Yes, Mun did take us to a riverine park behind a shanty town east of KL where there is a fishbowl for the kingfisher and an elevated log to put meal worms on for the flycatchers and robins. We walked around the wall to follow a track – no guards to be seen. The Malayan … Read more
Hi Laurie and all, I’m currently living in Kuala Lumpur, and I use both Robson and “A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore” by Allen Jeyarajasingam (illustrations by Alan Pearson). I concur with your opinions of Robson, but unfortunately the other guide is no improvement. It has many of the same … Read more
G’day I purchased a copy of Robson’s guide via Fishpond prior to my visit to peninsula Malaysia a couple of weeks ago. I already had 2 field guides for the birds of Borneo [Phillipps and Myers], but they only covered a fraction of the species on the mainland. The positives are that: 1. Robson’s guide … Read more