Our next morning outing with guide Weng Chun started at 730am…it didn’t look good…misty+++ damp in the air….we got to the rendezvous point at the entrance to Bishops Trail only slightly late.
No sooner had we parked than Weng whispered Trogon! In the heavy mist, this is the best I could do….the female red headed trogon with a not red headand then just round the corner, the male red headed trogon …appropriately namedthe brilliantly red head and chest stood out even in the mist
And then in the bank next to the road, there was a scurrying and after a while….
the streaked wren babbler….a little similar to the pygmy cupwing seen the day beforestreaked wren babblerand then right opposite the entrance to Hemmant Trail, up and embankment, we heard the unmistakeable song of the pygmy cupwing…..singing lustilyA large bird then flew between the trees…the green billed malkohaposed for usmoving on to the road outside the old Jelai Hotel…this cuckoo shrike was barely seen in the mistwe finally got to see the symbolic bird of FH, the silver eared mesia! It used to be common and seen everywhere in FH but this time it took us a while to locate itsilver ears very evident here…A blue winged minla….here you can just see the faint blue streak on the wing feathers
blue winged minlalesser racquet tailed drongowhite throated Malayan fantailfire tufted barbet..the second of the 3 barbets we sawfire tufted barbetImperial mountain pigeon from afarthe charming little pied flycatcher
We then moved to an area just behind the food court …
where a flock of grey chinned minivets, both male and female painted a picture in the grey canvas of the sky…looked a bit like a Wu Guanzhong paintingmale grey chinned minivetfemale grey chinned minivetOur guide heard the collared owlet and it was sometime before he located it…the collared owlet, harrassed by all the other little birds aroundand nearby we heard the strident and v loud two tone call of the Dark Hawk cuckoodark hawk cuckoofirebreasted flowerpeckerorange bellied leafbirdmountain bulbulthe black and crimson oriole…a bird I’d first seen 10 years ago and not again till now….the third of the barbets onthis trip…the black browed barbet
And after a quick lunch when we were about to part ways with Weng near the Bishops trail, he said ‘bird wave’….and we got a few more…
the blue nuthatch again! Quick and restless, he was a challenge to shootblue nuthatcchthe blue vent of the nuthatchthe stunning blue nuthatchHume’s white eyegrey throated babblerbetter pictures of the grey throated babbler ..the grey throat centrally flanked by whitemountain fulvettaanother lifer…the white bellied eporniswhite bellied epornisand then the beautiful yellow of the Sultan TitSultan TitFinal bird of the afternoon..the colourful fire bellied flowerpecker
Our final morning, it was a bit quiet..
And not having seen the pygmy cupwing before….this was our third sighting of this lovely bird on this trip!
Our 4 day birding trip ultimately yielded a very decent 40 species, thanks largely to the skill and enthusiasm of our guide Weng Chun whom you can find by searching for ‘A Malaysian Birder’. This was my most successful Frasers Hill bird trip! Highly recommended.
The Natural Traveller 
Thank you for sharing your experiance. Will be going to Frasers after an interval of about 15 years. Hope to get as lucky as you.