I paid a short visit to my local patch hoping to get a couple of hours of birding before heading into the office on this beautiful Saturday morning. This is one of the strongholds of the highly-successful Crested Mynas – an introduced species that is doing very well in Penang Island .![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4Utk0Q3_p9BXF20t2M-1AddW54GL1Vdho7WV2y5UJ3HWilnBA6g37tV3ot20J890Do8UDOf_d0MTyT6tqYv_PGJ7wIIm7hR-3yLUVOWmEzz4rBvHP1vP9BHZUP8gGC3kU3wUGjqjhIY/s400/cm.jpg)
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A Zebra Dove cooing its territorial call on an exposed cable provided the best images for this short outing.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptqY3rUacgZa8Xx7dFlDgja7xPirtHqP0Bj1XCkJuuvdUKCL4IdeCoLPowi_Zv2MvqfQVOrtE1OKPTeh54kpW8rh-cAqAcnQsoxEWaNEExSFc0Us_EhYVCaEpqltWsxnY35C4gslhJRw/s400/zd2.jpg)
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There are a few resident Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters in this locality and this dead tree happens to be one of their favourite perches.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8_XwdPltPqFv2DD4BOkpSnj44rWtTLHgzGCYafdzM3Lug2AGHLp-7f71Rr5AeTHfa5M8_Nq16Js05wBVK8FrsxCA_Z7E4XSazMSy-DWyJXoWvrHhMaox7DfP0pVETRxQhU94X3xfacA/s400/chbe.jpg)
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This handsome male Pink-necked Green-pigeon was resting outside a newly-built nest but with the morning sun behind him, it was quite impossible for me to obtain any really good images.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKncFoB1r_tT7eXuo3G-ZRRlemAuQ2kzYiyWnFe2Ecl3gv1jF1lVpUD_4QGh0HwAOo14hCFyoNy3-rfBF2Wil1vdwcoplnlEMiekynmaLQac0XIkDhOIos57a7KRyEAIb2EaVJ78CrBc/s400/pngp.jpg)
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I had another tough time trying to photograph another malkoha and this time it was Penang Island ’s only species - the Chestnut-breasted Malkoha. How difficult can it be to photograph a 1.5 foot long bird? Well, a picture says a thousand words…![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDQJHN76Eey2Fy6rU7Cec-xXWsZeV6V0aupwDd_bGfkerWnStZCDtAJANLOhg4k0T0I0kAx5aYrBXa2BWMA1setPwmPQzQqYE19qNzag2nHmYngdsk9s-s-pYl2BXaS-sroBZHD5td1I/s400/cbm2.jpg)
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