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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

RAPTORS - Crested Serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela).

The term Raptor  is given to identify 'Birds of prey'. . It is infact derived from the Latin word 'rapere' meaning 'taking by force'. Many of the birds shown here are migrants as well as residents of Malaysia. The migatory birds came here from the Northern Hemisphere during their winter month because of scarcity of food and to breed in our wormer climate.

a)  Crested Serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela). A resident in Malaysia and Singapore. This bird is widely distributed in India, South China, S.E.Asia and the Sundas. Mostly found in mangrove forests, oil palm plantations and other wooded areas. Its main diet is snake, hence the name.














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