Birding with Tom and the gang

 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

Pics taken with Sony A6700 + 400-800mm. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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!