When: December 2024 Weather: Cool, 20C

Nikon P900, Nikon P950

Our group of six, 3 birders, 3 newbies, engaged Weng Chun Cheong to guide us over a two day period that we were in Fraser’s Hill. Having spend the first night at Ken House, we moved over to Silverpark for the remaining two nights. There were a few birds that I had wanted to get..the long tailed broadbill, little pied flycatcher, partridge, pygmy cupwing, rufous browed fc etc…..and I was hopeful that Weng would deliver…. In the morning, we paid a visit to Stephen’s Place in the Telekom loop and stephen kindly brought us over to the Nature Discovery Centre nearby….next time we’ll stay here…there is an observation tower and lots of indoor activities for when it’s raining…

We had arranged for our guide to meet us in the afternoon at about 130pm at the entrance to Hemmant trail….No sooner had we parked than he yelled….long tailed broadbills….several of them were moving about rapidly in the forest and they were difficult to shoot but what a beautiful bird!

We then moved over to another location to seek the pygmy cupwing, a long sought-after lifer for me….we waited and waited….

Weng then says the Cupwing is nearby…his song a high pitched wheeeee…..

We then moved on to a few other locations….at the gate, jelai, near the food court etc…

We ended the day at Jalan Richmond where the white crowned hornbill was seen in the previous post.

A great day!