28th June - 4th July 2025
On Tom's 2nd visit to Sabah and this time with a group of young birders cum photographers from Brisbane and saw quite a special birds for the them such as Helmeted Hornbill, Bat Hawk, Mossy-nest, Black-nest and White-nest Swiftlet from inside the famous Gomantong Caves including Orang Utan and Bornean Grey Gibbon from the sky walks at Rainforest Discovery Centre.
Bird lists:
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S255004396
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S255384090
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S255748627
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S256320571
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S256369190
- https://ebird.org/checklist/S256956200
Edible-nest Swiftlet
Bornean Pgymy Elephant enjoying the Water Hyacinth
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Helmeted Hornbill
Wrinkle-lipped Bats from the cave
Storm's Stork
Bat Hawk
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Bornean Keeled Pit Viper
Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Streaked Bulbul
Spectacled Spiderhunter
Crested Goshawk
Portrait shot of the Long-tailed Macaque
Croc
Plume-toed Swiftlet
Pacific Swallow
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Blue-throated Bee-Eater
Lesser Adjutant
Female Rhinoceros Hornbill
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Black-eared Barbet
Baya Weaver
Black Hornbill
Lesser Green Leafbird
Sabah Partridge
Lesser Green Leafbird
Olive-winged Bulbul
Rufous-backed Kingfisher
Giant Squirrel
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Asian Fairy-Bluebird
Taking pics of the Black Hornbill at Sepilok Bed & Breakfast
Watching the Sabah Partridge on top of the log
Skywalks at Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok
Chinese Wet Noodle
Orang Utan
They got the Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Chilling at the lake with coffees
Looking at the Stork-billed Kingfisher through the Swarovski Optik ATC56 scope
Sandakan sea
Village Fried Rice
With Bob
Busy waiting for the Bornean Pygmy Elephant
Back from the cruise were greeted with a pair of Rhinoceros Hornbill
Sukau Evergreen Homestay
Morning cruise
Tom watches the Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
Shooting the Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo
Blue-eared Kingfisher again!
With Tom
With Remo
Walkway at Simud Hitam Cave
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Admiring the creatures inside the cave
Walking up to the observation platform for the bat exodus and Bat Hawk
View of Gomantong Caves Forest Reserve
At last!
Happy birding!
