka cerita ni pasal menangkap burung wak-wak ni, cuba lah baca... :D
http://kenshin-reverseblade.blogspot.com/2008/08/makhluk-di-tengah-sawah.html


tak kesian ke, saya suka lihat matanya.. comel sahaja!

Ruak-Ruak
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus

Addendum 14/8/09

I am sad that someone plagarise the above pics, cropped out my signature and posted on his blog. The photographer spend so much time and effort to take the pics, put the signature and share with the world only to have his signature cropped out and posted anonymously without the photographer knowing.

sigh...

here is the culprit
http://abdulwahabarbain.blogspot.com/2009/02/dada-putih-berbadan-hitam.html