Frog's mouth galore at Sayap Substation

26-28th June 2020

My 2nd overnight visit to Sayap Substation, Sabah Parks with John, Adrian and Roger for the Bornean Frogmouth, Bonaparte's Nightjar and the elusive Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler. But luck was not on my side again this time. On the first evening, while looking for the Frogmouth and Nightjar, we saw at least five different species of nocturnal frogs in different sizes.

It was a good birding on Saturday morning with Mt Barbet, Whitehead's Broadbill and Hill Blue Flycatcher. Then rain came late in the afternoon continuously until we left on Sunday morning after breakfast that causes flash floods at few districts in Sabah including Kota Belud itself!

By the way, I got the Pin-tailed Parrotfinch as my lifer for Borneo number 514 :D


Birds list for Sayap Substation and Tempasuk Plains:

1. Wandering Whistling Duck
2. Black-crowned Night Heron
3. Cinnamon Bittern
4. Javan Pond Heron
5. Purple Heron
6. Great Egret
7. Little Egret
8. Brahminy Kite
9. Black-shouldered Kite
10. White-browed Crake
11. Buff-banded Rail
12. Watercock
13. Common Moorhen
14. Black-backed Swamphen
15. Black-winged Stilt
16. Common Sandpiper
17. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
18. Whiskered Treeswift
19. Glossy Swiftlet
20. Edible Nest-Swiftlet
21. Rufous-backed Kingfisher
22. Mountain Barbet (E)
23. Banded Woodpecker
24. Whitehead's Broadbill (E)
25. Bornean Leafbird (E)
26. Scarlet Minivet
27. Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
28. Sunda Cuckoo-Shrike
29. Black & Crimson Oriole
30. Ashy Drongo
31. Bornean Treepie (E)
32. Pacific Swallow
33. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
34. Ochraceous Bulbul
35. Cinereous Bulbul
36. Bornean Bulbul (E)
37. Yellow-vented Bulbul
38. Yellow-bellied Warbler
39. Grey-throated Babbler
40. Erpornis
41. Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush (E)
42. Oriental Magpie-Robin
43. Bornean Forktail (E)
44. Hill Blue Flycatcher
45. Verditer Flycatcher
46. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
47. Black-naped Monarch
48. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
49. Bornean Flowerpecker (E)
50. Olive-backed Sunbird
51. Temminck's Sunbird
52. Bornean Spiderhunter (E)
53. Little Spiderhunter
54. Dusky Munia
55. Pin-tailed Parrotfinch
56. Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Images taken with Swarovski Optik and Huawei Mate 10 Pro. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Bailey's bridge is common throughout the state

 

Comfort is essential while camping!

My trusted gear for night birding; Swarovski Optik EL 10x32 Fieldpro and Nitecore P30 torch

Taking pictures of the unID frog

UnID frog

Juvenile Horned Frog

 

Horned Frog

Back view of the Horned Frog

UnID frog

Looking at the Western Plateau of Mt. Kinabalu with Swarovski Optik STX95

Adrian and Roger along the access road

Kg. Sayap is one of the producer for sweet Pineapple in Sabah!

John and Adrian on the ridge while looking for raptors

 

Crested Agamid, seen from the Nikon V1 screen through the Swarovski Optik STX95

Lunch time while waiting for the rain to stopped

 

Top, middle and bottom pictures view of the hill forest around the substation

It was still raining heavily on Sunday morning 

Spot where John spotted the Pin-tailed Parrotfinch on the right side of the road

Great Mormon

Crested Agamid Lizard

Bornean Bulbul seen daily 

 Female Bornean Flowerpecker on the Medinilla fruits 

On rescue mission with KB4WDC 

 

 Tempasuk Plain with Mt. Kinabalu at the background

Happy birding everyone!