Friday, November 26, 2010

Present: Bird of Penang Island.

There are a number of popular birds can be sighted in Penang Island. I shall published the video I captured. The first bird uploaded is a popular singing bird that I captured in video camera this morning.
The second video are a pair of coconut tree bird called 'Black Caleng/黑伽邻' in Hokkien Dialect.
The third video is the popular 'Burung Perkuku' in Malay dialect and the Chinese called it 'Pu Ku' bird. There was once that a bigger species of 'Pu Ku' birds in a number of few hundreds to thousands visited the garden lot 330. They came as I have take care of one of this bird.
The forth video I captured was the famous King Fisher bird. This species can be seen at the Sungai Pinang site. I like their bluish bright color. The King Fishers always interested to the aquarium we have.
The fith birds video I captured was the most common pigeons and crawls. The crawl species was known to attack the pigeon chicks.
The sixth bird I captured in video was the popular migration rain bird 燕子. This species like to make nest on people house and they are very royal and came back every year.
Pigeon again.

Crawls and Pigeon companions.
The yellow eager is my favour bird. The video captured yesterday morning was the young yellow eager.
The sea bird, this one always seen in the Old Gurney Drive.
Birds , Chickens , cork , hen , roaster , fried chicken ..............? Royal Pet.
Step grandmother Lim Ged Cheng like to rear the white village duck and colorfull duck. Grand mother Tan Seiw Kim like to rear gooese and village duck.
New uploaded 2013 . The following were two commond bird sp. in country site . i). The Pipi bird is a small bird sprcies . Its young only needed two weeks to growth and ready to fly . The farmer usually hunt them with lastic as this bird like to eat the chili they planted . I have found out the Pipi bird and other bird species also like to eat the cheli which was inhabitated by insect larvae . I was wrong to hunt them in my childhood time . to be updated . Reader may visit my uploaded video in You Tube cbhooi330 . 2. The Black brid is a common species in Balik Pulau country site . These brid sp. like to follow people that friendly to them .

Monday, November 22, 2010

Present: Special flowers of Penang Island.





I have come across a number of rare and special flower in Penang Island.

First picture I captured today was a water weed flower that I saw first time in Teluk Bahang Recreation Park. Picture 2 was a fan leaf tree at Penang Gurney Drive. The flowers look like giant Heaven Bird flower. The tird picture I captured was a highland species flower. This species was new in my consideration.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Present: Penang selected traffics and views.

Penand Island was moderately fast developed so as the traffic volume. I have captured the selected locations and time periods to publish.



JUMPED TO SOUTH. The environmental activists have safe many of the British time planted trees. These included the Angsana , Avatar and big legume tree. The Avatar species was the imported species.

Jumped to Gurney Drive.




Special: The hill site road at agriculture area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfophDXqrIs

Present: Big trees of hill site road of Penang Island and Georgetown.

The trees of hill site road were quite mature and old enough as Penang Island treasure. I did not have the experties in the tree species family. The following were the videos I captured from the road from Teluk Bahang to Sungai Pinang.





The trees of Georgetown was mostly planted by the British and safe from cutting down by the environmental activist in the 1980-1990. There were also many new big trees species that growth to the huge size. The following were* the big trees* video I captured in Georgetown area.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq5V7HK_IYo Big Angsana trees in front the Convent High School and Oppasite Penang Tuff Clup .

Present: Palm species of Penang Island.






They are a number of palms species in Penang Island. I shall publish the photo as i get it.

Picture 1 is mini palm. The seeds of this species is about 5mm long. It taste good and sweet. The tiger like it very much. Can the reader imagine the big tiger like the tiny fruits of this mini palm species.

Picture 2 is big palm tree species with a lot of fruits. The fresh of the fruit is poisoness but the seed is edible. The fox like to eat the fruit but how it can over come the fruit poison I did not study. Picture 3 is a new inported palm tree species.
Picture 4 is a small palm species. Picture 5 is a selected palm species.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Present: Fruits of Penang Island.

There were a number of fruits we can have locally in Penang Island. Picture 1 was Jambu Air in Malay dialet . Picture 2 was Dukun. Picture 3 was banana, Pisang Asam type in Malay dialet . Picture 3a and 3b were chiku fruits which was popular in export market. Video of durian general code name Seven Angle.
Seven Ahgle ready to eat.
Durian fruit contain very high colories. Do not eat one fruits. Eat one 'pangsa' is good enough to fell the heat an hour later. The well norius tree produce very high calories fruits. You can only consume only one seed fruit fresh of jungle durian which look reddish plastic in color.
Durian Seven Angles agains.


Rambutan of Lot 330 Sungai Pinang Balik Pulau Penang in June 2011 near the river bank.
Rambutan fresh and durian.
Mangoteen of Lot 330 Sungai Pinang Balik Pulau.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Present: Zinger species.





There were a number of zinger species that produced flowers in Penang Island. I shall published the pictures as long as I have it in camera and video.

There were three species I captured in camera at this moment. 2015 January . Domestic Ginger . The flower was looking like the Orchid but I did not manage to capture in camera .
2015 May . I am glade to have the red ginger flower captured in camera .

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Present: Orchids of Penang Island.


They were quit a number of wild orchids in Penang Island. These wild orchids can growth well in garden if take care properly. I am working on in this post. Picture 1 was orchid Merpati. Picture 2 was the wild orchid that produce spider like brownish color flowers. Picture 3 was the orchid that growth on the ground. Picture 4 could be the same orchid species of picture 3.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Present: The random picks of flowering flora of Penang.













I started to cultivate plants since 5 years old. The first fertilizer I used was my urine directly from my body at the morning. I had experience that two days continuation of urine application can resulted the two weeks old flowers plants dehydrated. The pictures shown the flowers and plants available in Penang Island. The pictures of flora shall be updated from time to time until good enough.


Picture 1 was Tiger Tail grass. Picture 2 was China Empire General Arrow flower. Picture 3 was mutated Hibiscus species flower. Picture 4 was a very common grass flowering species. Picture 5 was the first species of flower that I admired in primary school time at standard 3. Picture 6 was Snake Tongue grass. Picture 7 was Memosa species. Picture 8 was climbing plant that produced complex pink flower. Picture 9 was the Little Duck flower. Picture 10 was the One Spot Red. Picture 11 was Honey Bee Flowers. Picture 12 was wild flower species flourish at hill site and now a day very popular as a ornamental flowering plant. * Picture numbers count from bottom to top.