Birds in Malaysia - where to look in the Peninsula

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Hi Roy

 

Bird park was interesting, but too unnatural for me although good for pictures. I was in KL area in June 2005 (central north only) and I can recommend the following places:

 

1) FRIM - Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia - on the outskirts of North East KL. Easy to get to and a fair range of birds. I was lucky enough to see a masked finfoot on one of the small ponds on the left of the main road through FRIM. This will take most of 1 day.

 

2) Fraser's Hill - about 1.5 hours from KL and in the mountains. I hired a car and drove. Lots of birds and if you are interested I can give reasonable hotel details and the name of the local bird man (I would see more with him in an hour than I did by myself for the rest of the day!! :-)  ). You need at least 2 days and is a definite highlight of my trip.

 

If you have more time, I could give you local people to contact for advice. There are some marshes and mangroves relatively near but not as easy to find or get to.

 

Regards

David

 

Rome, Italy

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From: Roy Harvey [
Sent: 22 September 2005 01:12
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Birds in Malaysia - where to look in the Peninsula

Hi,

I’ll be working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a couple of weeks and will then have a couple of days to look for birds. Can anyone give me any advice on good birding spots on Peninsula Malaysia? I’ve been to the Bird Park in KL where there a lots of brilliantly coloured but sad looking birds – well worth a look.

Thanks

Roy