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On 21 Apr 2018, at 6:27 pm, Laurie Knight
<<>> wrote:
Yes, Mun did take us to a riverine park behind a shanty town east of KL where
there is a fishbowl for the kingfisher and an elevated log to put meal worms on
for the flycatchers and robins. We walked around the wall to follow a track -
no guards to be seen.
The Malayan Partridges tend to turn up at the Frasers Hill stakeout around mid
morning and mid afternoon. This time there were about half a dozen adults and
4 or so chicks.
Some of the stakeouts are beside the road - look for logs placed in odd spots
[they put the meal worms on top of the logs]. The Frasers Hill barbet site
literally had stake out for rock melons
Regards, Laurie
On 21 Apr 2018, at 4:41 pm, Koren Mitchell
<<>> wrote:
Hi Laurie and all,
I'm currently living in Kuala Lumpur, and I use both Robson and "A Field Guide
to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore" by Allen Jeyarajasingam
(illustrations by Alan Pearson).
I concur with your opinions of Robson, but unfortunately the other guide is no
improvement. It has many of the same faults - no distribution maps, plates
separate from descriptions, species listed in inconsistent order. I suspect
that this last issue is because both books are second editions, and so much has
changed both taxonomically and with species new to Malaysia.
Furthermore, I find the illustrations in Jeyarajasingam to be too
brightly-coloured and simplistic, for lack of a better word, compared with
Robson. I find myself frequently just doing Google searches for photos to
confirm IDs. There are a couple of photographic guides that show the "common"
birds, but generally much better photos are available online.
I just wish that someone would publish a "Where to find birds in Malaysia" book
or web site. As you found on your trip, the practice of putting out food at
particular spots to attract birds seems to be quite common here, but unless you
know local birders or hire a guide, you will never find out exactly where these
spots are. I tried to find a "well-known" spot where Mountain Peacock-Pheasants
and Ferruginous Partridges come for food, but I didn't know the key
information, which is that you need to pay the guards to let you drive up the
road early in the morning. Another "well-known" spot, where a water dish with
little fish placed under a convenient perch attracts rufous-backed kingfishers,
I found out about by running into some local birders/photographers nearby, who
kindly took me there (and told me about paying the guards at the other place).
I'm not sure why birders here are so protective of their "special spots" -
possibly partly because of the widespread illegal bird trade.
For anyone who is planning to come to Malaysia in the future and wants to do
any birding around KL, I'm happy to show you a few nice spots.
Regards, Koren
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