Gazing upwards into the serene skies of the Malaysian coast, flocks of vibrant colours soar across rugged shores and balmy forests, distant calls echoing as twilight approaches.
Langkawi taxi van drivers that most nature guides would love to work with, especially when it comes to wildlife and birds!
Birds that can be found in Langkawi, Asian Fairy Bluebird , Kingfisher and Hornbills!
I was beginning to wonder the quietness around the area without the usual sounds of our regular Sunbirds, Flower Peckers and chatters of Racket-tailed Drongo mimicking the sound of our office’s cats filled the morning.
Most of the birds are nesting now and we are very lucky to have at least two that are nesting by the The Datai trail.
One is a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills which have chosen to nest at new cavity excavated recently by several Great Slaty Woodpeckers.
We wanted to send the team over for the long overdue Birdwatching course with MNS at fraser’s hill. This course is so popular, we have sign up for this course a year ago.
We found out at the raptor watch about The Hornbills Conference in Singapore on 22nd to 25th March 2009
Raptor watch this year coincides with MATTA travel fair cause the attendance down to 5.000 people..
Eagle feeding is one of Langkawi’s most popular activities. The tour begins with a boat ride through the magnificent Kilim Geoforest Park.
For the last 3 days we have been trying to organize the trip. The weather was not on our favor and it has been raining all day long for many days.
A phone call from a friend who is the general manager of Bukit Hijau Resort has triggered excitement in The Junglewallas HQ. A flower-bud suspiciously looking like Raffesia grows at his resort. There is no Liana or any root system nearby the flower and it’s appears to be a stand alone flower. If it is what he thinks it is, it will be the first record in Kedah.We decided to go and check it out for our self. Besides we have not been out of the island for quite a while now and this trip is a much needed vacation.
As part of a recent trip to West Malaysia with my dad, I decided to return to Langkawi for 4 days as my last visit had not included any serious birding. I had been in contact withJunglewalla about the possibility of seeing some of the rarer bird types on the island.
