Green Pigeons (punai)

One of the most beautiful birds found in our country. Such beauties and their cries too are very nice to hear. Very common and can be found litterally everywhere, especially in populated areas.

Kelicap

Recently on the 8th of May my son-in-law took me to Pulau Redang off the coast of Trengganu for a weekend. Apart from basking under the sun and bathing in the cool waters of the South China Seas, I still managed to go around the resort looking for birds. Sad to say, I was unlucky not to find any birds at all, if there was, it was too high up on the trees and beyond the capabilities of my camera. Anyway, on the beach, I managed to get this small bird 'kelicap' into my lens.


I noticed, its close cousins on the mainland have somewhat dull feathers. But here on this island, its colours were very bright and better looking. Somehow, this bird feeds on nectar too from the small flowers by the sea-side.

And I am sorry the photos are not very clear!

Kelicap

I moved to my present house in early March and the only tree I have now is one flowering tree in front of my house. This 'kelicap' came into my lens when it was feeding nectar from the 'dedap' flowers. Most probably this bird will be my model for many more days to come. I have been noticing, this is the only bird that makes frequent visit to the flowers of this tree.

Oriole or 'kunyit besar'

This pair of oriole never fail to entertain and amuse me since they used to come and perch on the trees just outside my bedroom window. Having a loud and shrill cries, it makes you readily alerted and have to see them playing and hunting for insects on the trees.

Grey pigeon (balam)

Sudah lama pun aku tak mencari bahan untuk blog aku ni. Cumanya gambar burung balam ini yang berjaya aku tangkap dibelakang rumahku. Ianya cukup seronok mengirai bulunya semasa bertenggek dibesi ampaian kain. Memang pun burung ini banyak terdapat disekitar tempat kita tinggal. Bunyinya cukup enak didengar, malahan ramai orang membela burung ini dalam sangkar dan menghiasi rumah mereka.

Oriole

Murai Batu

Burung layang2

Masih lagi cerita di Pangkor. Selain dari burung enggang yang banyak terdapat di Hotel tempat kami menginap, saya juga asyik memerhati kawasan sekitar namun tiada berhasil. Mungkin masanya tidak sesuai untuk 'bird-watching' di kala itu.

Saya merayau rayau juga di tepi pantai untuk mencari habuan kamera, namun tidak banyak yang terjumpa. Cuma saya terjumpa burung layang2, burung balam dan murai.

Dalam perjalanan pulang saya ternampak burung merpati di jetty sebelah Lumut dan seterusnya dalam perjalanan dari Lumut ke Kuala Lumpur saya ternampak burung bangau di dalam kebun kelapa sawit.

Burung Enggang (hornbill)

Burung Enggamg atau 'hornbill' ada beberapa species di Malaysia ini namun yang tertera di gambar adalah yang paling banyak dan mudah sekali dijumpai. Enggang ini saya tangkap semasa menginap di Hotel Seaview, Pulau Pangkor. Ianya amat jinak sekali kerana pehak hotel sudah pun mengamalkan memberi makanan kepada mereka. Makanan yang diberi ialah buah papaya dan juga buah water-melon.

Tattibau (nightjar)

Gambar burung tattibau di atas saya perolehi dari internet. Dalam bahasa inggeris ianya dipanggil night-jar.

Dalam Bahasa Melayu selain dari tattibau ianya juga dipanggil sebagai "burung tukang" kerana pada malam hari ianya berbunyi seperti orang bertukang. Di kala senja dan subuh hari ianya berbunyi 'tatt..ti..bau' maka ianya dipanggil tattibau oleh orang kampungku dan juga kampung2 yang sewaktu dengannya.