Asian Paradise Flycatcher

A fascinating flycatcher - wish it would stay longer for me to get a better picture.

Enjoy. 

Common Iora - aegithina tiphia

Very widely distributed and but not easy bird to photograph.

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A bulbul and flycather

 

Found sometime to process this pictures. Taken last 2 months ago and this was the only birds that time. Its was a slow birding but looking forward to go there again.

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White-fronted Falconet - also known Bornean Falconet

microhierax latiforms

The smallest of raptor family - can easily mistaken for just another bird. Disgiscoped this on the way to Crocker Range Park. Unfortunately this was the only picture worth showing.

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Whitehead's Trogon - Male

This juvenile male was to shy too show its front view.

Finally the adult male of Whitehead Trogon. It was quite a long wait for me as my friends were more luckier but its all worth the wait.

Enjoy.

A day at Mahua Waterfalls

A nice day out at Mahua waterfalls today, its a 2 hours drive from Kota Kinabalu. The Mahua waterfalls is under the Sabah Parks management and starting to lure birders and photographers alike .Also very popular as a picnic destinations because of it's spectacular falls.  

Whitehead's Broadbill -calyptomena whiteheadi(Female)

Bornean Whistling Thrush

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Bornean Spiderhunter formerly known as Streak spiderhunter.

Bornean Spiderhunter

Arachnothera affinis

Thank you for the 1st Borneo Birdrace with 7 countries participating (8 bird clubs- Taiwan send two clubs) that I was able to finally finish my spiderhunter list but I do not have any picture to proof that I have seen it. However this Bornean Spiderhunter was there to fill up that pictureless of the Grey-breasted Spiderhunter. Earlier, I posted this was the Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, my apologies to my readers.

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A birding fest during 5th Borneo Bird Festival (7th - 9th June 2013)

Birding was fantastic during the 5th Borneo Bird Festival and below are few species that I could managed  to digiscope due to the hectic program.

Baya Weaver - a large group of them building their nest along the road side to Sepilok Orang Center.

A female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, however I missed the male.

Rafffles's Malkoha, the smallest of Malkoha's Borneo. Feeds like squirrel like behavior, making short gliding flights from tree to tree.

Diard's Trogon Female - a frequent visitor at RDC (Rainforest Discovery Centre). But again its never guaranteed that its an easy sighting.

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A Great Weekend - May 2013

Bornean Leafbird - chloropsis kinabaluensis (female)

Endemic

A very fruitful weekend. Got a tip to visit a new birding area and it looks promising. Will come back again soon to explore the trails. 

Long-tailed Broadbill with young.

(they nest was empty the next day - the young had flown which was a very good sign)

Ochraceous Bulbul - alophoixus ochraceus

Hill Blue flycatcher - cyronis banyumas (female)

Happy Birding.

First Birding of the year 2013

Indigo flycather

Taken with Nikon V1 - 10mm lens attach to Kowa TSN 603/ 20 X eyepiece.

My first decent picture with the Nikon V1 after bought it since last year in October. All the pictures were touch up with Lightroom 4 and crop to 40 percent. However this was not the best days as it was bad lighting due to bad weather as expected at Mt Kinabalu with its ever unpredictable behavior. 

Hope to post more pictures with the Nikon V1 with Kowa TSN 603.

Female Little Pied Flycatcher

Male Little Pied Flycatcher

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Subic Bay / Bataan, Philippine Dec 2012

Female - Blue-rock Thrush (at Subic)

Been planing to visit Subic Bay (a former US base situated at Philippine island) and the Candaba Wetlands for quite some time. Finally made there and it was a nice place and the birds were not disappointing. Here are some pictures that I managed to photograph but it all just a record piece. However my pictures from Candaba was not great due to poor lighting  (because we arrived late). Below list:-

Candaba:- Long-tailed Shrike, Striated Grass Bird, Barred Rail, Common Water-hen,  Bunting ?, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Bittern, Black-winged Stilt, Cattle Egret.

My aim was to see the Coleto, a starling family (which we name one of the streets here). I was fascinated to know more of this creature and on the first day of birding it did not disappoint me. This birds were quite easy to see at Subic well kept forest as they fly in flocks just like its other starlings family. This birding trip was indeed a nice and easy birding and below are the lifers that I managed to take. Wish had a better camera.

Black-naped Oriole

Blue-throated BeeEater

Brown-shrike

Coleto

Red-jungle fowl 

A pair of Philippine Serpent Eagle

Long-tailed Shrike - Nasutus

Tarictic Hornbill - rare 

Whiskered-tree Swift

White-throated Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

The Malaysia Peninsula and Continental Asia White-throated Kingfisher has a larger and longer white spot that runs down almost to the vent area. But in this Philippine sps it has only a small spot right up the neck/throat area. Very interesting observational as the Malaysia  and Continental Asia cousin should be renamed as White-breasted Kingfisher. Reference www.orientalbirdimages.org 

White-bellied Woodpecker

Happy Birding.