JOGI PHOTOGRAPHY: ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER

MUSCIACAPA DAUURICA

Sambar Dusun

13.5 cm

DESCRIPTION

Ashy grey to grey-brown, with pale loses between bill and eye, and pale eye-ring; throat is pale with no trace of backwards extension forming o collar ( unlike in Dark-side Flycatcher M. sibirica); breast pale grey-brown; sometimes with faint streaks. Black feet, and yellow base to lower mandible. Several races occur as a migrants from parts of Asia, hence there is a plenty of plumage variations, but the foot and bill color, and the pale eye-ring, are good distinguish features.

DISTRIBUTION

Resident throughout the whole of NE Asia, and from the Himalayas through S Chinna and Southeast Asia to Peninsular Thailand; perhaps also resident into Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and Lesser Sundas. Migrants occurs throughout the region. A breeding populations has been discovered in Sabah within 2 decades, and others may may be revealed.

HABITS AND HABITATS

Found in gardens and parkland with tall scattered trees, and forest edges. Single migrants perch on bare twigs of tree pots, sallying out to to snap up flies, mosquitoes, moths and other insects.

PHOTOS

Those below photos are taken by me- I admit that some of the photos need to be improved in the quality as specially on the angle, lighting direction - It is quite challenging and very tough task to shoot a photo a birds especially for a small birds as they are very sensitive to the human and small movements and sound. Looking for the birds in surrounding of the tree are also quite difficult task, sometimes I have to increase my sense in any small movement between the leaves while in the same times I have to be ready to recompose my camera. Sometimes I have to scarify to use AV mode instead of manual mode in shooting very active movement of the birds however with my CANON 5D Mark#3 in my hand, it is very really helpful in facing that kind of situation. As a photographer, I am very satisfy so far with CANON 5D Mark#3, yes it is true it is delightful and can be captured wonderful as well as great moment.

PHOTO LOCATION

The birds as below photo are located at Awana Genting Resort however it may located other mountain at Peninsular of Malaysia,

ABOUT THE PHOTO

In my previous "Spiderhunter" ABOUT THE PHOTO, I described that police was warned me at a week ago. What was it all about? Police said that I have to be companied at least with other and I have not to go beyond the warning sign boards " NOT TO ENTER BEYOND THE STRICTLY AREA". Why ? He said that some of the incident, the group of Birdwatcher found wild animal such as tiger in the forest, as per his explanation Police patrol not up to that area, so that is why I have to be accompanied with others, at least as a backup if anything happen to me.

So in Saturday- the day before I hunt, basically I have already looked and booked a person to accompany me to the forest. The person is mas Daslan- he is a worker who worked as a cleaner at Riana Green East Condo. He agreed to accompany me, but as per agreed I have to call him once I am ready to go tomorrow Sunday. However, after a few times I call him on today, I do not have any response as his phone is switched off - I believe he still sleep because it still dark even 7:30 am in the morning

So, I do not have any choice - I have to go alone - but I avoid to go beyond the "SIGN" board whereas this area beyond that I believe is a lot of birds. However, I do not disappointed at all because finally I found a beautiful birds sitting nicely on the branch as you see in the below pictures at normal area. This bird is called Flycatcher was amaze me, because I was not expect her, but really she is beautiful