KINGFISHERS OF MALAYSIA

 Kingfishers are a group of small and medium size birds. They are brilliantly colored. Food are mainly fish but insect, small vertebrae and reptiles are also relished.
While some are fish eaters, most subsist on small vertebrae.

A)  WHITE THROATED KINGFISHERS. (Halcyon smyrnensis)
       A medium , brightly coloured bird. It mainly feed on fish, insects and small reptiles. When breeding it will burrow into earth banks. Its call is a loud quack, quack quack sound.

Waterfalls.

A)   Sungai Dal Waterfalls, Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

This is the first of the few falls along the Sungai Dal.

 Sungai Dal is a tributary of the Kangsar River. It is located in the Gunung Bubu Forest Reserve near Kampung Dalam Dal. Accessibility is easy as there is a small paved road leading up the hill. To access some of the water falls, you need to clamber over some steep rocks which are very slippery.

Another small one.

 A pair of good gripping shoes is a must. We find the plastic rubber shoes (Nicknamed Adidas Kampung) worn by hawkers and rubber tappers most suitable. They dry easily and have good grip on the rocks.

The pool here is only good for dipping.

You have to climb down to the river and wade along the bank to get to the first fall. From there it is a matter of clambering over slippery rocks to reach the other tiers. All

Another small one.

together there are four tiers along the river. Water is crystal clear and at the upper most, you can find some concrete structures to show that it was a dam purportedly built during the British time. In fact this dam was supposed to have supplied drinking water to Kuala Kangsar town during those days.

This is a sliding fall.

The very top.

I was told this is a natural hole made by the gushing water. I suspected it to be man-made. There is a small tunnel below where the water flow to a lower outlet quite far below.