Fraser’s Hill in Pahang is now promoted as a sanctuary to observe birds during the winter season.
Malaysia Ministry of Tourism wants to turn Fraser’s Hill (in the State of Pahang) into is a world-class bird-watching destination in Southeast Asia. The area is home to about 250 species of birds. Every year in November and December, the virtually untouched mountainous forests of Fraser’s Hill receive many species of newcomers. They are mostly migratory species that fly across from places as far as northern Siberia of Russia, Northern China and Japan most northern islands to seek new feeding grounds as well as to escape the freezing winter up north. Specialists point out that they can track in Fraser’s Hill a high number of Siberian birds, a truly rare treat to ardent bird watchers. Normally, migratory species stay around in Frasers Hill for a couple of months before flying further southwards to Australia and New Zealand. They will fly back home to the north in March and April when the sun is getting sunnier.
The Ministry organised since 2011 Fraser’s Hill International Bird Race in a bid to preserve nature and simultaneously to raise awareness of Fraser’s Hill as a bird sanctuary. The competition is divided into three distinctive categories – the advanced category for the serious and experienced bird watchers who habitually return to Fraser’s Hill at the slightest opportunity to do trial field runs, the novice category for those who just take up bird watching out of curiosity or treat bird watching as an academic hobby: and finally the local category for the local residents who know the whereabouts of the birds in Fraser’s Hill and see the birds every day.
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