The Shorebirds are back. sighted with Neil Degullacion

Took some advise from another birder and check out my usual place to see if the shorebirds are back..this are some pictures that I would like to share. This time my brother from Sandakan Neil Degullacion took some time off from work and join me to search for them. He was also excited to spot them too.

A Whiskered Tern decided to take some rest before starting to fly again.

A juvenile Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Black Tern

Happy Birding.

Mr Frankie - Beastmaster JC friend

Now you see it now you don't..that how it is with this picture. Eventually it appears....."crocodylus porosus" seen sometimes during the night or day river cruises at Kinabatangan. But one particular croc's that will really impress you is Frankie...almost a resident of Barefoots lodge. It will only listen to one person call that is JC - Barefoot lodge supervisor. At first I did not believe him but on this night occasion he demonstrated his skill and by uttering some words and this "Little" crocodile came out from the water and approach the jetty. Fortunately the jetty was more than 2 meter in height. This picture is taken with a zoom 70-300 mm and at the time I did not have a wide angle lens or kit lens so you can just imagine the actual size of this beautiful beast. I was almost lost for words when it appears and almost so obediently listen to JC's commands. There was one time JC ask Frankie to open his mouth so that I can photograph it but I was slow and miss the whole thing. And Frankie was rewarded with a fish head after doing this trick. Visit www.barefootsukau.com for rates and other packages.

Happy Birding.

Birding with Hans Moller, family and Ms Adithy

Reticulated Python - about 3meters. I think it has its meal for the evening.

Our birding journey started from Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary, however it was a slow morning and after lunch we departed to Gomantong Cave. Unexpectedly I did not take any pictures during this period. So I can only give out the list that we have heard or seen : Crested Serpent Eagle, Rufous Piculet, Chestnut-winged Babbler, Buff-rumped Woodpeacker, Pied Fantail, Black-nest Swift, Red-eye Bulbul, House Swallow, Bat Hawk, Red leaf monkeys. Black and Crimson Pitta. We continued our journey to Barefoot lodge and check-in. After dinner it was time for night cruise and above the python was the first to greet us and the rest as follows.....

Buffy Fish Owl

Two Blue-eared perching side by side.

That was for the night, continued the next day with the following below:-

Oriental Darter

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher

Pied Hornbill

Orange-backed Woodpecker

Black and Red Broadbill

Smooth Otter

Giant Red Flying Squirrel - ready for its gliding at RDC. Its one of the highlights attractions at RDC besides the birding. You will be entertain.

Here's one trying to get to a higher positions before gliding down. It seems that the giants need to plan before gliding or they might end up stuck for a wrong decision.

The ever shy and elusive Rufous Collared Kingfisher. It only finally came out when I played the mp3 for a good 5 minutes and stayed enough for this picture.

Black and Red Broadbill - one of my favorites. The red coulor is just awesome on this bird.

Giant Squirrel - ratufa affinis sandakaninses, it lost it's composure and trying hard to find it back..Got Cha..

Banded Broadbill

This was taken at Trogon Tower at RDC - Raffles Malkoha

Green Iora

Happy Birding.

Nabawan-Melian Birds

Nabawan is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 23,890 in 2000, and is almost entirely ethnic Murut. Nabawan covers an area of 6089km². Situated in the southern part of Sabah, it is bordered by Tawau and Kinabatangan district to the east, Keningau and Tenom district to the west and Kalimantan, Indonesia to the south.

One of the Pitcher plants sp.. found on of our tracks. Yet to be identified. There are also climbers as well, which means they adapt both ground and trees.

This river was all red in colour and this must have been the tannin derive from the dead leaves and roots that which is quite a big amount covering the grounds and the river bed. Look quite eerie if the go deeper into the darker area of the river.

This butterfly got a liking of the salt from handling the lens..or is it the camera? Nikon what say you???

The clouds were bleeding when we got out from the jungle one evening, spectacular red which was quite a bit dramatic as this sand dune below. One might think that there is desert dune here in Borneo.

Dennis Ikon aka Beast Master, he is responsible for the mammals counts / survey. A trustworthy friend in the jungle.

This Black-winged Shrike was the first bird in the morning welcoming us on one of our bird and mammals survey.

Buff-vented Bulbul

Grey-bellied Bulbul

Female Scarlet-rumped Trogon

Brown Barbet

Greater Green Leafbird

Female Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker

Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker - endemic to Borneo Island.

Happy Birding.

Birds of Telupid-Taviu

The Crimson-winged Woodpecker - was very quite until it started to peck the timber that it gave away it's location. It was fast moving in all sides of this tree until it found a bunch of ants and started eating them.

The Green Large Pigeon was trying to hide itself from me. I have to zoom in to get a better view of this bird but I lost the clarity and dept using about 30% zoom on this bird. Anyway better than nothing.

Another picture of the Crimson-winged Woodpecker and lucky me it was quite near to get this close-up with the Kowa TSN603 - 20x wide angle / L16 Nikon Coolpix.

This little one was really trying my patience and only managed to get this shot. Tried many attempt but well another time again...