everett's thrush of mt. kinabalu

10th september 2007

went birding with lars from sweden who has been here 3 times and decided to search for the elusive everett's thrush at one of the trail around kinabalu national park. unfortunately didn't see any, means a reason to come again hahaha :p

bird list:

whitehead's trogon a pair
white-throated fantail
grey-throated warbler
sunda bush warbler
mt. leaf warbler
mt. tailorbird
bornean treepie
ashy drongo
mt. blackeye
bornean whistling-thrush
flavescent bulbul
bornean whistler
red-breasted partridge
crimson-headed partridge (heard)
whitehead's broadbill (heard)
bornean stubtail
little pied flycatcher
chestnut-crested yuhina
blue and white flycatcher
mugimaki flycatcher (lifer for lars)
bare-headed laughingthrush
sunda laughingthrush
chestnut-capped laughingthrush
golden-naped barbet (heard)

looking at the mt. kinabalu in the evening hoping for good weather tomorrow

road leading up to the trail


morning view of the valley from the trail


lars patiently waiting for the thrush

walked on this trail 6 times since 6.00 am until 4.oo pm