Yellow-vented Bulbul on Bamboo branch - Merbah Kapur di atas pokok buluh

Yellow-vented on young bamboo branch

 

Birds at papaya tree - backyard

Banded Woodpecker

The banded woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)

The Asian glossy starling (juvenile) (Aplonis panayensis) eating on papayas 

oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)

The Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

Oriole

pictue by: Challiyil Eswaramangalath Pavithran Vipin - taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaya_and_birds.jpg 

Yellow-vented bulbul

 

Red-whiskered Bulbuls in the rain

Daun muda Pokok Beringin (Ficus benyamina) 

This bird  (Red-whiskered bulbul) below is my lifer. 

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The northeast monsoon starts from November to March. The weather forecast stated that this week heavy rain in my area will begin from Monday to Wednesday. This morning (7: 30 AM) the weather outside my house is dark with drizzling rain. But bird photography has to go on, rain or shine. 

I see a wave of bulbuls and starlings in a feeding frenzy catching the termite swarmers (kelkatu).

I have to push up the ISO to 20,000 to achieve a manageable shutter speed of 1/ 200 s . Then I saw an unusual bulbul with a dark/black head ad red patch on the cheeks, fired a couple of shots before it flew away.

Here are a few decent photos for my record.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus pattani) - the tall black crest is not priminent here because of rain.

Red-whiskered Bulbul - after denoise

Red-whiskered Bulbul and Yellow-vented Bulbul

This is the list of 17 bulbuls that I have seen:

Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni) 

Black-headed Bulbul( Microtarsus melanocephalos)

Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus sacculatus)

Scaly-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus webberi) .

Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus caecilii)

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)

Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)

Mountain Bulbul (Hypsipetes mcclellandii)

Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)

Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythrophthalmos)

Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)

Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)

Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)

Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole charlottae)

Streaked Bulbul (Ixox malaccensis)

Hairy-backed Bulbul (Tricholestes criniger)

Yellow-vented Bulbul ((Pycnonotus goiavier analis)

Yellow-vented Bulbul - Drenched in the rain

Fishing at the pond

Strips of lead sinker stuck at the tree stump - hanging from fishing float,

The striated heron (Butorides striata javanica) - lead sinker at the lower part of tree stump

I arrived to photograph the birds, but this fisherman was already at the pond (near Temerloh KWSP building).