Kinta Nature Park, 16-4-2011 - Part 2

The bird life around the park is rather rich. On the way to park, cattle egrets were easily found especially where the cattle and buffalo were feeding. Greater coucal, white-breasted waterhen and white-throated kingfisher were also spotted. Inside the park, paddyfield pipits were hanging around in the field, common iora were quite often spotted on the tree. Before we left, my wife spotted a stork-billed kingfisher on the tree, the small body size was a challenge for my 100-400mm lens, luckily I was manage to get some sharp images (considered to be very good for a 100-400mm lens after images were heavily cropped).

Location: Kinta Nature Park, Perak, Malaysia
Date: 16-4-2011
Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Weather: Cloudy
Equipment: Canon 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L
Bird list: Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia), Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis), Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis), Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus), Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - in breeding plumage

Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)