As a confirmed non-birder, I had some misgivings about joining a group of fanatics who would be spending most all of the time gazing into far-away trees to try to spot tiny, well-nigh invisible creatures with wings that usually liked to hide behind dense folage. But, I enjoyed the trip!
The accommodations were nice, especially since the bungalow (pictured) came with three delicious meals. (The view was across the golf course.)Although I was "well-armed" with a 10x zoom camera, I came home with zero pictures of birds. However, on a night walk with our highly-skilled guide, I did get pictures of a trap-door spider
and a tarantula!A Sunday morning hike yielded pictures of beautiful orchids, a centipede, a unknown winged creature and a huge Snakehead moth right on the front porch of our bungalow.
Our group was quite compatible and most of us are pictured below while on our Sunday morning bird-watching hike down the "new" Fraser's Hill road which is now blocked to traffic due to a huge landslide that promises to keep the road closed for some time. To set the record straight, I did make good use of my pair of borrowed binoculars and had a good view of the following birds:
- A Large Niltava -- iridescent blue in color,
- An Orange-bellied Leafbird -- in a tree right at the edge of the golf course at Fraser's Hill,
- A Grey-chinned Minivet (female) with bright yellow coloring, and
- A Long-tailed Sibia - rw
