19th - 27th May 2010
Familiarization trip by Tourism Malaysia and Sabah Tourism led by a well-known birder, Dennis Yong at West Malaysia and co-led by me while in Sabah. The group came from South Africa and managed to get over 250 species and by the time of writing, they were at Poring Hot Spring for their extension trip with Dennis.
Key species seen here :
- Great-billed Heron
- Ruddy Kingfisher
- Whitehead's Trogon
- Whitehead's Broadbill
- Mt. Wren-Babbler
- Everett's Thrush
- Black-headed Pitta
- Blue-headed Pitta
- Orang Utan
- Proboscis Monkey
- Silver Leaf-Monkey
- Hose's Monkey
- Bornean Gibbon
- Bornean Pygmy Elephant
- Plain Pygmy Squirrel
- Giant Squirrel
- Kinabalu Squirrel
Pictures taken with Nikon equipments.
Waiting for the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
White-chested Babbler
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Whiskered Treeswift
Staghorn Bettle
Buffy Fish-Owl
Oriental Darter
White-bellied Fish-Eagle
With Dennis for the Bornean Stubtail
Mt. Kinabalu in the morning
Proboscis Monkey
Bornean Pygmy Elephant near Bilit Rainforest Lodge
Dinner with Noredah from Sabah Tourism Board. From left to right, with their Proboscis Monkey, courtesy from Sabah Tourism Board, Luis, Gavin, David, Glenn, Adam, Markus, me and Dennis.
Happy birding folks :)
6 comments:
Great pics of the Kingfisher/Swiftlet......
Borneo looks like a hot sweaty place!
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
We are planning for Sabah’s Hiking & Camping tour and we will be there in July 15, 2010. Which Sabah area is best for camping tour? If you have any tips so please share with us.
Best Regards,
Hio Virginia,
Best for camping and hiking tour to join the walk in Maliau Basin and Death March from Sandakan to Ranau :)
Contact TYK tours for more info
Stunning photography at it's best.
I love the picture of Mt. Kinabalu! I really want to take few good photos of it one day.
Awesome Photos!
nice set of pics i specially like the pic of the beetle
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