Fly Free

"Over here!"





Barn Swallow / Lelayang Api, ricefields, Sekinchan.

Walking Wader

"Time stops here."





Very shy, can't get too close or they'll run on the water's surface, flapping wings. Quite a sight! Here in reddish breeding plumage, with young observed separately.

Little Grebe / Belibis Kecil, swamps, Langkawi, Dec 2010, 6 pm.

Flock Force

"You know how the idiom goes."


Lesser Whistling Ducks / Belibis know the drill to the party and keeping it closed.

Marshy swamp, Langkawi Island, December 2010, 5 pm.

Fading Forest

"We'll make a change."





As you can or can't see, a mere silhouette of what's left.

Changeable Hawk Eagle / Lang Rajawali Hindik, country road, Trengganu, Oct 2011 9am.

Here's How II

"Watch and learn, old boy."





Brahminy kite / Lang merah proves to be an old hand. Mangroves near river estuary, Kuala Gula, October 2011, 5pm.

Here's How

"Watch me do it."

Olive backed sunbird / Kelicap bukit knowing the juice is worth the squeeze.

Residential garden, October 2011, 4pm.

Meeting Mates

"Can't wait."

Rufous Piculet / Belatik merah , female. Male has yellow on forehead, instead of red.

Lowland forest, Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, 25.9.2011, 930am.