Baya Weaver - scope with Kowa TSN603 with D300

Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus philippinus

It been a slow month for me in terms of birding so decided to check out my hometown, Sandakan (famous for its Orang Utan Centre, Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sukau, Gomantong and Turtle island) but it turn out the weather was not that great. There were some occasional rain showers that I thought would not affect my birding but no luck. It started to rain from 10 am and only stop at 2pm and this was at RDC. Had to abandon RDC and called my brother Neil if there is any place that worthwhile checking out. And he mentioned this Baya Weaver nesting around his housing estate area but not sure if it is still around. Well luck was still smiling for me and took this shoot (not to brag about) and I had only like 5 second window. It was standing there about 50 meters away but could not get near it because of the thick vegetation. My last sighting was in 2009 and missed it last year.

Hoping to go back again maybe next month....

Happy birding