11th - 23rd June 2012
Had a wonderful trip with Bobby and Tracey recently at the usual hot spots for birding plus wildlife despite the dry spell and only had rain on my final evening at Tabin Wildlife Reserve. Some of the key species seen per Quentin Philipps's Bird of Borneo :
- Red-breasted Partridge
- Storm's Stork
- Lesser Adjutant
- Bornean Falconet
- Jerdon's Baza
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon
- Dark Hawk Cuckoo
- Short-toed Coucal
- Barred Eagle Owl
- Whitehead's Trogon
- Helmeted Hornbill
- White-bellied Woodpecker
- Bornean Banded Pitta
- Blue-headed Pitta
- Bornean Ibon
- Everett's Thrush
- Whitehead's Spiderhunter
- Lesser Gymnure
- Common Treeshrew
- MountainTreeshrew
- Maroon Langur
- Silver Langur
- Proboscis Monkey
- Long-tailed Macaque
- Pig-tailed Macaque
- Bornean Gibbon
- Orang Utan
- Giant Squirrel
- Prevost's Squirrel
- Bornean Black-banded Squirrel
- Plantain Squirrel
- Ear-spot Squirrel
- Jentink's Squirrel
- Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel
- Plain Pygmy Squirrel
- Yellow-throated Marten
- Oriental Small-clawed Otter
- Masked Palm Civet
- Common Palm Civet
- Leopard Cat
- Bornean Pygmy Elephant
- Bearded Pig
- Lesser Mouse Deer
- Greater Mouse Deer
Images taken with Nikon D300s + 80-400mm VR
Mt. Wren Babbler, one of the endemic found at Mt. Kinabalu
Little Pied Flycatcher
The elusive Whitehead's Trogon !
Elmer and Tracey at Mesilau Sub-station
Lesser Gymure, a rare species mainly at the mountain
The commonest Bornean Black-banded Squirrel mainly seen along the Summit Trail
My favorite Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel
The endemic Bornean Whistler
Prevost's Squirrel
Rufous Woodpecker, one of the commonest Woodpecker at Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok
One of the diet for Little and Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter, the banana inflorescence
Grey-rumped Treeswift
Orang Utan
Black & Yellow Broadbill
Long-tailed Parakeet
The only resident Red-bearded Bee Eater at North Borneo
Juvenile White-bellied Fish Eagle
Near sunset at Kinabatangan River...
Lesser Fish Eagle
Wrinkled Hornbill
Oriental Darter in hunting mode
Lesser Adjutant
Crested Serpent Eagle
Bornean Pygmy Elephant, the smallest in the world
Brahminy Kite
Silver Langur
Wallace's Hawk Eagle
Scanning for Hornbill at the View Point, Tabin together with Ricky and Pailin, the resident naturalist
On my last visit to Tabin Wildlife Lodge in May 2010, it looked different now. More options of food for visitors plus the newly installed WiFi in the restaurant is a welcomed because everyone is using smartphone nowadays to communicate and it is useful for latest update of wildlife sighting in Tabin to the outside world.
Other features I like the new canopy walkway above the small river near the restaurant and also the bird feeder. But during my 4 days at Tabin, the feeder was empty. I will visit Tabin again next month and hope that time, food would be available at the feeder for photo opportunity !
Tracey and Bobby is currently at Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley to get few more birds plus other mammals for their trip.
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