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Juvenile Peninsula Pit Viper … it hiding from us well where we stand few feet away but yet to spot it till another group of tourist shoot it real close … only we found out this beautiful snake where we shouldn’t get close …
especially Juvenile , some expert believe they are at stage where do not know how to control the venomous.. when they hit you mean they will release 100% of the venomous which will be more dangerous than the adult …
a beautiful bird .. and it love to stand on the banana flower … and these pictures were capture from 2009, 2010 & 2012 … (ohh .. I missed out 2011 …) and if someone ask me will I go back to the same place next year for the same bird + flower …. my answer is YES 😀
Mostly dark blue, black and making many lovely songs
1. Lesser racket-tailed drongo, 小盘尾,小盤尾,Dicrurus remifer, ヒメカザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING KECIL
2. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, 大盘尾, 大盤尾, Dicrurus paradiseus, カザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING BESAR
3. Black Drongo, 黑卷尾, Dicrurus macrocercus, オウチュウ, CECAWI SAWAH
4. Crow-billed Drongo, 鸦嘴卷尾, 鴉嘴卷尾, Dicrurus annectens, ハシブトオウチュウ, CECAWI PARUH TEBAL
5. Hair-crested Drongo (Bornean), 发冠卷尾, 髮冠卷尾, Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis, カンムリオウチュウ, CECAWI BERAMBUT
1. Lesser racket-tailed drongo, 小盘尾,小盤尾,Dicrurus remifer, ヒメカザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING KECIL
– sub-montane, montane
– sometimes confused with Greater racket-tailed Drongo, which can differ by crestless, tail shape, and location
update 2015 April 1
update 2013 Feb 4
update 2012 Dec 13
2. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, 大盘尾, 大盤尾, Dicrurus paradiseus, カザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING BESAR
– dark blue with 2 long-tailed
– very aggressive with any bird that comes close to the territory
– with crest
update 202205
– cloudy morning, this noisy bird making a lot of noise and keep disturbing other birds
– 多云的一天，这吵+凶的鸟一直在追其他鸟。
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– few of them flying around at open space here and managed to spend few minutes with guests here
– 几只这漂亮的鸟飞来飞去。与客人拍了几分钟。
update 202111
– always like to capture this beautiful, common, noisy bird flying to show it’s racket-tailed.
– 一直希望拍到大盘尾的飞版。虽然不是要的绿背景，也蛮高兴。
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3. Black Drongo, 黑卷尾, Dicrurus macrocercus, オウチュウ, CECAWI SAWAH
– a winter visitor, normally found near grassland or paddy fields
4. Crow-billed Drongo, 鸦嘴卷尾, 鴉嘴卷尾, Dicrurus annectens, ハシブトオウチュウ, CECAWI PARUH TEBAL
– another bird may confuse but different by the bill shape, size, black-face, and chest
update 202112
– an overall dark metallic blue drongo with thick bill and fork-tail
体型较黑卷尾稍为大些；体羽深辉黑色；嘴形侧扁，在鼻孔处其宽度与厚度几相等，嘴粗壮而钝；最外侧一对尾羽末端甚形卷曲，其与中央一对尾羽的距离与其跗蹠的长度几相等。跗蹠短而强健，前缘具盾状鳞。体羽灰或黑色。
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5. Hair-crested Drongo (Bornean), 发冠卷尾, 髮冠卷尾, Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis, カンムリオウチュウ, CECAWI BERAMBUT
– Overall dark. Long, thin, hair-like feathers on its forehead, present only in some subspecies, may be visible at close range. Normally single bird
– 中型鸟类，体长28-35厘米。通体绒黑色缀蓝绿色金属光泽，额部具发丝状羽冠，外侧尾羽末端向上卷曲。栖息于海拔1500米以下的低山丘陵和山脚沟谷地带，多在常绿阔叶林、次生林或人工松林中活动。单独或成对活动，很少成群。
update 202105
– this is borneensis.
– Normally single bird joining the flock of laughingthursh, magpie. making drongo call
– 婆罗洲亚种（也建议分为独立种）
– 通常，鸟浪活动。
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a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )
make me check more on this beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
from the government link … it stated
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The haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’ (C24 H43 O9 N) named in 1953. It is 12 times more poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years still retained it’s toxicity !
from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm
additional info
http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html
http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html
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as a father, I love my daughter and my family … and I found bird do the samething too .. they love and trying to protect their chick .. stay near by from day to night for weeks, get extra attention while some animal get close (e.g. monkey, crows) …. they look for foods … etc
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went a reserve jungle with my friends and family … and have a quick macro hunting … found a weird assassin bug where it stay close to tress with sticky (white, brown) liquid … and it’s “hand” change from tiny to bigger claw (just look like crab claw) .. not sure what they want to do that .. and if possible I will re-visit and see whether it use for food hunting ? (other insect stuck on the sticky liquid just can go away easily)
have a close view on it’s “claw”
first time I meet this …. and more Assassin bug click
brought my daughter and wife for quick birding .. and found this owl stand far up ….. but we still able to see it .. and while we finger point to her (to show my daughter) .. it keep look at us …
a new collection for me, the night frogging trip was fun … we spent 2-3 hours to have few interesting found ….
[thanks Andy Paul for the invite and ID]
[thanks Hurnain, Khatijah from MNS for the guide]
[thanks Maureen for always a good eye to find something for us]
this frog is interesting … it try very hard to leave us one of the do) by crawling instead jumping 😀 it is so funny … and it is simply beautiful
the orange/reddish eye attract me most beside the
how spotted Litter Frgo crawling…