So its the raining season and one of the most difficult time to do this project – wet, poor lighting and…mmm the lightning! but still this is also when the birds come out to play especially after the rain – here in this area where you can find acres of grass field and as much as 5ft tall. Loads of wild life right inside the grass fields – insects, snakes, frogs yeah and birds! particularly the ‘Yellow Bellied Prinia’ aka YbP.

It wasn’t so difficult to spot the YbP, she loves to sing and her melodies are really something to enjoy. We have this wonderful system given from God – that is the ‘eyes – so beautifully created we can spot pratically anything so when the YbP sneaks out from the maze of reeds or sedges we’ll spot it…yeah!

Still this small beauti is illusive – she will dart right into or fly above the grass fields from any slightest movement from me. So i’ve to be camouflage and mostly be a still ‘mime – artist’ which i’ve quite acustom to maybe even master it…wow! again YbP she is illusive and i need to lure her out: these grass fields have a slight uneven top and there is always taller grass stalk – thats where i want the YbP to be. You can find a fitting one with a good colour Bg…yeah! Now comes the lure: YbP calls, i got it using a recorded calls. Camera settings for BiF – yeah! Again i must say its always not succesfull…luring her that is…

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My custom setup : made up of a two man tent and a camo net. This is the birds migrant season and lots of: curlews, redshank, sandpiper, plover….etc

and they gathered here in SG every year ending - onwards till early next year. I’ve observed this area since last year and these, waders, migrant gather at this particular place - it has two ponds with the dike in between and the surrounding eadge of the ponds are thick vegetation and mangrove swamps. The raining season comes at this time too usually the sea water tide will flood the ponds and drain it when low tide. Perfect for the birds to feed..yeah!…..

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Here pictures were taken while its raining and lighting is difficult – IsO 1000 to H..

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Its nice to be colourful isn’t it…yeah! well the reason for the colourful banner is this bird ‘Grey Heron’ – when he perch he’s so plain like a skinny boring bird. But when he is in action expressing his whatever you will see the beauty – his head crest pops out like a crown with his large wing, his feather waving with the wind like a silk gown and his colour seem to be radiant….mmmm

couple months old chick with inmature crowns…cute

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these things happen: the last encounter with the lapwings nesting site, i guessed the time of the hatching and i was ’spot on’ – on that day my camcorder was send for service…how timely can that be arrrr! Though i was able to take some pictures worse after comparing with the pictures of the pacific swallows it was confirm lens problem. As you can see from the pictures taken – what a day! So pardon the unsharp pictures still do enjoy the videos edited – lens send to csc.

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Yay! this is the time – the time when you know that this hobby is it! when you first started lots of equipment fill your mind, what to know, to get, to do? and all these cost you big bucks – yup big ‘Sing’ dollar for me that is! Fortunately it wasn’t that costly spend by me because i read the reviews, make the plan and look for cost effective buying…lolz second hand stuff – used, throw aways…

Don’t throw yourself into the pit of buying just because it: complement or its ‘all-rounder’ equipment - i look for what fits me, my style, my requirements. But still remember you do fall down once awhile, wrong stuff, dont fit, better model…etc ok i guess we all learn one way or another and mine is that…yeah!

So my hobby or rather hobbies: photography & videography (I’m still a novice) now i am sure for sure this is it – foreverrrr! well..emmh till i can’t carry my equipment(going pass big 50) i know now what style i like to do and that gives me the equipment required to do the job – not this or that or lets try but the exact equipment…at last!

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In early Aug. 2009..while waiting for the  chicks to hatch I went looking for the My work is tocapture their expression: movement.  The bird  or  (bird in flight) also the landing and take off. Its really difficult for this two birds, especially for a novice like me but not impossible. What a trip on my work – you really need to observe the birds in order to get what you want, for ’swallow’ its out in the open and it took me four ‘outings’ to finally come to this: a young thin tree , with a wide green BG.  Where the swallow will land perch on the branch -

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Thank you for reading ~ Novice at Work

Thank you for reading ~ Novice at Work

What are the chances of spotting an ‘endanger species’ pitta megarhyncha- the SG resident mangrove pitta! that day was actually plan for my ‘photography learning lesson’, I’ve migrated to canon and i love it – well so far! so planing to learn the canon system by photographing flight birds like the grey heron, pipits or sandpipers if any. Out in the open day light also in the forest low light good way to learn the EV on canon system: OK so there were mangroves around where i am heading and the call just rang out ‘wieuw-wieuw’..recorded by Craig Robson. it was loud and
continuous, you don’t get continuous call so near to you in the forest – mostly after short calls the bird will fly off noticing you are around them! Surprisingly i remember that call – don’t know why but i did yippee!
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