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Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Oriental Garden Lizard @ Town Park Puchong, Selangor Malaysia

Oriental Garden Lizard aka. Changeable Lizard  is another colorful, very active and attractive resident creatures can be found in Town Park Puchong. It can be found in the vegetation along the small stream and ponds around the park.

Town Park Puchong is a park located at Bandar Putri Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a public park that serves as a green lung for city folks. The park can be reached in just half an hour drive away from Kuala Lumpur City Center. 

The park is an important place for family get way, children activities and jogging. At the same time, it attracts wildlife and it has become an urban biodiversity and habitat to a wide range of flora and fauna. Also, a bird sanctuary too. 

Town Park Puchong has a large bird population and varieties with a recorded more than 30 species of birds. It certainly entices many birders to be there. The main target birds include different types of Cuckoos, Kites, Eagles, Kingfishers, Shrikes, Weavers, Flycatchers, Herons, Egrets, Bulbuls, Pigeons just to name a few. It has become a destination for migratory birds too.























Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Giant Monitor Lizard @ Kinta Nature Park, Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia

Giant Monitor Lizard is another wildlife creature can be found in Kinta Nature Park, Batu Gajah. It can be found in the lake and vegetation around the ponds located nearby the park. 

Kinta Nature Park or Taman Alam Kinta in local Malay language is located in Batu Gajah, state of Perak, Malaysia. It has the largest man-made pond in the state and the largest heronry in Malaysia, where thousand of heron-like birds can be found here in the park. The park is open to public everyday from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. with free admission. It can be reached in approximately 2.5 hours from Kuala Lumpur by car.
 
The park, especially the pond attracts many activities to the local and tourist alike, including, fishing, bird watching, family get away and jogging.

Kinta Nature Park has a large bird population and varieties. It certainly entices many birders to be there. The main target birds include different types of herons, egrets, hornbills, bee-eaters, kingfishers, shrikes, weavers, snipes, bulbuls, pigeons just to name a few.










 

Monday, 24 August 2020

Chinese Water Dragon @ Taman Melawati Hill, Selangor, Malaysia

Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinusis a very colorful and attractive resident creature can be found in Taman Melawati Hill. It can be found in the vegetation along the small stream at the foothill.

Taman Melawati Hill is hill forest located at Taman Melawati, in the state of Selangor. The hill is part of Tabur Hill East or Bukit Tabur, a popular hiking place to the local during weekend and a wildlife and nature heaven. The view from the hill is breathtaking. It can be reached just less than an hour drive away from Kuala Lumpur City Center. 

Other neighboring areas to Taman Melawati Hill for the birding destinations include Kemensah Heights and Ukay Perdana.

Taman Melawati Hill is well known place to watch raptors migration process which happens during the month of March and April every year. It certainly entices many birders to be there. The main target birds include different types of kites, eagles, buzzards, hawks, kingfishers, weavers, flycatchers, cuckoos, bulbuls, pigeons just to name a few. It has become a destination for migratory birds too.














Thursday, 11 June 2020

Chinese Water Dragon @ Taman Melawati Hill, Selangor, Malaysia

Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinusis a very colorful and attractive resident creature can be found in Taman Melawati Hill. It can be found in the vegetation along the small stream at the foothill.

Taman Melawati Hill is hill forest located at Taman Melawati, in the state of Selangor. The hill is part of Tabur Hill East or Bukit Tabur, a popular hiking place to the local during weekend and a wildlife and nature heaven. The view from the hill is breathtaking. It can be reached just less than an hour drive away from Kuala Lumpur City Center. 

Other neighboring areas to Taman Melawati Hill for the birding destinations include Kemensah Heights and Ukay Perdana.

Taman Melawati Hill is well known place to watch raptors migration process which happens during the month of March and April every year. It certainly entices many birders to be there. The main target birds include different types of kites, eagles, buzzards, hawks, kingfishers, weavers, flycatchers, cuckoos, bulbuls, pigeons just to name a few. It has become a destination for migratory birds too.













Monday, 20 January 2020

Malayodracon Robinsonii @ Bukit Cincin, Ulu Kali, Pahang, Malaysia

Malayodracon Robinsonii is another very attractive creature can be found in Bukit Cincin. The creature camouflages very well with the surrounding environment and creates no sound at all, hence it is very difficult to notice his present. It can be found in the vegetation along the the foothill.

Bukit Cincin also known as Ulu Kali to many locals is another popular highland birding destination in Pahang, Malaysia. It is located some 56 km for the capital city, Kuala Lumpur and it can be reached in approximately one hour by car. Due to its high altitude, birding may be hinder by the present of mist, especially in the early morning. Hence, be patient and wait for the mist to go away. Be prepared for very chilled weather too. 

Bukit Cincin is a residence to many exotic birds, including different type of Flycatchers, Bulbuls, Nilvatas, Flowerpeckers and Magpies just to name a few and many migratory birds during the month of November to April every year.