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Lesser Adjutant

03 Dec

The Lesser Adjutant is a large bird in the stork family.

It is a huge bird, typically 110-120 cm tall and has a 210 cm wingspan. Its upper body and wings are black, but the belly and undertail are white. The head and neck are bare like those of a vulture.
When they fly, they retract their neck in flight like a heron.

The Lesser Adjutant breeds in wetlands in tropical lowland. It builds a stick nest in trees. It often forms small colonies.They can be found at Parit Jawa fishing village in Malaysia West Coast. The use to breed at at residential site instead of at the swamp areas. They were once found in Singapore but it is now totally confined to Malaysia Muar area.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/storphotography
http://www.storphotography.com.

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Lesser Adjutant

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Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand

25 Nov

Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand is an area whereby one can find ponds, mudflats, mangroves and wasteland where locals go for sight seeing, morning walk, to release crabs for merit making and to feed the gulls .

ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

Most people visit this place for the shorebirds called the Brown Headed Seagull. The months between October and May are the best for birdwatching and it is close to Bangkok where one can make a half day trip by taxi, or make a whole day of it by going to Muang Boran Fish Ponds in the morning and then move on to Bang Poo

Seagull

Brown Headed Seagull

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Marsh Sandpiper at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

06 Nov

During migration period, they can be found with other shore birds at mudflats, estuaries and prawn ponds. As SBWR is a prime site for them, they used to congregate in flocks of a few hundreds. They probes the mud surface frantically for food at low tide for minute invertebrate prey.

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

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Little Egret at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

05 Nov

A small, slender egret with thin black bill and yellow feet a frequent year end visitor at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. They are silent most of the time and can be found at freshwater and tidal wetland. An attractive and elegant bird that feeds by walking quickly or running through shallow water, stirring up and chasing aquatic prey.

The images captured some of their activities at SBWR recently.