29th January 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hidden Secret Final Part Hahaha :p
28th January 2008
What a tiring day chasing the Diard's and Red-naped Trogon with the gang hahaha and the best part was, good weather with blue sky and notable species seen :
- Blue-eared Barbet
- Red-throated Barbet
- Diard's Trogon
- Red-naped Trogon and
- White-fronted Falconet
Labels:
diard's trogon,
digiscoping
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Hidden Secret Part 2 Hahaha :p
25th January 2008
Early start with Joe, Zaiton, Karim and Ben birding at Sugud Forest Reserve and saw many birds such as Streaked Bulbul, Yellow-eared Spiderhunter and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. Andrew came a bit later after Karim managed to photographed his lifer, Narcsissus Flycatcher hahaha :)
Some of the shots today :)


Birds seen and heard today:


- Crested Serpent Eagle
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
- Grey-rumped Treeswift
- Diard's Trogon (heard)
- Gold-whiskered Barbet
- Red-throated Barbet (heard)
- Yellow-crowned Barbet (heard)
- Blue-eared Barbet (heard)
- Black and Yellow Broadbill
- Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
- Fiery Minivet
- Lesser Green Leafbird
- Streaked Bulbul
- Red-eyed Bulbul
- Spectacled Bulbul
- Buff-vented Bulbul
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
- White-bellied Epornis
- White-crowned Shama
- Artic Warbler
- Ashy Tailorbird
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Narcsissus Flycatcher
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
- Little Spiderhunter
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
- Oriental White Eye






Good birding today and I'm planning to go back for Dark-sided and Narcsissus Flycatcher pictures !
Happy digiscoping !
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Hidden Secret Hahaha :p
22nd January 2009
My second visit to Sugud Forest Reserve with Karim proved to be fruitful with many forest species seen and heard this morning before it rained in the afternoon. Main mission was for the Dark-sided Flycatcher digiscoped by Ck last month and saw the bird but too fast except record shots by Karim.
Birds seen and heard :

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31d
Birds seen and heard :
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- Indian Cuckoo (heard)
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
- Barn Swallow
- Swiftlet sp.
- Gold-whiskered Barbet (heard)
- Banded Kingfisher (heard)
- Dark-throated Oriole
- Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
- Leafbird sp.
- Red-eyed Bulbul
- Spectacled Bulbul
- Black-headed Bulbul
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
- Dark-sided Flycatcher (a bit shy for the camera hahaha)
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
- Oriental White-Eye (8 birds seen feeding)

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31d
Labels:
banded woodpecker,
digiscoping
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
20th January 2009
With a help from Eugene who works at Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre (formerly known as Kota Kinabalu Bird Sanctuary), found this single Rufous Night Heron at one of the mangrove tree next to the office hehehe. Dennis found this bird last Sunday around 5 in the evening and managed to get eye level shot !
Other birds seen and heard:
- Purple Heron
- Great Egret
- Brahminy Kite
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Rock Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Zebra Dove
- Greater Coucal
- Blue-eared Kingfisher
- Blue-throated Bee-Eater
- Common Iora
- Pied Triller
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler
- Oriental Magpie Robin
- Ashy Tailorbird
- white-breasted Wood-Swallow
- Asian Glossy Starling
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Black-headed Munia

The Wetland Centre is opened from Tuesday until Sunday only and closed on Monday. Conservation fee is RM 3 per person and has resource library for visitor too. Please visit their website at http://www.sabah.org.my/kkcbs/
Happy birding !
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Kota Belud Bird Count
8th January 2009
Weather a bit overcast but produced nice birds during my count covering Taun Gusi, Rampayan and Tempasuk Village at Kota Belud district which takes around 75km from Kota Kinabalu city.
Main highlight today was the sighting of juvenile Eurasian Marsh Harrier (spilonotus) being harassed by Black-winged Kite at Taun Gusi and another adult female at Tempasuk Village hahaha. It is a common winter visitor to this area but the number usually less than 5 when my observations of this raptor started since 2004.


Birds seen and heard: Total 45 species
- Lesser Frigatebird (One female flew very low and near to me :p)
- Grey Heron
- Purple Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Great Egret
- Little Egret
- Wandering Whistling Duck
- Black-winged Kite
- Brahminy Kite
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier
- Changeable Hawk Eagle (Pale morph)
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Common Moorhen
- Purple Swamphen
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Kentish Plover (1 seen at the beach and many at Tempasuk paddy field)
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Long-toed Stint
- Black-winged Stilt
- Whiskered Tern
- Spotted Dove
- Zebra Dove
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Heard)
- Collared Kingfisher
- Blue-throated Bee-Eater
- Barn Swallow
- Pacific Swallow
- Pied Triller
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Striated Grassbird
- Yellow-bellied Prinia
- White-breasted Wood-Swallow
- Brown Shrike
- Yellow Wagtail
- Paddyfield Pipit
- Asian Glossy Starling
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Dusky Munia
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Black-headed Munia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Pictures was digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31d
Labels:
digiscoping,
eurasian marsh harrier,
kota belud,
lesser coucal
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Raining Season
12th January 2008
Raining around the west coast of Sabah and few places was flooded too. After i sent my wife to her office, drove up to one of the building in the city facing the Signall Hill and digiscoped few common species around Kota Kinabalu.
Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31d

The shots was taken from the 6th floor and one of the best place to get eye level pictures of birds such as Green Imperial Pigeon, House Swift and White-breasted wood-Swallow.
And recently, friends in Kuching, Sarawak found new birds for Borneo; Pied Avocet and White-faced Plover during their outing at Buntal Village. Info regarding this will be post soon hehehe :)
Happy birding !
And recently, friends in Kuching, Sarawak found new birds for Borneo; Pied Avocet and White-faced Plover during their outing at Buntal Village. Info regarding this will be post soon hehehe :)
Happy birding !
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