Kenyir State Park Discovery and Bird Watching Activity

This is the first time am trying this bird watching thingy. Verdit : I absolutely love all the infos shared but to cari the bird and recognising it… I failed ‘with flying colours’. Ahaks.

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The Terengganu State Park introduced the Kenyir State Park Discovery as an eco tourism destinations to raise public awareness about the importance of nature. Kenyir State Park consist of 30,000 hectares of various beautiful flora and fauna such as rat pakma, tiger orked, rafflesia, 9 species of hornbills, tigers, bears and many more. What makes it more interesting is that there’s a white hornbill - White-crowned Hornbill is the name!

During the bird watching activity, I learnt that black-billed magpie has a melodious call, it is easier to see a hornbill early in the morning and migration bird do do a pit stop here in Kenyir. In fact, Jas brought up a good question ‘how do the northern hemisphere migratory bird adapt to tropical weather?’.

#FunFacts (shared by Anuar McAfee)
1. There are 463 bird species in Terengganu
2. 332 of it are resident birds, 87 migrant and 35 resident/migrant
3. 92 are listed with Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as threatened (20%)
4. Excellent locations for beginner birders throughout the state of Terengganu

5. Kenyir Lake is one of the best spots for rainforest birds in the state

6. Kenyir Lake has over 300 species of birds
7. Can easily spot 9 species of hornbills
8. Great variety of tropical forest birds
9. 30,000ha of fully protected lowland and hill dipterocarp rainforest

The protection and maintenance of the Kenyir State Park is managed by Majlis Pengurusan Taman Negeri Terengganu (MPTN) together with related government agencies, namely the Terengganu State Forestry Department, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Jabatan Perhilitan Negeri Terengganu), Ketengah and non-government bodies - Nature Based Solutions and Phantera. Sime Darby Foundation assisted in ensuring nature treasure is there for the future generations. There shared with us information on the park, the animals, survival skill, plants and many more, not merely on trekking per se. I truly welcome this initiative as I feel we should love and understand our mother nature.

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#TravelTips
1. Binocular!!! Get a good one and learn how to use first tau.
2. It will be helpful if you already now about the birds and the bees.
3. DO NOT make alot of noise, you'll 'opocot' the bird nanti.
4. By being quiet, cos you can hear their beautiful calls 🎶

5. Train your eyes to notice any small movement.

6. Sharp eyes are an added advantage (obviously 🙄).
7. We bumped into wild boar footprints and elephant dungs. You might too 😉
8. You can overnight at the Lawit Lodge as it is better to start early in the morning 🌄
9. Start early and you might be able to see all 9 hornbills 💓
10. Other activities that you can include (ideally a 3D2N stay at Lawit Lodge in Kenyir Lake would be 👌🏻👍🏻❤💯) - Elephant Village 🐘, Houseboating at Kenyir ⛵️, Camping 🏕, fishing 🎣 and trekking.

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