Naturalist’s log book; the many flora and fauna we encounter during our excursions and more.
The activity conducted for the group by JungleWalla was called the Rainforest Aid-Hornbill Project which in short was to count the current population of the 3 species of Hornbill birds that inhabit Gunung Raya the highest mountain peak in in Langkawi with a specific focus on the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis.
Junglewalla hosted a group, at the Oriental Village Langkawi the site of the Cambrian Geoforest Park where the mystical mountain of Mat Cinchang lies.
Junglewalla hosted 2 groups comprising Canadian International school students based in China , their respective teachers as well as representatives from the adventure group from Hong Kong. The activity planned was mangrove planting along two designated areas in the mangroves of Sg. Kilim.
I was enraptured by the expressions and actions of a troop of Dusky Langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus) with their two young ones feeding the leaves of a strangling fig tree at the Andaman Resort. Suddenly, I cannot help but to ponder how contented and secured they are in this resort, where they are allowed to feed freely. There are some unlucky troops of Dusky Langurs who have no other choice but to enter and feed in the grounds of orchards or nurseries as their natural habitat is being depleted each day.
Every morning, in exception on his days off, you will see him scooping fallen leaves out of the pond. On some days, you will see him on the beach with buckets in search of gobies and other sorts of marine fishes that feed on algae.
While there are many rules in nature but one rule in nature we must also remember is that there are exceptions to the rule. As a general rule in the bird world males seems to have more color than their females, this is especially true with the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers and the Asian Fairy Bluebirds among many.
Malaysia is home to probably the oldest rainforest in the world. 130 million years to be exact. The forests all over the country is facing a constant threat from logging and development. We but cannot look at it inwardly but in a global perspective.
Among 220 species of birds that fly in Langkawi, the Great Hornbill is the most incredible and absolutely amazes me. The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is a large, principally frugivorous, and endangered species of south- and southeast Asian rainforests.
Langkawi is surrounded by the emerald green waters of the Andaman sea. It is covered with mountain and hills some of which more than 500 million years old. From sandstone to limestone, from slate to granite, Langkawi rich geological history has been recognized by Unesco to be of national and global importance and recently conferred as a Unesco Geopark.
Mantis shrimp typically like to live in shallow water of tropical and subtropical regions of the planet. They resemble both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp.
At first sight it looks like a night market on the water, the surface of the ocean aglow with a hundred green lanterns – it looks so cool.
Imagine there is such a thing as Avian Immigration Department, the followings have checked in since August 2011
