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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

birds at nexus karambunai resort

6-7th october 2008



stayed at nexus resort for a night to relax after celebrating Eid ul-Fitr with family and friends and did some digiscoping through the balcony overlooking the pretty south china sea. a bit lazy to walk around the resort and mostly common birds seen such as eurasian tree sparrow, spotted dove, asian glossy starling, collared kingfisher and common iora.

bird seen :
  • brahminy kite
  • collared kingfisher
  • yellow-vented bulbul
  • spotted dove
  • zebra dove
  • house swift
  • common sandpiper
  • white-breasted waterhen
  • magpie robin
  • olive-backer sunbird
  • white-breasted wood-swallow
  • pied triller
  • striated grassbird
  • common iora
  • glossy starling
  • eurasian tree sparrow

one of the bornean endemic, dusky munia


black-headed munia


yellow-vented bulbul preening

all image was digiscoped with nikon fieldscope ED82, srb-griturn Mk II adapter and fujifilm f31d

happy birding :)