1st August 2020
Brief stop at Tanjung Aru Beach 3 with the gang for the vagrant Rainbow Bee-Eater sighted by Hie and Bong a few days ago. Got it after scanning around 30 minutes and the cloudy weather didn't help much with the pics. It is considered the 1st record for West Coast after a group of this birds were seen at Silam Coast Conservation Area, Lahad Datu on the East Coast in 2017 during the same Austral migration period.
Bird list:
- Great Egret
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Little Tern
- Germain's Swiftlet
- Asian Palm Swift
- Spotted Dove
- Zebra Dove
- Green Imperial Pigeon
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon
- Long-tailed Parakeet
- Blue-rumped Parrot
- Blue-naped Parrot
- Collared Kingfisher
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Common Iora
- Dollarbird
- Yellow-bellied Prinia
- Asian Glossy Starling
- Dusky Munia
- Black-headed Munia
- Eurasin Tree Sparrow
Images taken with Swarovski Optik and Huawei Mate 10 Pro. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Rainbow Bee-Eater
Blue-rumped Parrot
Long-tailed Parakeet
The famous beach for sunset with Tunku Abdul Rahman Park at the background
With Ali etc
Road leading to the Rainbow Bee-Eater spot. You can get other species here too such as the Lesser Coucal and Olive-backed Sunbird
Recording a short video of the Blue-rumped Parrot while waiting for the Bee-Eater
Blue-rumped Parrot
Happy birding!
