21 March 2010

Likas Wetlands Drying Up


Drying Pond


Great Egret


Black-back Swamphen




Purple Heron


Black-back Swamphen

It's been a while birding around Likas Wetland, left the house at 0600 am this morning. Visibility was marred by heavy haze and the birds was not that many in the pond. Despite the numbers this are some pictures to share.

Happy Birding.

09 March 2010

Unidentified Subject


While walking back to my car this curious bird was turning leaves looking for something or insect. Well not sure what it was really trying to do but caught my attention and without hesitation set up my digiscope gear and took some hasty pictures. I have yet to figure out which bird is this.

Anyone welcome to id it.

Happy birding.




Sukau-Bilit Feb 28/March 1 (3days 2nights)

After the flood last year, the Kinabatangan river suffers some of the worst after floods effect. I was told by our boatmen Joel, that the width of the river has encroached more than 20 feet into the main land.

After check-in into our rooms, we head for the lover part of Kinabatangan after hearing that the elephants was around the south of Sukau village. The boat ride took us almost an hour before we got the sight of the Bornean Pygmy Elephants. It was an awesome sight to watch them feeding and trumpeting while having their tea break. It was almost half past five and we were told to make back to the lodge before it became too dark. We did manage to sight a lesser adjutant stork, a couple of rhinoceros hornbill, a couple of pied hornbill, few numbers of brahminy kite, a few numbers of oriental darter and 1 salt water crocodile( 2 feet long).

The next day, we took the earliest river cruise and the first bird was a roller, white-fronted falconet, blue-eared kingfisher, stork-billed kingfisher, pied fantail, black and yellow broadbill, a juvenile brahminy kite, perrigrine falcon, lesser adjutant stork and it was time to return to the lodge for our breakfast.

As the sun start to rise higher, so did the temperature. We decided to take rest for the rest of the morning. Later in the afternoon continue our birding to the ox-bow lake and we started from the river and then do a loop to reach the lodge. It was a quite afternoon however we managed to spot the black and yellow broadbill, common iora, yellow vented bulbul (commonly sighted), white crowned shama, chestnut wing babbler and the asian paradise flycatcher.

Happy birding.

Chestnut Wing Babbler


Black and Yellow Broadbill


Peregrine Falcon

Temminks Sunbird female

Temminks Sunbird female

Temminks Sunbird

Temminks Sunbird

Indigo flycatcher

Indigo flycatcher

Yellow Breasted Warbler

Yellow Breasted Warbler

Black Collared Starlings

Black Collared Starlings
2 birds , winter from South China

Starlings Video

Little Heron

Little Heron

Grey Tail Tattler

Grey Tail Tattler

Crested Myna

Crested Myna

Chesnut Cheeked Starling-Sturnus phillipines

Chesnut Cheeked Starling-Sturnus phillipines
Second Lifer

Pink Necked Green Pigeon - video

Crested Myna video

Pink Necked Green Pigeon

Pink Necked Green Pigeon
My best ever effort with digiscoping

Cattle Egret!!

Black Collared Starlings

Black Collared Starlings
Lifer of the Day....spot at Penampang-Dongongon roadside

Oriental Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole
At the road side Penampang/Dongongon bypass

Black Headed Munia

Black Headed Munia
Shot at padi field at Penampang

Waders feeding

Waders feeding
digiscope

Ruff - digiscope

Ruff - digiscope
Only bird / Penampang rice field

Black Wing Stilt - digiscope

Black Wing Stilt - digiscope
Taken at Penampang roadside

Wimbrel - digiscope

Wimbrel - digiscope
Sighted at Lok Kawi Mud flat

Pacific Egret - Grey Form

Pacific Egret - Grey Form
digiscope

Snipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHP6RE_IS_k

Sunset

Sunset
Nature

Digiscoping Equipment

Digiscoping Equipment

Equipment use for birding

  • Nikon D300
  • SLIK tripod / Monfrotto ProB tripod with Monfrotto Video Head 701HDV
  • Kowa Universal adapter
  • Canon G9 / Nikon L16 Coolpix
  • TSN603 with 45X wide angle / 20X wide angle
  • Nikon Monarch 10x42

Birding at Tambunan

Birding at Tambunan
Mountain Barbet / Andrew and Karim in action

Birding Time with Good Friends

22 April 08

Late updating, few trips with Jason and CK. We had a good sight of the Whitehead Spider Hunter. They took pictures (digiscoping). Have not seen it yet.

Jason on the scope for Whiteheads broadbill

Jason on the scope for Whiteheads broadbill
Broadbill quest

CK (front carrying his scope) and Jason

CK (front carrying his scope) and Jason

Jason - Tabin restaurant platform

Jason - Tabin restaurant platform

Tabin

Tabin
Jason - bird spotting