Birding Trip With Patrick and Ute Nash

27th - 31st October 2009

As a pre-birding tour for Pat and Ute Nash in Sabah, took them birding for few days around Kota Kinabalu city and also Kinabalu National Park before joining their group with Birdtour Asia lead by James Eaton on the 1st of November.

The weather has been bad on the 2nd day at the mountain while trekking up to Langanan Waterfall for Banded and Blue-banded Pitta plus the Hose's Broadbill. But it was compensated with an excellent view of female Rufous-collared Kingfisher.

Visit to Kota Belud district and Lok Kawi beach for migratory birds produced a Terek Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler and Long-toed Stint plus the rare Little Egret with black feet E. g. garzetta race.

Other key species seen and photographed :

• Tabon Scrubfowl
• Chinese Egret
  
• White-fronted Falconet
• Common Ringed Plover
  
• Malaysian Sand Plover
• Golden-naped Barbet
• Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
• Mangrove Whistler

Taken with Nikon D300s with 70-200mm 2.8 VR

Pacific Golden Plover

Sulug Island

Rufous Night Heron

Pacific Reef Egret

Blue-naped Parrot at Tanjung Aru Beach

Mt. Kinabalu

Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher, endemic to Borneo

Grey-chinned Minivet

Black and Crimson Oriole

Water buffalo

Pat and Ute at Kota Belud

Paddy field

Next birding tour is on Thursday at Kinabalu National Park. Happy birding everyone :)