Feathery Residents of Fraser's Hill

We were at Fraser's Hill for spiders but along the way had some encounters with the feathery residents. Unlike those who came to Fraser's with fancy-spamchy bins (binoculars) and spotting scopes, we made do with what we had; Nikon & Canon dSLRs with 70-300mm mounted and Canon G7 & G9 among the uninitiated.

* Special thanks to Seng & Carol for their assistance in identifying and giving a brief commentary about the birds*

Long-Tail Sibia - always in a pack, quite noisy, moving along as they feed.



Long-tailed Sibia taking flight.




Silver-eared Mesia - the Jewels of Fraser's Hill; a babbler, also moves around in small groups. Males have red rumps, females yellow.







Large Niltava, female - Irresdescent blue/purple patch on shoulder and on top of head. Male is the same except the brown is replaced by black. Has a sweet 3-note call. Usually in a pair.

*Following pictures were shot under high ISO (1600) due to low-light conditions. The Digic-IV gives excellent image quality with little noise. Btw, I was not paid by Canon to say this.