Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush was regular around Stephen's Place.
Down the loop I was whistling the Collared Owlet call and got a pretty good response. As usual the birds descend at once and diappear just as quickly. I was happy to get photos of the Black-eared Shrike-Babbler. There was also White-browed Shrike-Babbler which I failed to capture.
The same flock had a Long-tailed Sibia.
And Mountain Fulvettas.
I think I saw Mountain Bulbul everyday.
This is a subadult male Gray-chinned Minivet.
One of my favoirte birds is the tiny male Little Pied Flycatcher. It is a common species in middle elevations across SE Asia. I have seen them in China and the Philippines also. It is in the same genus Ficedula as the Rufous-browed Flycatcher I photographed a few days earlier.
This bird had me a little confused for a while. The metallic blue-black feathers looked like a drongo but the tail wasn't shaped right. Then I saw the thin wispy shafts at the side of the tail. And then I saw the pendants at the ends of the shafts.
Here's a Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike, which is not a flycatcher nor is it a shrike.
One last Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush.
I'm writing this last post about seven years after the fact. I don't remember but I think I quit early that day to take a nap. Anyway this was a fun little side trip to one of SE Asia's most famous birding locations. I was glad to finally get to experience Fraser's Hill.
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