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Naturalist’s log book; the many flora and fauna we encounter during our excursions and more.
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Flying Wonders of Paradise
Late last year, NGC USA contacted us about some of our animals and wanted us to suggest the best location to filming. Obviously we suggested langkawi. They arrived here on late march and spend 3 weeks on the island filming some of exceptional inhabitants – “The Flying Wonders of Paradise” .
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The students are here.
It has been a busy time for the JungleWalla’s team. Among private and company group we were hosting , we are please to have Lycée français de Kuala Lumpur (LFKL) students in the island to join a 4 days JungleWalla’s students program.
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Nesting Season Again
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.
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The New Arrival
It is the season of the young ones again on the island so it seems most appropriate to tell our guests of the arrival my long coming baby boy and the youngest member of JungleWallas. We have named him Amiri which means The East Wind, appropriate because he arrived during the season of the east wind on Langkawi.
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Resident Otter Family
Madi pleased to report from the field the resident Otters spotted today on his mangrove tour. This time he got good pictures of the pair. Enjoy!
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Green Month Campaign
In conjunction of Malaysian Nature Society Green Month Campaign to be held for one month, beginning on the 31st October 2009 to November 30th 2009, Malaysian Nature Society Langkawi invited hotels to participate in an island and hotel wide coordinated tree planting program.
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Report From the Field
With rainy season is officially here and the beginning of the rice planting season, Langkawi looks lush and green.
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JungleWalla – Solar Boat
It has been Irshad’s wish for quite a while to have an environmentally friendly motor boats to reduce noise, fuel and exhaust pollutants. Early this year that dream comes true when we meet Philip Johnston, director of Power Eco Energy Solutions.
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World Environmental Day Celebration
World Environmental Day began nicely with a group of about 100 nature lovers converging at Bukit Hantu River. It was celebrated with the planting of 400 native trees around a water feature. These “gifts to nature” were sponsored by two organizations on Langkawi.
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MNS Langkawi Branch
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Birdwatching Course at Fraser’s Hill
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.
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MNS Langkawi Branch
We are please to report Langkawi charted a big milestone on 9th March 2009 as 42 members sign up as pioneers of Malaysian Nature Society’s new pro tem committee that will lead to the formation of a branch.
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Hornbill Conference
We found out at the raptor watch about The Hornbills Conference in Singapore on 22nd to 25th March 2009
