Birding Putrajaya Wetland Park

My first time in the new Malaysian administrative capital of Putrajaya. Lots of new goverment buildings and long roads with no U-turns.

The bird trip was organised by the enthusiastic Susan Wong of Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) and led by the knowledgeable Cheong Weng Chun of Putrajaya Wetlands. A group of almost 20 birders of a range of ages and birding experience. It is breeding season and a few different nests were pointed out to us. We tried to be unobtrusive in observing and photographing a sitting Common Iora in the car park. Also seen were nests of a Black-naped Oriole strung across a forked branch (fledged) -see picture, a messy hanging Flyeater nest and an incomplete Yellow-vented Bulbul's nest.

The bird-of-the-day for many was the clear view through a telescope of a beautifully well camouflaged Large-tailed Nightjar. "Misai pun nampak" (even the whiskers are seen). A pair of uncommon Red-whiskered Bulbuls also made a brief appearance in the bamboo grove.

Birds seen/heard today:

Purple Heron
Yellow Bittern
Changeable Hawk-Eagle (dark morph)
Red Junglefowl (heard)
White-breasted Waterhen
Purple Swamphen
Pink-necked Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Peaceful Dove
Asian Koel
Plaintive Cuckoo (heard)
Greater Coucal (heard)
Large-tailed Nightjar
House Swift
Swift sp.
White-throated Kingfisher
Bee-eater sp.
Coppersmith Barbet
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Barn Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Pied Triller
Common Iora (on nest)
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Black-naped Oriole
House Crow?
Large-billed Crow
Magpie Robin
Flyeater
Common Tailorbird
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Yellow-bellied Prinia (heard)
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Pied Fantail
Richard's Pipit
Brown Shrike
Asian Glossy Starling
Javan Myna
Common Myna
Olive-backed Sunbird
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
White-headed Munia
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

More than 40 species.


See http://www.mns.org.my/
and Dr. Chen's website