6-18th July 2024
The journey started at Mt. Kinabalu for the HQ and Poring substation where we got the Whitehead's Trogon and Whitehead's Broadbill including the mostly heard endemics Crimson-headed and Red-breasted Partridge on the main road. Fruithunter were a bit fast but at Timpohon but compensated with the cooperative Rufous-collared Kingfisher for nearly 30 minutes at Rafflesia plot, Poring.
It was a good as usual at Rainforest Discovery Centre with the Diard's Trogon and Sabah Partridge and Rhinoceros Hornbill but a bit quiet at Kinabatangan River on both Abai and Sukau village. Nevertheless, I recorded around 186 birds and they are currently at Danum Valley for a week.
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Whitehead's Trogon
Orang Utan on a Durian tree!
Bornean Black-capped Babbler
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Bornean White-chested Babbler
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
Female Rhinoceros Hornbill
White-crowned Hornbill
Great Egret
One eye Proboscis Monkey
Silver Langur
Hungry Proboscis Monkey
Male Proboscis Monkey
Salt water Crocodile
Mountain Blackeye
At Timpohon Gate
Mt. Kinabalu from Kiau View Gap
Morning coffee with CK!
With Ck and Shaun waiting for the Whitehead's Spiderhunter
Shooting the Crimson-headed Partridge
Waiting for the Bornean Green Magpie
Rufous-collared Kingfisher at Poring
One last photo of the mountain before driving down to Sepilok
Sky walk at Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok
Breakfast with Nasi Lemak!
Taking pictures of the Diard's Trogon
Sim-Sim village, Sandakan for Abai Jungle Lodge
The famous Berhala Island
Menanggul River
Simud Puteh Platform for the bats exodus
Gomantong Forest Reserve
500 steps to the platform
Watching the Pig-tailed Macaques crosses the ropes between banks
Dessert from the Philippines
Demo of wearing sarongs at Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge
Breakfast at the walkway by Abai Jungle Lodge
Excellent walkway behind the lodge and got the Ruddy Kingfisher, Malaysian Blue Flycatcher and Scarlet-rumped Trogon
See The Unseen...
With Junior at Pitas Lake
Nite walk
Flight home...
Happy birding!
