21st October 2012
Spent 2 hours watching birds at one of the hot spot for migratory birds in Penampang paddy field yesterday hoping to see Northern Lapwing ! Despite the rain, from my car, birds were seen feeding as usual. Last year in October, there were Oriental Plover, Ruff and Little Curlew plus Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Tufted Duck and Northern Shoveler ...
The list of visitors seen :
- 2 Grey Heron among the flocks of Egrets
- Juvenile Rufous Night Heron
- Striated Heron
- Great Egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Little Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Wood Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Long-toed Stint
- Black-winged Stilt ~ Mostly juvenile
- Whiskered Tern
- Common Kestrel ~ It was attacking the flocks of Black-headed Munia few times with Black-shouldered Kite
Ready for the next planting
Recently harvested
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Good comparison between Marsh Sandpiper (top) and Common Greenshank (above)
Juvenile Black-winged Stilt, used to be rare in North Borneo according to my friend CK. Now you will see them every year from September - April during the migratory season.
As I mentioned on my last posting about the 4th Borneo Bird Festival, check this posting belong to Jessie http://jessie-kan.blogspot.com/2012/10/borneo-bird-festival-2012-kinabalu-park.html.
Happy birding !
3 comments:
Thanks for the update. I was planning to go there also yesterday morning. Probably will go on this weekend.
Hio Murph,
Call me at 0187205098 :) we can go together if you want :p
Are you serious? :-)
It'll be great if there is a guru like you around. I can't even tell the difference between sandpiper and shank. Most likely I'll go on Sat's morning if weather permits. I'll sms u. Thank you.
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