Glimpses of nature in Bkt Kiara Forest

Here are some photos taken whilst trekking through Bkt Kiara Forest with Flintstone. We covered approximately 11 kms of mostly uphill-downhill trails. Started at 11 am, stopped for an hour for lunch and continued till 5.30 pm. Hats off Flinstone for his indepth knowledge of the forest especially the biking tracks and jungle trails, some of which he had a hand at building. Great job Flintstone! Over the past two decades there were about 53 trails built in Bkt. Kiara, but horses from the nearby equestrian club and now the ugly fence have reduce them by at  least a couple of dozen. 

               Photo credit : Special thanks to Flintstone for contributing some of the photos.

                               Exhilarating & invigorating waterfalls 

                                                           The upper fall

                                                             The lower fall

                                               The upper fall from another angle

                               The pool at the lower fall makes for a nice cool dip.

                                         Bull Frog - luv 'em or hate 'em. 😁

                                          Bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia

                                    A Greater raquet-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)

                                                     Tadpoles - future Bull Frogs

                                                           Baby Bull Frogs

                                                                    

Stinkhorn or veiled lady, (phallus indusiatus)  

                                   Slender Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

                                          The Lamprigera fire fly larva - glows in the dark. 
                                           Also the world's largest firefly

                                                            An Agamid lizard

                                                        Green-billed Malkoha

                                      A Red-eared Slider terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans)

                                                          Red Jungle Fowl

                                                           Stream cascade

                                                     Mossy stream and rocks

                                                            Orange Boulder

                                                             From another angle

                     Other mammals, reptilians, birds & others also call Bkt Kiara home

                                                           Plantain Squirrel

                                                            Monitor Lizard

                                                 White-thighed Surili (Presbytis siamensis)

                                                   Oriental Magpie Robin

                                          Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)

                                           White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

                                                Blue-throated Beeeater (Merops viridis)

                                                                  Dragon Fly

                                                   Drynaria quercifolia fern

                                                    Giant Asplenium Nidis