Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Birds Laughing Too!



Our country is going downhill as far as maturity and integrity are concerned.

Stupid ideas are being brought up just to please the 'elders'. Patriotism is always about experiences of love, courage, consideration, faith, kindness and togetherness shown between neighbours, relatives and friend for the love of our place of birth irrespective of who is 'pendatang or not'. The shitty political situation we face today make one regret and would not give two hoots who is running our beloved country anymore.

Things are getting so out of hand that even in Cinemas starting today, one is tested for patriotism to the hilt. Even after paying a hefty tickets....

Now, the birds are laughing too.

Just watch an Australian Kookaburra laughing his head off ( at the San Deigo Zoo )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLfOjOcCWls

Just why is this so?
Duh!


Happy Malaysia Day Folks.


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Bird's Eye View

Cool!

Since photographing and videographing birds have always interest me, I may change my 'eye' view this time around. I may now shoot from the view of the birds.

Recently on the news is a hot topic called Hexacopter Cam.

Just Google it and I got loads of information.
One of the brand available is the Versadrones, sells for only RM999 ( did I get it right?) and it is cool.

http://www.versadrones.com/

We can fly WITH the eagles and crows here in Klang.
Just watch the video from Versadrones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06bNptwzNQ0

Need to control it carefully though, otherwise it will fall on to someone's house and he may not believe that I am just a bird videographer!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Walking On Trees

Cat Attack

Few months ago, we were invaded by neighbour's cats. Seven of 'em. (less two but added two again!) They killed our seven year old Japanese Koi fish from our pond. One gave birth to four kittens on our vegetable planter box. The rest shit-ted and pee-edd in our garden thus making our beloved home, their toilet!

We were then worried for our other Kois and of course, our birds. Feathers were found among the flower pots. This time, we caught two of them in the act. On Video.

Blardy cats, they should be playing with their fellow pussies in their own home. But no. Their owner does not give a two hoots even after we made some complaint. Blardy shit, they have just declared WAR after killing two Merbuk (dove) babies and left their mummy, half featherless in our house.

They got into our home by walking on trees! The main gate proved too deadly I guess!

Watch the video here.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Eat & Shake!

Chinese Pond Heron
Was driving home one afternoon and spotted a migrant in full breeding plumage.

Grabbed my Panasonic Lumix GH2, changed its lens to the 200mm TeleZoom, selected ETC 'on' and shot the bird. Thanks to James and Bitty of Photo Malaysia who id-ed this heron double quick as the usual color and pattern are not the same normally. Even the bill is in two colors!

Was in time for its quick meal and a 'shake' afterwards.

Enjoy the video here.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Last Straw

Enough is Enough One of my 7-year old Koi is dead.

And this evening, another Koi was badly scratched but survived. What happened?

There is an intruder in our garden. In fact, there are seven intruders in total. They kill for fun. Not they are hungry but well fed.

Our birds are also at risk. They all roost around our garden and have made their homes here. They have done so for the last seven years. Our Sunbirds, Magpies, Peaceful Doves and Tailor Birds are wild and flies freely. Until now.

The neighbours have a combined pest of seven fat cats. Not only they used our garden as a place to poop and shit. They have now killed our Koi fish. In our garden pond. And the birds. This evening, another attempted kill. Dear readers, what shall we do? Is it a crime to rid this problem? The particular neighbours do not give a shit what their cats do. They personally 'supervised' MPK to catch and kill stray dogs recently but it is all right for their damn cats to invade our private property to shit and kill. Damn neighbours.

Dear readers just what shall we do? Is it OK to rid this problem in our own property?

Do we wait till another Koi fish to get killed? The birds? Dear readers, just what shall we do?

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tasted My Free Lunch!

And Enjoying It!

Was at Bukit Malawati in Kuala Selangor this morning. Testing out my new Panasonic Lumix DMC GH2 Camera , a Micro Four Third System. The result was astonishing. Never expected
it to perform beyond expectation, especially for my use in videographing birds.

You see, this is a new & revolutionary photographic design and it is going to change the photographic world by surprise. You see, DSLR is actually a digital version of the old system called SLR (single lens reflex).

With new technologies, it was discovered that the need for the mirror and a large penta-prism (so common in DSLRs) is outdated. Moreover, it is bulky and large! Just see those 'bigger-than- your-hand DSLRs. The lenses too are huge and costly!

So, why pay and suffer? Is it more macho to hold such huge cameras?

Please see this article here at The Luminuos Landscape about "Coming of Age".

GH2's ETC [Extra Tele Conv] turned the 300mm lens to a humomgus 1,560mm without ANY loss of Image Quality & Light.

It is NOT the so called digital zoom so commonly found in other cams. This GH2's surprising performance which I believe that even the marketing department people at Panasonic did NOT know about! Please read this site in regards to "Free Lunch".

And more discoveries about this amazing new camera at more GH2 Discoveries.

My test video below will show you why I am so excited.



Fellow birders and wildlife videographers, please search no more.

We have found what we want.
Bravo Panasonic! Good work.

Now let's go get some more birds.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Truly a great Bin

Swarovski EL 10x42 Swarovision


It is already three months old and we are really enjoying this pair of binoculars who have lived up to its claim "See the unseen"!
We have already covered more than half of our lists of birds. We even have more time to look at individual birds to study the its colors right up to the finest details.
Have never seen a Silver Eared Messia that clear. Also spotted the truly beautiful Red Headed Trogon who gave us three minutes of examination!

As for the Black Throated Sunbird, wow, truly exhilarating! Of course, we cannot leave out our ever popular "Phua Chu Kang" bird. Ha!Ha! This Streaked Spiderhunter's bright yellow feet looks just like his boots!

(Note: The following are not my pictures. They are from Google Images.)

Streaked Spiderhunter (above)


Silver Eared Mesia (above)


Red Headed Trogon (above)


Black Headed Sunbird (above)

Truly no regrets of owning this great pair of binoculars!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Wetlands

Birds of the Wetlands

Birded two days ago at the Dengkil wetlands and checked about a dozen birds off our list.

Posted a new HD clip yesterday. View it Here.


My Birding Buddy here happily holding his new Swarovski SwaroVision EL. He saw the unseen!
Hot! man Hot! A Purple Swamphen striking a pose!
A very shy Dollarbird. How I wish I can just move that branch before he got away!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Youtube

Our 100th. Video!

It is four years now since we joined Youtube and our latest upload is our One Hundredth.

We dedicate this to all the Birds that we have come across especially to the exotics at Fraser's Hill, Pahang. We must also remember that it was in day Five that ".....God also created every winged fowl on that day..." (Gen 1:20-23) and boy, such lovely creatures indeed.

You can watch this here.

If you have high broadband speed, proceed to select 1080p for better viewing.


Enjoy!


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Paya Indah Wetlands

Close,Open,Close,Open,
Close,Open,Close,Open.

Just whadda Fcuk?

After spending RM10million and 30 months of work, we got another legal court case!
Is this forsaken place now opened, closed or what?
Paya means"swamp" and Indah means "breathtaking"!
Just what is so 'breathtaking' about this stink?

Just look at last weeks news reports in BERNAMA & The SUN
These are new reports. Not old one we are so used to keep hearing.

This is one of the MOST disgusting thing that can happen and made by people on the top. Come on, this 'swamp' is just some 13,100 hectares of an area which was formerly a tin mining zone. Just by not doing anything, it can already attract the birds.
By pumping more money into it again, adding 2 crocodiles and two 'pigs',would not help. Please lah, just stop it.
Just sack all the stoopid clowns running it.
Also please stop all the so called advertisements listing this place as a tourist attraction! It is also damn shameful! Just Google search the name itself. Tak Malu ka?

"Let me say something to you...(Ramon of Happy Feet)" go and buy eggs of some old birds called Pterodactyl and the Dodo. Once they are hatched, sure can make money wan!!!!!!! Pterodactyl (above) and the Dodo (below) Sorry yah, in English. No Bahasa Melayu names yet. This is also science subject.
This project alone, is so shameful.

Another one is just one kilometre away. It is called...."P.U.T.R.A.W.O.O.D". Cyberjaya's version of Hollywood & Bollywood, which are now attracting illegal immigrants, ants, flies, rats and snakes. This large complex supposedly to become Malaysia's answer to "Big-Time-Film Making" is rusting & rotting away! Another court case I presume?

Monday, June 29, 2009

An Interesting Saying

For the Love of Birds

Got up very early to be greeted by a morning chorus of our 10 resident Magpie Robins!
Such lovely Tweets! A very Good Morning to all of you too. As I type this, it is now 06:12 am!
Our birds would be leaving in another half an hour for their day's roam.
Hopefully, the new (yes, another) batch of 3 nestlings would also be taking 'flying lessons' today.

I just love a saying as posted by a fellow blogger.....

"God Loved the Birds that He Created Trees,
Man loved the Birds that they invented Cages!"

.........Jacques Deval (date unknown)

Just look and hear her singing here! Isn't she lovely?

We are very, very proud that all of them are flying free and easy!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Land Cleared!

GONE!

It personally took us six long years to see and experience what loss of greenery can do to our environment.

When we bought our home here in Klang in 2003, the opposite site was pure greenery. The air was fresh, clean and one can smell what is pure oxygenic air is all about. There were old timber trees, wild bananas, wild plants, insects, birds, not forgetting frogs, snakes and monitor lizards.
That's pure Nature money cannot buy!
But then, someone bought it! Bought it to make money by clearing all the trees to build houses.
Seven years difference. Picture taken in late 2002(above) . Exactly the same position taken today, 2009, it looks like this! (below)
These houses are so closely packed that out of these 60 houses, few of them grew any trees outside of their new homes. All side spaces inside were tiled-up to put another car.

We felt warmer especially on hot days like these.

At the back area after our neighbours, there was another large tract of greenery.
This is where we still can get our clean and cool air. Along came the birds.It was heaven sent.

This small area housed many of our favourites. There were the Crested Serpent Eagle (a pair of them), the Brown Wood Owl, the Spotted Wood Owl, the Asian Koel, Coucal, Blue-throated Bee Eater,










Munia, Coppersmith Barbet, Starlings, White-breasted Waterhen, Brahminy Kite and the Nightjar. There maybe more if time were given. Birds watching was so comfy and spontaneous.

As at today, all these are GONE!
All the trees are chopped down two weeks ago. The land have changed hands and I was told that the new owner wanted to build a "palace" for his large extended family. Sounds too familiar. After looking at what was done, it looks like he can build many "palaces" for many families!! Schucks! At a stroke of a pen the birds are gone!

Is that all what we really care for? Money? Are we short of houses? Bullshit!
It is the Money. Nothing else.
OK, this land is not mine, so I cannot say or do anything. People may tell me it is 'development' for the future. Development my arse! And go fuck the future if there are people like that. Humans are just breeding too fast...just like flies!
The authorities approving another housing project without giving any thought for greenery to regenerate the air are another bunch of arseholes. It is about money. Cukai pintu, cukai tanah, cukai this and cukai that.
Now the Haze.

So, many of us have just fitted air conditioners stupidly thinking that air-conditioners produces fresh air! Bodoh! Without opening your bedroom windows for 24 hours, it will only make the carbon dioxide that you breathe out, cooler. Eventually you still breathe in what you breathe out! How stupid. Now we get the disease of the air. The Flu.
See how stupid humans think?

OK, I am paranoid because I lost the birds. But it is Nature that everyone of us loose. Not me alone stupid! So what are we going to have? New houses right? Yeah.
More of those obnoxious 'fat' richmen with their fat-wives, fat-children, a fat-maid and even a fat-dog. I think you get my drift.......

After six years here, I am begining to see better how those fat Mr.Richman works. Klang's got plenty of 'em. They all have lovely slim, sexy Girlfriends/Mistresses with BMWs or Porche Cayenne. Their fat-wives at home get a Toyota Camry or a Honda Accord. A big car mah? Sometimes you get to see the entire slob of a family in restaurants eating like pigs. You can just 'hear' them.

Come Chinese New Year, you can really hear them! This time louder still.

Even their 'GODS' hear them!

Except for the Police, MPK and Customs!
They let off firecrackers and fireworks in the wee fucking hours of the morning, frightening 'evil spirits' away (as if). They forget they have neighbours. In Klang, Day Eight makes Afghanistan looks like Disneyland. Damn bloody inconsiderate bastards!

In Day One and Day Fifteenth will see them burning 'gold' papers (as if) by some miracle of supreme-broadband-internet-connections, the gods get to receive them and give them more moolahs and nothing else but plenty more moolahs!
One can see these worshippers of moolahs by just looking from the outside of their homes.
Everything is Red and Gold in colour! Cut outs of enormously large (graphical) pineapples in pairs (like a pair of phallic Balls!)
and hor, ...also flickering super bright red LEDS at night (as if) the gods travelling at light speed can spot them at 30,000 feet above sea level! All at the same time!
Even the joss sticks are 12 feet tall and burns forever!
Money is what they pray for. Nothing else matters.
....."Moolah, Moolah,Moolah! It's a Richman World!............
Neighbours can go fuck themselves for all they care.

Now, back to my subject.

Humans, and only humans are the cause of diseases. That's for sure.....proven already.
Not the Birds, or Pigs, or Cows, or Chicken or Goats. Just bloody smart-assed humans.

The dreaded:- A(H1N1) flu, Denggue, TB, MB, Typhoid, Fuckhoid, Cocksuckie, Chikungunya, Niahmagunya, Ringgitgunya,..Whateverkunya........BRING IT ON!

It maybe Nature's only way of neutering and spaying humans! Go on!
Nature is waiting!

(All Pictures mainly mine, others by Google Images)

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Bird Race Next Weekend

Fraser's Hill
International Bird Race 2009

It's back! The FHIBR will be held on 20th.-21st. June, 2009 at Bukit Fraser, Pahang.

Visit this site for more information.

This yearly event gets bigger everytime and this year's would be special, very special.
The entire hill resort have been going through extensive renovations to further enhance the quaint old charm of 'Little England'.

For almost 2 years, all major key areas such as hotels, inns, shops and restaurants would be 'remade' to its original feature. We were told of this last year and we are looking forward to not only the Bird Race but to see whatever transformed as promised.

Importantly, it must be remembered that this small hill resort is on a Forrest Reserve and respect to the laws governing this are to be followed strictly without exceptions. The common disturbances ranges from noisy exhaust pipes from motorcycles and souped-up cars and keeping the engine running while waiting for the entry/exit (only) road to be opened.Visitors are reminded that this is a 'nature' tourist spot and it has no Casinos nor any Shopping arcades.

All visitors should make less noise and not to disturb the peace. Thus not frightening all animals especially the birds.

Hopefully too, the VIPs do not come over in their Helicopters like they did in 2007!




Awww...the noise Suxs!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Resident Magpies

Our Magpies
"Feeding Time"

The Video below shows a feeding session when a parent flies in with a 'grub' to pop it into the 'large mouth' baby. We also noticed that the parent seems to know who gets to eat next!
It is through this video we learned that the babies' dropping (poop) is also being removed and as compared to our other resident bird, the Peaceful Dove, the Magpie's nests are the cleanest.
Thus a re-useable nest!

How we wish humans are 'that' hardworking!!! ;-)


This video is shot on High Definition AVCHD format.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Whoopie!

Our Very First
Wild Bird Seed Feeder!

While looking for washers to fit up my DIY Parabolic Microphone at Ace Hardware in the Ikano Power Centre, PJ, I was stunned to be starring at a Bird Seed Feeder! Please note that usually such feeders are never found here in this country or perhaps the whole of Asia! We were trying to buy one from the USA. They retail it for around USD 8 each but the courier charge of USD80 would put anyone off!
After looking around the section, I noticed some other feeders like the 'suet' type. There were 20 pieces. The suet ones are almost impossible to use because one have to use 'suet' cakes (made of hardened seeds,fruits,fats,vitamins...) In our hot climate, these would have melted down to the ground!
WHOA! this costs RM86.90, such high profit! It is made in China!
So we took the one and ONLY unit!
Luckily it was also adaptable for small and large seeds.
Yesterday, we went to a bird shop in Klang town and look for seeds. We had a hard time explaining to the boss about our wild birds. He has not heard of feeding wild birds with this kind of feeder before! We really can't blame him because all his customers are feeding CAGED birds!

There was a wide array and types of seed!
We chose the popular ones.
Because we have visiting wild birds, I would expect our resident Merbuks (Peaceful Dove) to feed from this feeder.
This would not be easy because the one made for the USA are for finches, Chickadees, Nuthatches and siskins. I would have to coax and lead our to new babies who are already taking flying lessons from the parents.
Our earlier DIY Nectar feeders are very successful and we have 3 of them. Topping the nectar every 3 days draws our five little sunbirds everyday.

Still working our way to feed our resident Magpies (7 of them) who roost here every night.

Could this be the ONLY wild birds seed feeder working here in Malaysia (or in Asia) right now?