another missed out series .. slowly posting
1. Rufous-bellied Swallow, 棕腹燕, Cecropis badia, マラヤコイシアカツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG API BIASA
2. Bank Swallow/Pale Sand Martin, 崖沙燕, Riparia riparia/diluta, ショウドウツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG PERANG BELANG BIASA
3. Red-rumped Swallow, 金腰燕, Cecropis daurica, コシアカツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG API BIASA
4. Pacific Swallow, 洋燕, Hirundo tahitica, リュウキュウツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG BIASA
5. Barn Swallow, 家燕, Hirundo rustica, ツバメ, Layang-Layang Hijrah
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1. Rufous-bellied Swallow, 棕腹燕, Cecropis badia, マラヤコイシアカツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG API BIASA
– most beautiful swallow of Malaysia
rightly-colored swallow found on the Malay Peninsula. Dark iridescent blue above with rusty-orange underparts, rump, and face. Similar to migratory tytleri subspecies of Barn Swallow but lacks its dark blue collar and whitetail patches. Like many other swallows, flies over a range of different habitats, from fields to forests; usually in hilly areas.
*** from ebird https://ebird.org/species/rubswa1
update 202303
– after raining for 14 hours, we just can;t just sit in the hotel. decided driving around and saw few of this bird flying around. customer holding umbrella to see the bird, and I carrying CANONR R3 & RF100500 shooting under quite a heavy rain. lowlight, heavy rain managed to make few pictures.
– 雨一直得下。14多个小时，我们觉得太不可思议了。就驾车兜兜看有什么地方小雨店还是什么鸟让我们看看。在开阔的一个草场，看到几只燕在飞。客人拿着雨伞看，我拿了佳能R3+RF100500 拍几张。暗暗+大雨拍了几张可以看看的。真的希望，雨小点我可以拍多点。
update 202203
– bring my friend to experience BIF, still beautiful bird to look for and photograph
– 带了个老朋友尝试拍飞的鸟。这鸟还是这么活跃，漂亮。
update 202110
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– another fast flying bird to be photograph, trying new CANON EOS R3 for the AF capability. flying swift always a good bird to try ..
– too many pictures to review, but overall the camera is able to track the swift as long as it is within the frame except some conditions
– 燕子绝对是试相机对焦能力的好对象。所以带来佳能 R3 测试，可是今天早上拍太多照片了。需要点时间来处理。
– 大部分时间，对焦都很快的对焦到鸟。（远或近）可是还是有些情况会脱较。（让我看看照片后再分享）
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update 202105
– never get bore to see this South Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia endemic
– bigger, overall rufous underpart
– 馬來西亞半島-泰國南部特有種。
– 較大，底部棕色。通常2-3隻活動。
update 202104
– due to pandemic covid-19, restricted to travel across the state force us mainly do local birding. Another good found near Kuala Lumpur.
– this high-speed accelerate Swallow is always challenge to get a good picture.
– 因为，疫情我们不允许越州。被逼的在吉隆坡附近拍鸟。
– 这燕飞的非常得快。非常不容易拍到照片。
update 202101
– very strong wind day, there are Barn Swallow, Pacific Swallow, House Swift, Silver-rumped Needletail, German’s Swiftlet, etc flying fast near the water dam.
– I mainly want to try the focus locking speed and tracking speed for the X-system
Fujifilm X-T4 XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Focal length: 300mm+1.4x tc ISO: 1600 F number: 8.0 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 Handheld
2. Bank Swallow/Pale Sand Martin, 崖沙燕, Riparia riparia/diluta, ショウドウツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG PERANG BELANG BIASA
– a not so common winter visitor (North)
– there are very similar species and almost identical
update 202101
3. Red-rumped Swallow, 金腰燕, Cecropis daurica, コシアカツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG API BIASA
– a streaky front swallow
– found Sekinchan (Selangor), Sg Balang (Johor)
update 202101
4. Pacific Swallow, 洋燕, Hirundo tahitica, リュウキュウツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG BIASA
– very common swallow widespread whole Malaysia
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5. Barn Swallow, 家燕, Hirundo rustica, ツバメ, Layang-Layang Hijrah
– long, forked tail and dark rump. Iridescent navy-blue above with a rich orange throat and forehead
喙短而宽扁，基部宽大，呈倒三角形，上喙近先端有一缺刻；口裂极深，嘴须不发达。翅狭长而尖，尾呈叉状，形成“燕尾”，脚短而细弱，趾三前一后。主要特点是上体发蓝黑色，还闪着金属光泽，腹面白色。体态轻捷伶俐，两翅狭长，飞行时好像镰刀，尾分叉像剪子。飞行迅速如箭，忽上忽下，时东时西，能够急速变换方向。
update 202112
– a good moment to capture group of Barn swallow keep repeating the same action near the coastal area
– 幸运的遇上一群家燕，来回的非。容易的捕捉到这一刻。
update 202111
– always difficult to capture swallow and this time I want challenge something flying toward us not horizontal from me. And this is how the R3 performance
– 燕都是不好拍的鸟。动的快，尤其飞向我们非常不容易。
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