Fruitful bird-watching trips in the city


A Common Flameback Woodpecker which the writer saw at Taman Rimba Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

As a greenhorn in birding, my interest to learn more about the avian species is kept piqued by my good friend Dr Samuel Ong (Sam), a keen, knowledgeable and enthusiastic birder who keeps sending me pictures of birds that he photographs regularly.

On March 30, Sam sent me a picture of a Lineated Barbet in flight. It was beautiful! Sam went on to tell me that the picture, as well as others, were taken at Taman Rimba Kiara (in KL), where the Barbet’s nest in a tree trunk was being monitored by birders, as the female made periodic visits to feed its newly hatched chick.

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