25th November 2018
I was hoping for the vagrant Spot-billed Duck and rare Green Sandpiper which were spotted a few weeks ago, but after several hours scanning the area, luck was not on my side. The best thing is, I have found the strength of the BTX module by Swarovski Optik, which allows for comfortable long usage scanning with two eyes without causing any strains which I do encountered sometimes on the spotting scope.
Default power with the 95mm objective module is at 30x. But if I need more power, the ME 1.7x magnification extender, can gets me to 60x without sacrificing a lot on the sharpness and contrast from the glass itself. The module also comes with adjustable forehead rest too.
List of birds seen:
- Wandering Whistling-Duck
- Spotted Dove
- Zebra Dove
- Watercock
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Black-bcked Swamphen
- Common Moorhen
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Red-necked Stint
- Temminck's Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Oriental Pranticole
- Whiskered Tern
- Yellow Bittern
- Cattle Egret
- Eastern Great Egret
- Purple Heron
- Little Egret
- Chinese Pond Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-winged Kite
- Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Peregrine Falcon
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Striated Grassbird
- Oriental Reed Warbler
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Pacific Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
The spot for the Spot-billed Duck, Garganey with Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Elephant's Grass is taller than my Toyota Land Cruiser!
Mt. Kinabalu at the background
Tempasuk, one of the important wintering ground for bird from North Asia from September-April
Happy birding everyone!
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