2-4th January 2023
Spent a few days with friend from Singapore and Osman at Tambunan and Kota Belud district for the rare Bulwer's Pheasant and Whitehead's Spiderhunter. Sadly, it was really quiet and very few forest birds were heard and seen at both sites. The bird hide at Mt. Trusmadi did entertained the visitors with close up shots of Dayak Blue and Rufous-chested Flycather including the tame Bornean Banded Pitta and Siberian Blue Robin.
At Tempasuk Plain, we got many of the migrants ducks; Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon etc. It was windy but good for photography with blue skies
Bird list:
- Wandering Whistling-Duck
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Teal
- Tufted Duck
- Red-collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Crimson-headed Partridge
- Crested Partridge
- Rufous-bellied Eagle
- Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Sunda Scops Owl
- Orange-breasted Trogon
- White-crowned Hornbill
- Brown Barbet
- Bornean Barbet
- Mountain Barbet
- Gold-whiskered Barbet (Gold-faced)
- Bornean Banded Pitta
- Maroon Woodpecker
- Black and Crimson Oriole
- Ashy Drongo (Bornean)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Bornean)
- Crested Shrikejay
- Bornean Treepie
- Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
- Cinereous Bulbul (Green-winged)
- Penan Bulbul
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
- Rufous-fronted Babbler
- Sunda Scimitar-Babbler
- Temminck's Babbler
- Mountain Leaf Warbler (yellow race)
- Aberrant Bush Warbler
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina
- White-crowned Shama
- Dayak Blue Flycatcher
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher
- Mugimaki Flycatcher
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher
- Little Pied Flycatcher
- Temminck's Sunbird
- Bornean Spiderhunter
- Dusky Munia
- Grey Wagtail
IMAGES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Misty morning at Mt. Alab
Highest point of Mt. Alab on the telecom tower
Hide at the guard house and got the Little Pied Flycatcher here
Bird hide at Mt. Trusmadi
Tempasuk Homestay, Kota Belud for a night
Mt. Kinabalu along the way to Sayap Substation
Osman calling the Whitehead's Spiderhunter
Fallen tree before the gate to the substation. Campers has to walked for 300 metres to the camping site at this moment
Sayap substation, Kinabalu Park
Ducks lakes
Crested Partridge with funky red crest!
Little Pied Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher female
Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel
Temminck's Babbler
Siberian Blue Robin female
Bornean Banded Pitta female
Jentink's Squirrel
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
Grey-throated Babbler
Large Treeshrew
White-crowned Shama, one of the 6 Sabah's endemics
Rufous-chested Flycatcher female
Dayak Blue Flycatcher female
Rufous-chested Flycatcher
Dayak Blue Flycatcher
Eurasian Kestrel
Happy birding and new year 2023 everyone
