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Kampar-Marlim Nawar Birding After the tin mining industry has shut down its operation, many of the ex mining land in Perak and Selangor states were gradually rehabilitated for other uses The slowest to change would be an enormous belt about 3 km wide and 50 km long, stretching from Ipoh to Slim River was left as open wetland. Vegetations creep in and it became a natural habitat for wetlands and open country birds. Our birding paradise! . We have a few entry points to reach the nicest birding spots. Among them in the north, would be this very popularly used route. The trail head would be along the Malim Nawar to Tanjong Tualang Road. We had been doing that for years. This day we were heading for that destination. Surprised! Work has started on housing estate, our access road was cut off. We were forced to go Plan B. i.e. did our birding along the main road. These are our harvest for that day Part 1 Breakfast 1.Cute Lady serving noodle Always on the look-out for all things nice
2. Makan Time Filled our stomach and enjoy the kind of breakfast in Kampar. Something that I always look forward to
Part 2 Birding 3. Starting work on the road side It was a good day - bright sunlight and blue sky
4. Some walking too The stretch of road is long and birds were scattered over a large area. Depends on what you are looking for? There is always something to shoot
5. Got their first target Oh! You both got the same target, a team of Cormorants in the water
6. Still setting up Why? Needs fixing up again!
7. Got You! So far away OH Yes! that faint dark line in the water? Yeah just very tiny dots!
8. Teh Has longer lense He was ready too!
Part 2 Cormorant Day 9. Switched over to nesting site Cormorants on simple loosely made up nest
11. Previously was a heronry Now the intruders outnumbered the Egrets. By now hardly much foliage left on this big tree -The "Botak" Tree
12. Wandering what are they waiting for or thinking? Facing the morning sun - basking?
13. The Nest Not that common that both parents are on the nest at the same time
14. Returning to nest One "flying" shot
15. Big birds and tiny twigs These twig could barely support the weight of the birds. OK! they are birds very light weight.
16. A Grey Heron? They are around but not such much on this particular tree
17. Fighting for perching spot? There must be order as to where they can land or perch
18. The tiny twig? That's how it looked like when they grab the twig
19. Bring back nesting materials The tree itself stripped off all it small branches that the birds need to fly somewhere else and bring back to the tree their nesting twigs
20. Taking off Nice picture but unfortunately too far away
21. On the contrary - Landing on water Landing it is vertical
22. Time to be off Guys! With our presence party time over - lets get back to work
23. Same scene - wider scope Different stages of jumping out of water
25. No! This is not a place of the black colony In this picture this place is multi-racial. There was the Cormorant, Pond Heron and an Egret
26. Huge bird nesting too Looks like the Grey Heron needed place too. Bringing in nesting materials to reinforce an exiting nest
27. In Flight Grey Heron
28. More pix
Part 3 The Heronry 29. Now resting With a much smaller Pond-Heron
30. Got You! So far away This time doing its favorite stance basking in the sun
31. Another section of the tree. Here more Egrets, Grey Heron and a Great Heron
34. Got You! Monitor Lizard Doing its morning swim
35. Another time another place Exclusively Egrets
36. Their colony -The Heronry Can only see the white specks among the foliage
38. Last look! Black out numbered Whites Before the story ends - Cormorants surprisingly multiply faster than Egrets
40. The lone "Botak" Tree This used to be a Heronry. Looked like there were more Cormorants than Egrets
44. Where were we? This road sign gives you an orientation as to where we could be positioned
Part 4 Makan Again 45. Time for Lunch Back to our regular shop in Slim River
We had a very good meal. This is not our first time at the shop and getting acquainted with the old lady boss. Happy with the taste and price. An unplanned outing that turned out to be very productive. How could be unplanned when we drove so early and so far away. We had earlier targeted the mining areas. That area was closed and now developed as a housing estate. We settled for this place by the roadside simply to enjoy the sight of birds. Many birds and practising our skills in handling the camera.. |
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