13th - 17th may 2008
pay a visit to my father who had a health problem and were admitted at duchess of kent hospital, sandakan few days ago. visiting hours started from 1230 - 1400 hrs and 1600 - 1930 hrs daily, so took few trips in the morning to the rainforest discovery centre, part of the sepilok-kabili forest reserve.
view from platform no. 3has 3 viewing towers with the other 2 is connected with walkway together with excellent trails and during my visit, managed to record around 76 birds and 1 lifer; bornean bristlehead ! wahaha searched for 3 years and with the aid of my scope, got a splendid view of 3 bristleheads and took short footage of it and im so happy coz it was the day my father was discharged from the hospital too :)
total species recorded (including visit on last march) : 86 birds so far (own list)
black hornbill
violet cuckoo
endemic of borneo, white-crowned shamasummary from this trip :
- worth a visit for 2 days birding even though the whole trails could be completed within a day
- good introduction of the lowland rainforest
- fantastic place for bird photography i.e digiscoping due to the sufficient light during the day
pictures was digiscoped with nikon fieldscope ED82, srb-griturn adapter and fujifilm f31d
and videos of the bornean bristlehead and violet cuckoo at my youtube
1 comment:
Best wishes to your father. Hope things are better.
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